Hamas publishes photos of raid ‘fugitives’; Israeli censor warns media
Hamas published photos on Thursday of six men and two women who it said were involved in a botched Israeli undercover raid into the Gaza Strip this month and appealed for details about them.
Iraq to launch reconstruction agency, president says
Iraq plans to launch a reconstruction agency to focus on projects such as a deep water port and a rail network, Iraq’s president said on Thursday, as the country seeks to put years of turmoil behind it.
Trump says U.S. in ‘very strong’ negotiations in Afghanistan
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States was “in very strong” peace negotiations in Afghanistan but he did not known whether they would be successful.
Around 100 Nigerian soldiers killed, Islamic State offshoot suspected: sources
Attacks blamed on Islamic State West Africa have killed around 100 soldiers in northeast Nigeria since Sunday, five security sources said on Thursday, speaking on condition of anonymity.
UK PM May must ditch Irish backstop for DUP support, lawmaker says
British Prime Minister Theresa May needs to ditch her agreement to an Irish border backstop in her Brexit deal if she is to get the support of the small Northern Irish party which props up her government, a lawmaker from the party said on Thursday.
Free my husband, pleads wife of UK academic jailed in UAE
The wife of a British academic jailed by a UAE court on spying charges called on the Emirati authorities on Thursday to review her husband’s life sentence and set him free.
Trump hints could make first visit to Afghanistan
U.S. President Donald Trump hinted on Thursday he may visit Afghanistan, scene of one of America’s longest wars but a country he has yet to visit almost two years into his presidency.
Brexit talks at critical moment after future ties agreed: UK PM May
British Prime Minister Theresa May said Brexit talks were at a critical moment and that all efforts would be made to bring them to a conclusion after a framework for the future relationship with the EU was agreed on Thursday.
Factbox: Brexiteers cast PM May’s draft Brexit deal as ‘surrender’
Britain and the European Union agreed a draft text setting out a close post-Brexit relationship on Thursday, though wrangles over fish and the future of Gibraltar must still be settled before leaders meet on Sunday.
May’s Brexit deal is the worst of all worlds, Labour’s Corbyn says
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal is the worst of all worlds, opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Thursday after the publication of the political declaration on the framework for future relations with the European Union….
