UK’s Hammond: talk of warship deployment complicates China ties
Britain’s talk of deploying a warship in the Pacific has complicated its relationship with China, finance minister Philip Hammond said on Thursday.
Catalonia protesters burn tires, block highways over separatist trial
Catalan activist groups burned tires and tried to block highways across northeast Spain on Thursday as part of a day of protests against the trial of 12 separatist political leaders for their part in a declaration of independence in 2017.
No sign of terrorism in Munich shooting that left two dead: German police
Two men were shot dead in the southern German city of Munich on Thursday but there were no indications that it was a terrorist attack, a police spokesman said.
As Trump and Kim prepare for summit, bars in Vietnam serve ‘Peace Negroniations’
Kim Jong Ale? Rock It, Man? Or how about a glass of Peace Negroniations?
U.S.-backed SDF hand Iraqi, foreign Islamic State fighters to Iraq
U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) handed over more than 150 Iraqi and other foreign Islamic State fighters to Iraq on Thursday.
No sign of terrorist background to Munich shooting: police
There are no indications that a shooting in the southern German city of Munich which left two people dead had a terrorist background, a police spokesman said on Thursday.
At least 70 killed in major Bangladesh blaze, toll likely to rise
As many as 70 people died in a major fire that engulfed several buildings in a centuries-old neighborhood of the Bangladesh capital, a fire official said on Thursday, warning the toll could climb as fire fighters scour the rubble.
Where Libya’s revolution began, many now yearn for a strong hand
Sitting in his cafe near the spot where the protests against Muammar Gaddafi touched off the Libyan revolution eight years ago, Miftah Atluba is not sorry the dictator has gone.
Ten trucks transport Islamic State fighters, families to Iraq: local mayor
Ten trucks transported Iraqi and foreign Islamic State fighters and their families to Iraq on Thursday as part of a prisoner handover by U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces to the Iraqi army, a local mayor said.
Wary of Xinjiang backlash, China invites waves of diplomats to visit
China is stepping up its diplomatic outreach over controversial camps in its heavily Muslim region of Xinjiang, inviting more foreign diplomats to visit as it seeks to head off criticism from Muslim-majority countries and at the United Nations.
