Saudi Arabia says reports about torture by Amnesty, HRW are baseless
Saudi Arabia on Friday dismissed as baseless reports about torture and sexual harassment published by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
Turkey indicts 28 people, including cleric Gulen, for 2016 assassination of Russian envoy
Turkey charged 28 people on Friday in relation to the 2016 assassination of the Russian ambassador to Ankara, naming the U.S.-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen as the prime suspect in the case, the state-owned Anadolu news agency said.
Kosovo police arrest three over January murder of Serb leader Ivanovic
Police in Kosovo have made the first arrests in connection with the murder of Kosovo Serb leader Oliver Ivanovic in January, detaining three suspects including two ex-police officers in a pre-dawn raid on Friday, officials said.
British PM faces parliamentary ‘war of attrition’ to deliver Brexit
Prime Minister Theresa May’s trial by parliament to deliver on her Brexit plan is only just beginning.
Northern Irish DUP’s Foster: PM May should ask EU for a better deal
The leader of the Northern Irish party which props up Prime Minister Theresa May’s government said May should ask the European Union for a better Brexit divorce deal.
UK minister says Irish backstop would create issues for future trade deals
Britain would have issues negotiating trade deals with new partners if an Irish border backstop arrangement came into effect, trade minister Liam Fox said on Friday, but reservations about it on both sides suggest it won’t need to be used.
Spain insists future of Gibraltar must be settled through direct talks
Spain on Friday insisted that a Brexit deal should make clear Madrid would have a direct say how the future relationship between the EU and Britain could impact Gibraltar, and this would have to be discussed bilaterally.
Armed men in Syria’s Idlib kill prominent activist
Armed men in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province assassinated on Friday an activist who ran a radio station that provided independent news and satirized both President Bashar al-Assad and opposition insurgents, a war monitor reported.
UK PM May: EU won’t give us better Brexit deal if parliament rejects current one
Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday the European Union would not renegotiate the Brexit deal if Britain’s parliament rejected the current version of the exit agreement.
Gunmen attack China’s consulate in Pakistan as violence flares across region
Three suicide attackers stormed the Chinese consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi amid a series of gunshots and an explosion on Friday, but were killed before they could force their way in with a car packed with explosives, police said.
