China should free Canadians held after Huawei arrest, U.S.’s Pompeo says
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday China should free two Canadian citizens who were detained this week after authorities in Canada arrested a senior Chinese technology executive on a U.S. extradition warrant.
Australia recognizes West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital: PM Morrison
Australia formally recognizes West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, reversing decades of Middle East policy, but will not move its embassy there immediately, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Saturday.
U.N. climate talks go into overtime as negotiators grapple with text
The United Nations’ climate talks went into overtime early Saturday morning as negotiators from nearly 200 nations grappled with disagreements over parts of a package of rules to implement a landmark agreement to combat global warming.
Nobel laureate Murad to build hospital in her hometown in Iraq
Nadia Murad, an Iraqi Yazidi woman held as a sex slave by Islamic State militants who won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, said on Friday she intended to use the prize money to build a hospital for victims of sexual abuse in her hometown.
UK ministers think May’s Brexit plan is dead, seek alternatives: The Times
Most of British Prime Minister Theresa May’s senior ministers think her Brexit plan is dead and are discussing different options including a second referendum, The Times newspaper reported.
Nigeria lifts UNICEF suspension hours after accusing staff of spying for Islamists
The Nigerian military on Friday lifted a suspension of United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund activities in the northeast of the country, hours after it was imposed amid accusations that UNICEF staff spied for Islamist militants in the …
Nigerian military lifts suspension of UNICEF activities in northeast: statement
The Nigerian military has lifted its suspension of activities by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in the northeast of Nigeria, it said in a statement on Friday.
Nigerian military lifts suspension of UNICEF activities in northeast: statement
The Nigerian military has lifted its suspension of activities by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in the northeast of Nigeria, it said in a statement on Friday.
Police probe hoax bitcoin bomb threats across U.S., Canada
U.S. law enforcement officials on Friday were investigating a wave of hoax emailed bomb threats demanding bitcoin payment that caused worry but no damage in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Fighting breaks out in Yemen’s Hodeidah after truce deal
Fighting broke out on the outskirts of Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah on Friday, residents said, a day after a ceasefire agreement was reached by the warring parties at U.N.-sponsored peace talks.
