French police clash with ‘yellow vest’ protesters in Paris
French riot police fired tear gas and clashed with “yellow vest” protesters in central Paris on Saturday during the latest in a wave of demonstrations against the high cost of living that have shaken President Emmanuel Macron’s authority.
Top Houthi negotiator calls for main Yemen port to be neutral zone
Yemen’s main port city should be declared a “neutral zone” and the United Nations could play a role in Sanaa airport, the Iran-aligned Houthis’ main negotiator said on Saturday on the sidelines of talks aimed at ending the Yemeni war.
Hungarians protest against ‘slave law’ overtime rules
Thousands of Hungarians protested in Budapest on Saturday against a proposed new labor law that allows employers to ask for up to 400 hours of overtime work per year, a move its critics have billed as the “slave law”.
Germans face rail strikes over Christmas as wage talks fail
Germany’s EVG railway workers’ union plans to stage warning strikes over the Christmas period after wage talks with rail operator Deutsche Bahn [DBN.UL] broke down early on Saturday.
French police clash with ‘yellow vest’ protesters on Champs Elysees
French riot police fired tear gas canisters at “yellow vest” protesters in central Paris on Saturday at the start of a planned demonstration against the high cost of living under President Emmanuel Macron.
Yemen food survey finds majority in ‘dire’ crisis, famine a danger
Yemen’s war and the ensuing economic collapse has left 15.9 million people, 53 percent of the population, facing “severe acute food insecurity” and famine was a danger if immediate action was not taken, a survey said on Saturday.
Kramp-Karrenbauer seeks to unite German CDU after leadership battle
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the new leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats, sought to bind the party together after a divisive leadership battle by promoting a rival’s ally to a key post on Saturday.
Houthis call for transitional government including all Yemen’s political parties
The main negotiator of Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group called on Saturday for the formation of a transitional government with the participation of “all political parties”.
Women to get equal representation on UAE advisory council
United Arab Emirates federation president Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan has decided that women should make up half of its semi-elected advisory body when it is renewed next year, state-run WAM news agency reported on Saturday.
Houthis’ main negotiator: Yemen’s Hodeidah port city should be neutral zone
Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah should be declared a “neutral zone”, the main negotiator of the Iran-aligned Houthi group said on Saturday on the sidelines of peace talks underway in Sweden with the delegation of the Saudi-backed government.
