Turkey will enter Syria’s Manbij if U.S. doesn’t remove YPG fighters, Erdogan says
Turkish forces will enter the Syrian town of Manbij if the United States does not remove YPG Kurdish fighters, and it will also target Kurdish-controlled areas further east, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday.
UK PM May’s Brussels trip was ‘complete failure’: ex-UKIP leader Farage
Prime Minister Theresa May’s inability to extract any concessions from European Union leaders on Thursday showed a complete failure of British diplomacy, former UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage said.
U.S.-backed Syrian forces take Islamic State-held town: report
Syrian fighters backed by the United States have driven Islamic State from the town of Hajin in eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitoring group said on Friday.
Russia ready to discuss inspections with U.S. on arms treaty: RIA
Russia is ready to discuss mutual inspections with the United States in order to save the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty, RIA news agency cited Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs as saying on Friday.
EU summit a welcome first step: UK PM May’s deputy
The EU council meeting was a welcome first step as British Prime Minister Theresa May tries to win reassurances she hopes will persuade lawmakers to back her Brexit plan, her deputy told the BBC.
Hong Kong democracy leaders defiant as landmark trial wraps up
Hong Kong democracy leaders pledged on Friday to sustain their fight for full democracy at the end of a month-long trial that could see them jailed for leading and inciting 2014 protests against what they see as Beijing’s unjust curbs on freedom.
South Korea’s Moon calls for ‘restrained’ language with Japan over wartime forced labor row
South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in told Japanese lawmakers on Friday “cautious, restrained language” is needed when discussing wartime forced labor to avoid “inciting antagonistic emotions” between the people of the two East Asian countries.
Labour Party says UK PM May has failed to get meaningful changes to Brexit deal
Britain’s opposition Labour Party said Prime Minister Theresa May had failed to win meaningful changes to her Brexit divorce deal at a summit with European leaders.
Superyacht in Malaysia scandal can be yours for $130 million
Malaysia has set a $130 million pricetag for a superyacht seized from a fugitive financier wanted in connection with a multi-billion dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB, a government lawyer said on Friday.
Some see ‘devil’s work’ as Ukrainian Church prepares to split with Russia
Ukrainian security service officers raided the Orthodox Christian cathedral in this northwestern town this month, saying it suspected its Russia-aligned clergy of spreading religious hatred.
