Yemen peace talks likely in early December: Mattis
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Wednesday that peace talks between Yemen’s warring parties were likely to take place in early December in Sweden.
DUP leader Foster says won’t withdraw support for UK PM May yet
The Northern Ireland party whose 10 members of parliament back British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government does not plan to withdraw its support yet despite opposition to her Brexit withdrawal deal, its leader said on Wednesday.
Britain’s May in Brussels to cut deal on future EU ties
Prime Minister Theresa May met the EU’s chief executive in Brussels on Wednesday to try to hammer out a blueprint for Britain’s ties after it leaves the bloc and to get commitments that will appease rebels at home opposed to her Brexit draft treaty.
U.S.- S.Korea to reduce scope of ‘Foal Eagle’ military exercise
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Wednesday that a joint military exercise with South Korea called “Foal Eagle” would be reduced in scope next year so it does not harm diplomatic efforts with North Korea.
UAE jails Briton for life for spying, UK assails ‘unacceptable’ ruling
A UAE court sentenced a British academic to life in prison on charges of spying for the British government on Wednesday, in a move Britain said would have serious diplomatic consequences for relations between the old allies.
American killed by an isolated tribe on remote Indian island
A young American adventurer and evangelist visiting one of the islands in India’s remote cluster of Andaman and Nicobar has been killed by a tribe of hunter-gatherers who live there isolated from the outside world, police said on Wednesday.
Gunmen kidnap Italian volunteer, wound children in Kenya
Gunmen kidnapped an Italian volunteer and wounded five people in Kenya in an attack that has brought fears of an upsurge in activity by militant Islamists.
More than 80,000 Yemeni children may have died from hunger, aid group says
An estimated 85,000 children under five may have died from extreme hunger in Yemen since a Saudi-led coalition intervened in the civil war in 2015, an aid agency said on Wednesday, as the U.N. special envoy arrived in Yemen to pursue peace talks.
Egyptians kidnapped by Libyan gunmen over business dispute: residents
Armed men in an eastern Libyan city have kidnapped 16 Egyptian workers over a financial dispute between Libyan contractors and their Egyptian partner, residents of the workers’ home village said.
Czech ruling partner will allow cabinet to survive no-confidence motion
The junior partner in the Czech Republic’s ruling coalition will allow the government to survive a motion of no-confidence by abstaining from the vote, the party said on Wednesday.
