Iran, France to swap ambassadors after diplomatic spat
Iran and France are to exchange ambassadors after Paris suspended nomination of an envoy to Tehran last year over accusations that Iranian intelligence had planned an attack on an opposition group in Paris, official reports said.
Tens of thousands of Algerians protest against Bouteflika
Tens of thousands of Algerians defied heavily deployed riot police on Friday and resumed mass protests against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika posing the biggest threat to his 20-year-old rule.
UK’s May tells EU ‘just one more push’ as new Brexit votes loom
British Prime Minister Theresa May urged the European Union to make “just one more push” to break an impasse on Brexit before she tries to get parliament to back her deal next week.
Brazil President Bolsonaro accepts invitation to visit China: ambassador
Brazil’s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro has accepted an invitation to visit China and is evaluating the best date for the trip, Chinese Ambassador in Brasilia Yang Wanming said on Friday.
Finland’s cabinet quits over failure to deliver healthcare reform
Finland’s coalition government resigned on Friday a month ahead of a general election, saying it could not deliver on a healthcare reform package that is widely seen as crucial to securing long-term government finances.
U.S. urges Serbia, Kosovo to halt mutual provocations, resume talks
Serbia and Kosovo should stop provoking each other and resume talks on normalizing relations two decades after the end of their war, a senior U.S. envoy said on Friday.
Several lawmakers of ruling Algerian FLN party resign: TV
Several lawmakers of Algeria’s ruling FLN party have resigned to join mass anti-government protests, the private Ashourouq TV station said on Friday.
Indigenous rights ignored as Brazil jump-starts power line: prosecutor
Brazil’s move to accelerate construction of an electric line to the northern state of Roraima, which now relies on crisis-ridden Venezuela for power, could violate the rights of indigenous peoples whose land it must cross, a federal prosecutor told Re…
PM Khan says no militants will be allowed to attack from Pakistani soil
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said no militant group would be allowed to operate from Pakistani soil to carry out attacks abroad, days after his government announced a sweeping crackdown against Islamist militant organizations.
UK, Japan scientists study radioactive Fukushima particles
Eight years after the Fukushima nuclear meltdown in Japan, radioactive particles collected from the site are undergoing new forensic investigation in Britain in an effort to understand the exact sequence of events.
