UK to give jailed British-Iranian aid worker diplomatic protection
Britain is to give jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe diplomatic protection in an attempt to put pressure on Iran to release her.
History will judge UK, EU badly if they get Brexit wrong: Hunt
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said history would view both the UK and the European Union badly if they mismanage Britain’s exit from the bloc.
Vietnam communist party expels academic over Facebook posts
A Vietnamese academic has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party for posting comments on Facebook deemed to be critical of the party, the government said on Friday.
Northern Ireland voters want a soft Brexit: poll
Voters in Northern Ireland want the softest possible Brexit and would prefer checks on goods traveling between Great Britain and Northern Ireland rather than checks on the Irish border, a poll for the Irish Times showed on Friday.
Finnish government to ditch healthcare reform: public broadcaster
The Finnish government will on Friday announce that it has ditched plans for major healthcare and social services reform, Finland’s public broadcaster Yle said, citing unnamed government sources.
Hungary PM says Fidesz may drop out of EPP: radio
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday his ruling nationalist Fidesz party may drop out of the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) amid a row over his government’s anti-Brussels media campaign.
Stopping work on Italy-France rail link would cost more than 3 billion euros: junior minister to paper
A stop to the work on a high-speed rail link with France would cost Italy more than 3 billion euros ($3.36 billion), a junior minister for infrastructure told Corriere della Sera in an interview on Friday.
Italy’s ruling League will never vote to block Alpine tunnel: Salvini
Italy’s ruling League party will never vote in parliament to block construction of a multi-billion euro Alpine tunnel that coalition partner the 5 Star Movement fiercely opposes, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Friday.
In Gaza, women walk thin line between hope and despair
Amid the poverty and deprivation of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian women struggle to find a taste of normality that is taken for granted in much of the rest of the world.
Without vaccine, hundreds of children die in Madagascar measles outbreak
Two months ago, giggles floated through the home of fisherman Dada as his four-year-old son played ball outside with his two younger cousins on one of Madagascar’s famed sun soaked beaches.
