Sudan price protests subverted by ‘infiltrators’: spokesman
A Sudanese government spokesman said on Friday that nationwide protests over soaring prices that have left at least eight people dead in the past two days had been “derailed and transformed by infiltrators”.
China denies economic espionage charges from U.S., allies
China’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday it is resolutely opposed to accusations from the United States and other allies criticizing China for economic espionage, urging Washington to withdraw its accusations.
Sudan protests handled ‘without repression or opposition’: government spokesman
A spokesman for the Sudanese government said on Friday that protests over prices in several cities on Wednesday and Thursday were “dealt with in a civilized way without repression or opposition”, the official Sudan News Agency reported.
Five dead, eight missing after methane explosion in Czech coal mine
Five miners died and eight were unaccounted for after a methane explosion at the CSM hard coal mine in the east of the Czech Republic on Thursday, the mine’s operator OKD said.
U.N. pushes U.S. to allow Mexico access to nationals on death row
The 193-member United Nations General Assembly called on the United States on Thursday to implement a 2004 international court ruling by allowing consular access to dozens of Mexicans sentenced to death by U.S. courts and reviewing their cases.
U.S. considers significant Afghanistan troop withdrawal: officials
President Donald Trump is considering significantly drawing down troops from Afghanistan, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday, in the latest sign his patience is thinning both with America’s longest war and overseas military interventions, gene…
Brazil police request charges for faith healer ‘John of God’
Brazilian police on Thursday requested that a popular faith healer face criminal charges related to accusations by hundreds of women that he sexually assaulted or raped them.
U.N. to vote Friday to approve advance monitors for Yemen truce
The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on Friday to endorse a ceasefire agreed by the warring parties in Yemen’s Hodeidah region and authorize an advance U.N. team to begin monitoring the deal, diplomats said.
Cuba reinserts ‘communism’ in draft of new constitution
Cuba has reinserted the goal of “advancing toward a communist society” into the draft of the country’s new constitution after its removal from the first version had sparked concern among thousands of citizens, state-run television said on Thursday.
Chilean president removes police chief after shooting controversy
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera asked the country’s police chief to resign on Thursday following a growing controversy over the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of an indigenous man in southern Chile.
