Netanyahu meets Omani FM, hints other Arab states warming to Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Oman’s foreign minister on the sidelines of a U.S.-sponsored Middle East conference in Warsaw on Wednesday and hinted that other Arab countries represented there were engaging with Israel.
Mexico’s president calls El Chapo trial a lesson, looks to future
The conviction of drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman in the United States is a lesson that a life of crime and easy money doesn’t bring happiness, Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday.
France’s ‘Benalla Affair’ – the scandal Macron can’t shake
Emmanuel Macron has spent much of the past four months battling to contain the threat from France’s “yellow vest” revolt. But another lingering problem may cast a longer shadow over his presidency: the Benalla Affair.
Election may keep Moldova in ‘gray zone’ between West and Russia
An election in Moldova this month looks likely to produce a hung parliament, entrenching a split between pro-Western and pro-Russian forces at a time when concerns over corruption and democracy have soured its relations with the European Union.
Two Syrians arrested in Germany for suspected crimes against humanity
Police have arrested two Syrian citizens in Germany on suspicion of crimes against humanity, including torturing prisoners, during their work for the intelligence service in Syria, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Bathhouse in war-hit Yemen offers relaxation – and rare water
Yemenis go to the Fakhama Bathhouse in the capital Sanaa to relax with steam, scrubs and massages.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro will probably leave hospital in the afternoon – spokesman
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will probably leave hospital in Sao Paulo on Wednesday afternoon and return to Brasilia to resume his duties, his spokesman said.
Merkel strives for orderly Brexit but says deal must be fair
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday she would do everything she could to achieve an orderly Brexit before the March 29 deadline but said any deal must be fair and work in practice.
‘Welcome to North Macedonia’: new road signs go up on border with Greece
At the Bogorodica border crossing with Greece, Macedonian workers on Wednesday placed stencils on road signs bearing their country’s official new name, the Republic of North Macedonia, making a first step in implementing a landmark deal with Athens.
UK bid to replicate EU trade deals will ‘go down to wire’: trade minister Fox
Trade minister Liam Fox said on Wednesday he expected efforts to replicate European Union trade agreements with third countries in time for Britain’s exit from the bloc would “go down to the wire”.
