Indonesia stops search for victims of Lion Air crash
Indonesia authorities said on Saturday they had stopped the search for victims of a plane crash that killed all 189 people on board, but would keep looking for the Lion Air flight’s second black box, the cockpit voice recorder.
Turkish armory explosion kills four soldiers in southeast: Erdogan
Four Turkish soldiers were killed and around 20 were wounded in an armory storage explosion in the southeastern province of Hakkari, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday.
Fox says Britain may not get a deal with the EU
Britain may not be able to reach a divorce deal with the European Union because a number of contentious issues still stand in the way, trade minister Liam Fox said on Saturday.
Rouhani says new U.S. sanctions have no effect on Iran economy: state TV
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that U.S. sanctions announced last week have had no effect on Iran’s economy because Washington had already practically reimposed them earlier.
Magnitude 6.3 quake strikes northeast of Tonga: USGS
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the northeast coast of the South Pacific island nation of Tonga on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of damage.
Jo Johnson says other ministers thinking hard on whether to accept May’s Brexit plan
Jo Johnson, the younger brother of Boris, who quit the British government on Friday over Brexit, said he knew many other ministers and lawmakers were “reflecting hard” on whether to accept an exit deal and would welcome other resignations.
A window into the deadly pollution in India’s capital
Air quality has been deteriorating over recent weeks in India’s capital New Delhi as farmers burn crop residue in neighboring states and the smoke combines with industrial and vehicular emissions.
U.S. and others denounce dissolution of Sri Lanka parliament as undemocratic
Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to dissolve parliament, worsening an already major political crisis, has drawn criticism from Western powers, including the United States and Britain.
Death toll from Somalia hotel attack rises to 39
The number of people killed when suicide bombers and gunmen struck a popular hotel in Somalia’s capital has risen to 39 from the initial 22, police said on Saturday.
Melbourne police see Islamic State ‘inspiration’ behind stabbings
An Australian man who set fire to a truck laden with gas cylinders in the center of Melbourne and stabbed one person to death was inspired by Islamic State but did not have direct links with the group, police said on Saturday.
