Turkish court sentences journalist to 19 years jail over Gulen links
A court sentenced Turkish journalist Ali Unal to 19 years in jail on Wednesday on a charge of being a leader in the network accused of carrying out a failed coup in July 2016, state-owned Anadolu news agency reported.
Merkel taking risk by giving up CDU party chair, protege says
Angela Merkel’s decision to give up the leadership of her Christian Democrats while staying on as German chancellor is a risk and an experiment, her protege and would-be successor Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said on Wednesday.
Austria says it will not expel any Russians over spy case
Austria will not unilaterally expel any Russian diplomats in response to a case in which an Austrian army colonel is suspected of having spied for Moscow for 26 years, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Wednesday.
There is hope for an orderly Brexit: German minister
German Justice Minister Katharina Barley said there was hope that Britain would leave the European Union in an orderly fashion, harshly criticizing “Brexiteers” for their opposition to the withdrawal agreement reached between London and Brussels.
Monkey kills 12-day-old Indian baby
A monkey has snatched a 12-day-old Indian boy from his mother and killed him, police said.
British PM hails Brexit deal but must sell it to doubtful ministers
Prime Minister Theresa May put forward her draft European Union divorce plan on Wednesday but faced immediate opposition from some of her own members of parliament and political allies as well as other British parties over what one called a “botched de…
Two UK cabinet ministers will quit on Wednesday: Telegraph
Two members of Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet of senior ministers, Penny Mordaunt and Esther McVey, will resign on Wednesday, the chief political correspondent of the Telegraph said on Twitter.
France says Trump should have shown ‘decency’ on Paris attacks anniversary
U.S. President Donald Trump, who attacked his French counterpart in a series of tweets on Tuesday, should have shown “common decency” instead since the country was mourning the anniversary of deadly attacks in Paris, a French government spokesman said….
Volition in question day before Rohingya due to start return to Myanmar
Bangladesh has begun preparations to repatriate an initial batch of Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar on Thursday, but it is still unclear if any of them want to return, humanitarian officials said.
Modi government, Indian central bank set for uneasy truce: sources
India’s government and its central bank are getting close to ironing out some of their policy differences, said two sources familiar with the discussions, as they seek to defuse worsening tensions that had threatened to unnerve investors.
