More people die after Nigeria building collapse: emergency agency official
More people have died after being taken to hospital in the wake of the collapse of a building housing a school in the Nigerian city of Lagos, an emergency agency official said on Thursday.
No more negotiations if Brexit delayed: EU lawmaker Hubner
Britain will most likely get the European Union’s approval for a Brexit delay if it asks, but the bloc will not change its divorce deal during that time or negotiate future ties, European lawmaker Danuta Hubner said on Thursday.
Tusk to ask EU leaders to be open to a long Brexit extension
The chairman of European Union leaders Donald Tusk said on Thursday he would ask EU heads of state and government to be open to granting Britain a long extension of Brexit talks if London needs time to rethink its strategy of leaving the EU.
U.S.-backed Syria forces advancing into Islamic State enclave
U.S.-backed fighters besieging Islamic State’s final shred of territory in eastern Syria said they had pushed further into the enclave following clashes and air strikes by the U.S.-led coalition on Thursday.
U.N. to seek multi-billion dollar aid pledges for Syria
The United Nations will seek billions of dollars in additional aid for Syria on Thursday, seeking to overcome fatigue among donors after eight years of civil war and divisions over how to deal with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
At least two killed in Iran gas pipeline explosion: ISNA
At least two people were killed on Thursday in a gas pipeline explosion in southwest Iran, the Iranian Students News Agency ISNA reported.
Vietnam asks Malaysian for fair treatment of citizen accused of Kim Jong Nam murder
Vietnam has repeatedly called on Malaysia for a fair trial of one of its citizens accused of the murder of Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of the North Korean leader, the southeast Asian nation’s foreign ministry said on Thursday.
Saudi rights official says pursuing justice for Khashoggi murder
The head of the Saudi human rights commission said on Thursday that the kingdom had brought perpetrators of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi to justice and rejected any international role in the probe.
Syria’s Assad struggles to reap spoils after military gains
Eight years since Syria began its descent into war, many of President Bashar al-Assad’s enemies have been defeated and the bulk of the country is back under his control. But he isn’t celebrating.
Black boxes from crashed Ethiopian plane are in France: BEA
The black boxes from the crashed Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 arrived in Paris on Thursday but are not yet in the possession of France’s BEA air accident investigation agency, a BEA spokesman said.
