May says EU leaders want to ensure UK leaves with a deal
Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday that she saw and heard a desire from European Union leaders to ensure Britain leaves the bloc with a deal.
Booming Edinburgh will be first UK city to introduce a tourist tax
Scotland’s capital Edinburgh is to become the first British city to introduce a tourist tax to try to better manage the impact of swelling visitor numbers and booming hotel occupancy, its council said on Thursday.
Bosnian Serbs form new panels to re-examine Srebrenica, Sarajevo victims
The government of Bosnia’s autonomous Serb Republic set up panels on Thursday to re-examine the number of victims in Srebrenica and Sarajevo during Bosnia’s 1992-1995 war, a move Western countries view as a push to revise history.
Chilean court opens fresh case against ex-army chief for Pinochet-era crimes
A Chilean court has opened a fresh case against the country’s former army chief for the alleged torture of 24 political prisoners following a military coup in 1973, according to a court document released Thursday.
Death toll rises to six at South Africa coal mine gas explosion
The number of people killed by a gas explosion in an unused coal mine in South Africa’s eastern province of Mpumalanga has risen to six, and several others remain trapped, an official at the mine said on Thursday.
France says to continue military cooperation with Cameroon
France said on Thursday its defense cooperation with Cameroon was continuing a day after the United States said it was halting some military assistance to the West African country over allegations of human rights violations by its security forces.
Israeli move threatens Lebanon’s oil wealth: Lebanon’s Berri
Lebanon’s parliament speaker said on Thursday an Israeli move to license energy exploration near a disputed maritime boundary threatened to drain Lebanese oil wealth before its own drilling had started.
Uganda police arrest BBC journalists, government demands release
Ugandan police arrested a team of BBC journalists for illegal possession of prescription drugs, but the country’s government spokesman said the reporters had been helping to expose corruption, and demanded their immediate release.
Brazil set to ban upstream tailings dams after collapse kills hundreds
Brazil’s mining agency plans to ban upstream tailings dams used for storing mining waste, a director at the National Mining Agency (ANM) said on Thursday, after such a dam burst last month, likely killing at least 300 people.
War criminals have no place in government, U.S. ambassador tells Kosovo
The U.S. ambassador to Kosovo has criticized Kosovo’s government for hiring an ex-Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander convicted of war crimes as an advisor to the prime minister.
