Mexico frets over U.S. plans to take divisive asylum policy to new cities
The United States is aiming to ramp up in coming weeks a program to send Central American asylum seekers to Mexico to await U.S. court dates, an experimental policy that Mexican officials and migrant shelters say risks overwhelming an underfunded syste…
London’s Stansted’s runway reopens after aborted takeoff
London Stansted Airport was up and running again on Friday night after an aborted takeoff caused by an engine failure briefly shut down the runway.
South Korea to work with U.S., North Korea after failed nuclear talks
South Korea will work with the United States and North Korea to help them reach a denuclearization deal, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Friday, a day after a U.S.-North Korean summit collapsed over a disagreement on sanctions.
EU ready to give Britain more guarantees ‘backstop’ is temporary: Barnier
The European Union is ready to give Britain more guarantees that the Irish “backstop” is only intended to be temporary, the bloc’s chief Brexit negotiator said on Friday.
Rights groups urge release of more Nicaragua prisoners
Human rights advocates on Friday urged Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega to free 566 people still in custody that the opposition considers political prisoners following an initial release of detainees from a simmering political crisis.
Australian defense minister the latest to quit as election looms
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a new Cabinet member on Saturday after a wave of high-profile ministerial resignations added to opinion polls that suggest the center-right government faces heavy defeat at elections due in May.
Algerian protest, stampede leaves at least one dead in capital: source
One person was killed on Friday in the Algerian capital during a stampede as police and protesters clashed, an informed source said.
Flights grounded at London’s Stansted after plane takeoff aborted
Flights were suspended at London’s Stansted airport after an Airbus A320 plane suffered an engine failure and the flight was aborted on the runway during takeoff, a spokesman for the airport said.
U.S. revokes visas of 49 people aligned with Venezuela’s Maduro: State Department
The United States on Friday revoked the visas of 49 individuals aligned with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, according to the State Department, a move intended to pressure Maduro to step down.
Southern Yemenis warn exclusion from U.N. peace talks could trigger new conflict
A separatist leader from south Yemen said a U.N.-mediated peace deal that fails to address the south’s wish for self-determination would be “dangerous” and could trigger a new conflict.
