U.N. says hopes for peace in Afghanistan are well founded
Afghanistan has a better chance of finding peace than it has for many years, with more coordination in international peace efforts and willingness to include all parties, the top U.N. humanitarian official in the country said on Friday.
U.N. ready to help run vital Yemen port in danger of destruction
The United Nations said on Friday it was ready to help supervise Yemen’s vital Hodeidah port to protect it from “potential destruction”, as its envoy met managers of the Houthi-held harbour.
Britain hopes UAE grants jailed academic clemency
Britain said on Friday it hopes the United Arab Emirates looks favorably on the request for clemency from the family of an academic jailed on spying charges.
EU says changes to Polish supreme court legislation a good sign
European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis said on Friday that changes Poland is introducing in a law overhauling the Supreme Court are a sign that things are going in the right direction.
EU negotiators fail to agree on Gibraltar before Brexit summit
European Union negotiators from the 27 states remaining after Brexit were unable to agree on Gibraltar during talks on Friday, diplomatic sources said of the outstanding issue before Sunday’s summit of the bloc’s leaders to seal the deal.
Britain’s opposition Labour Party plots overthrow of capitalism
The British Labour Party’s would-be finance minister, John McDonnell, has a message for the world: he is deadly serious about overthrowing capitalism and building a socialist society.
Poland’s opposition demands no-confidence vote for government
Poland’s biggest opposition party, the centrist Civic Platform (PO), said on Friday it will submit to parliament a no-confidence motion in the government of the eurosceptic Law and Justice (PiS).
Germany confident Gibraltar will be settled before Sunday’s Brexit summit
The German government is working on the assumption that all open questions regarding an agreement on Britain’s exit from the European Union will be settled by the time of a meeting of the EU’s leaders on Sunday, a government spokesman said.
UK PM May’s spokeswoman: We will work with Spain on Brexit
Prime Minister Theresa May will work with Spain on Brexit, her spokeswoman said on Friday, but added that Britain has worked openly with the European Union on Gibraltar and wants to ensure a good deal for the “whole of the UK family”.
Turkey says roadmap on Syria’s Manbij needs to be completed by year-end
An agreement with the United States for the removal of a Kurdish militia from the northern Syrian town of Manbij needs to completed by the end of the year, Turkey said on Friday, voicing frustration with what it says is a deal beset by delays.
