Norway police says Oslo knife attack probed as ‘terror-related’
A knife attack in a supermarket in Oslo on Thursday is being investigated as “terror-related”, the head of the Norwegian police security service (PST) said on Friday.
Explainer: ‘Yellow vest’ crisis exposes limits of French welfare system
France’s “yellow vest” protests have exposed a deep-rooted belief that society is not working for large swathes of the French population, especially outside major cities.
Eastern Libyan force says it killed senior al Qaeda operative
Eastern Libyan forces said on Friday they had killed a senior al Qaeda figure in southern Libya, during an operation to secure oil and gas assets and fight militants in the lawless south.
Top North Korea envoy in Washington for Pompeo talks, may meet Trump
North Korea’s lead negotiator in nuclear diplomacy with the United States is due to hold talks with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and could also meet President Donald Trump on Friday during a visit aimed at clearing the way for a second U.S.-North Kor…
U.S. secretary of state to meet with North Korean counterpart: statement
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet with his North Korean counterpart in Washington later on Friday, the State Department said.
Indonesia to release suspected Bali bomb mastermind Bashir from prison
Abu Bakar Bashir, the radical Muslim cleric and alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings, will be granted early release from jail on humanitarian grounds, Indonesia’s president said on Friday.
EU says Britain must hold European elections if no Brexit before July 2
The European Commission indicated on Friday that Britons would need to choose their representatives to the next European Parliament if the country were to stay in the European Union beyond the first sitting of the new assembly on July 2.
Death toll from Colombia car bomb rises to 21, police say
Colombian police on Friday said 21 people were killed and 68 injured after a car bomb exploded at a police academy in Bogota in an attack that prompted fears of a return to the country’s violent past.
Colombian ELN rebels behind Bogota car bomb attack that killed 21: government
Colombia’s ELN rebel group was responsible for the car bomb attack against a police academy that killed at least 21 and injured dozens, Defense Minister Guillermo Botero said on Friday.
Brazil’s farm minister worried about Israel embassy move
Brazilian Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias said on Friday the farm sector is worried that President Jair Bolsonaro’s plan to move Brazil’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem could hurt halal meat exports to Muslim countries.
