Denmark says Islamic State suspected in killing of Danish, Norwegian women in Morocco
Danish intelligence said on Thursday that Islamic State may be responsible for killing two women, one from Norway and the other from Denmark, while they were camping in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains.
Morocco arrests three more suspects in killing of Scandinavian women
Police in Morocco have arrested three more suspects in the killing of two female tourists, one from Norway and one from Denmark, in the Atlas Mountains, a spokesman said on Thursday.
Sudanese security forces fire teargas after hundreds protest in Atbara
Security forces fired teargas after hundreds of protesters took to the streets of a suburb of the Sudanese city of Atbara on Thursday, chanting anti-government slogans, witnesses said.
Delhi city government lifts ban on Bloomberg-funded tobacco control charity
A small Indian non-profit group funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies can carry out tobacco-control work in New Delhi after authorities lifted a ban on its activities, according to a city official and government memo seen by Reuters.
Egyptian court acquits 40 NGO workers whose case strained ties with U.S.
An Egyptian court on Thursday acquitted 40 NGO workers in the re-trial of a case that has caused tension with the United States.
Thousand Koreans sue government over wartime labor at Japan firms
More than a thousand South Koreans sued the government on Thursday for compensation for forced labor for Japanese firms during World War Two in a fresh twist to one of several historical disputes souring ties between the two countries.
UK could seek minimalist agreement for ‘managed no-deal’ Brexit, minister says
Britain could seek to agree a further “minimalist” withdrawal deal with the European Union if British lawmakers reject Prime Minister Theresa May’s divorce agreement, House of Commons leader Andrea Leadsom said on Thursday.
Denmark to hold foreign criminals on tiny island
The Danish parliament on Thursday passed the 2019 budget, including a proposal to hold foreign criminals on a tiny island.
France says Islamic State has not been wiped from map in Syria
France’s defense minister said on Thursday that Islamic State militants had been weakened but not been wiped from the map in Syria and that the fight to defeat them definitively in their remaining pockets needed to carry on.
Exclusive: Detained Canadian in China also Hungarian, Hungary seeks access – sources
A former Canadian diplomat detained in China amid a growing row over a Chinese executive arrested in Vancouver also has Hungarian nationality, sources familiar with the matter said, potentially raising the stakes by pulling the EU into the case.
