EU: Tanzanian government pressure on its envoy forced his recall to Brussels – statement
The European Union said on Thursday it was launching a comprehensive review of its policies toward Tanzania and would resume dialogue with authorities there once it was complete.
British PM May fights to save Brexit deal and her job
Prime Minister Theresa May’s draft divorce deal with the European Union was in jeopardy on Thursday after her Brexit secretary and other ministers quit in protest and her own eurosceptic lawmakers called for her to be ousted.
Morocco inaugurates Africa’s fastest train
Morocco inaugurated on Thursday Africa’s fastest train which will halve traveling time between the commercial and industrial hubs of Casablanca and Tangier.
‘Get out!’ Some Mexico border residents reject migrant arrivals
Demonized by U.S. President Donald Trump and exhausted after a harrowing journey, migrants from Central America in a caravan now face a new threat: open hostility from some Mexicans.
Chile president vows to probe fatal shooting of indigenous Mapuche man
Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera has promised the government will “spare no means” in investigating the fatal shooting of an indigenous Mapuche man during a confrontation with police that sparked widespread fury among locals, opposition members of pa…
Netanyahu faces snap election calls after defense minister quits
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced calls on Thursday from his coalition partners to hold an early election, a day after the defense minister’s resignation left the government with a razor-thin majority.
Chechen leader’s Instagram account briefly unblocked
The Instagram account of Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-backed head of Russia’s Chechnya region and an avid social media user until he was banned last year, was unblocked briefly and then blocked again after he used it to post an ode to his pistol.
Kremlin critic Navalny was a political prisoner, rules European court
The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that Russia’s repeated arrests and detention of opposition leader Alexei Navalny were politically-motivated and breached his human rights, a decision Moscow called questionable.
Explainer: Unraveling the Boeing 737 MAX Lion Air crash
The crash of a Boeing Co 737 MAX jet in Indonesia on Oct. 29 has raised questions on whether the manufacturer shared enough information with regulators, airlines and pilots about the systems on the latest version of its popular narrow-body plane.
Four Malawian U.N. peacekeepers killed in Congo: Malawi Defence Force
Four Malawian soldiers, part of the United Nations peace keeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, have died after coming under attack by rebels, the Malawi Defence Forces (MDF) said on Thursday.
