End in sight for Greece’s long quest to complete national land registry
Greece, the only European country without a proper register of land ownership, is confident it will finally have one in place by 2021 after spending hundreds of millions of euros on a project that began more than 20 years ago.
‘Basil,’ the alarm specialist, convicted over huge UK diamond heist
A 58-year-old man nicknamed “Basil” was found guilty on Friday of being the sixth member of a gang of aging criminals who carried out one the most audacious robberies in the annals of British crime.
Mueller, in U.S. court filing, says multiple probes continue
The U.S. Special Counsel’s Office on Friday asked a court to delay sentencing for U.S. President Donald Trump’s former deputy campaign chairman, Rick Gates, amid “ongoing investigations” stemming from the Russia investigation.
Washington asks Russia: Where’s your proof ex-U.S. marine is a spy?
The United States on Friday asked why Russia had not provided any evidence to back up its accusation that Paul Whelan, a detained former U.S. marine, was a spy, a day after Whelan alleged he was being mistreated by a “kangaroo court.”
Mueller says former Trump campaign aide still aiding probes
U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Friday asked a court to delay sentencing for U.S. President Donald Trump’s former deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates, given his continued cooperation into multiple probes.
Russia’s Aeroflot will cancel Boeing 737 Max order if safety issue not solved: CEO
Russia’s national flag carrier Aeroflot will cancel its order of 20 Boeing 737 Max planes unless Boeing is able to guarantee the plane’s safety after Sunday’s deadly crash in Ethiopia by November, Aeroflot CEO Vitaly Savelyev said on Friday.
Dutch arrest two on suspicion of delivering weapons for 2015 Paris attacks
Dutch police arrested two men in Amsterdam for their suspected involvement in the co-ordinated Islamic State attacks on Paris in November 2015 that killed 130 people, prosecutors said on Friday.
U.S. hopes to continue talks with North Korea: Pompeo
The United States is hopeful that it can continue to hold denuclearization talks with North Korea, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday following reports that a top Pyongyang official had said the country may suspend negotiations.
Algeria ruling party turns on Bouteflika as new protests mount: he is ‘history’
Thousand of protesters gathered in the Algerian capital on Friday demanding that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika step down, keeping up pressure after the ruling FLN party showed more signs of turning its back on him.
Tens of thousands protest in downtown Algiers: Reuters witnesses
Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in downtown Algiers on Friday in the biggest demonstration since unrest began last month in the North African country, Reuters witnesses said.
