Indian court acquits four men in 2007 India-Pakistan train blast case
An Indian court on Wednesday acquitted four Hindu men accused of bombing a train between India and Pakistan in 2007 that killed 68 people, mostly Pakistanis, citing a lack of evidence, defense lawyers said.
Tunisian president wants to amend constitution to dilute PM’s power
Tunisia’s president called on Wednesday for changes to the new constitution to give the presidency more power, escalating a dispute between the two highest offices in the country.
Rescue teams race to save hundreds trapped by Mozambique cyclone
Aid workers rushed to save people trapped by floods around the Mozambican port city of Beira on Wednesday, after a powerful cyclone killed hundreds and left a trail of destruction across swathes of southeast Africa.
Sudan says Egyptian Red Sea oil and gas blocks are on its territory
Sudan considers oil and gas exploration blocks offered by Egypt in the Red Sea’s Halayeb area as a direct intrusion into Sudanese territory, Saad al-Deen Hussein al-Bishri, minister of state at Khartoum’s oil ministry, was cited as saying.
Miner Vale quashed efforts to validate dam safety before disaster: prosecutor
Executives at Vale SA, the world’s largest iron ore miner, quashed efforts by Brazilian authorities to audit one of its mining dams months before it collapsed and killed over 300 people, a state prosecutor said, according to the news website, G1.
France threatens to reject May’s Brexit delay request
France threatened to reject British Prime Minister Theresa May’s request for a three-month delay to Brexit on Wednesday unless she can guarantee to get her departure plans though parliament, potentially sending Britain crashing out of the EU without a …
An immigrant’s tale: Leaving Britain to escape Brexit hostility
A few months after Britain voted to leave the European Union, Maria was waiting to see a doctor at a London hospital when an elderly English woman told her to go back to her native Romania.
EU’s Tusk comments in keeping with UK PM’s request for Brexit extension: May’s spokesman
EU Council President Donald Tusk’s comments that Britain could be granted a short delay to Brexit on the condition that parliament backs an exit deal next week are in keeping with Prime Minister Theresa May’s request, her spokesman said.
EU’s Tusk sees short Brexit delay if UK backs divorce deal
European Council President Donald Tusk said on Wednesday that granting Britain a short postponement of Brexit was possible on condition that Britain’s parliament votes in favor of the stalled divorce agreement next week.
Netanyahu says Iran has ‘sensitive information’ on rival, Tehran denies hack
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alleged on Wednesday that Iran could blackmail his main election rival, Benny Gantz, after hacking the former armed forces chief’s phone, even as Tehran denied doing so.
