Turkey opens gate with neighboring Syria’s Afrin: trade minister
A border gate between Turkey and Syria’s Afrin opened on Thursday, Turkish Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan said on Friday.
India clears sale of ‘enemy shares’ held by people who moved to Pakistan
India’s government said it will sell stocks worth millions of dollars seized from people who moved to Pakistan following partition in 1947 and the wars since, as a way to make up for a shortfall in revenues.
British minister optimistic Britain and EU will reach Brexit deal soon: Funke
Britain’s junior Brexit minister told a German media outlet he was optimistic that Britain and the European Union would reach a Brexit deal soon, adding that he hoped this would happen in the next three weeks.
Northern Irish kingmakers tell PM May: Don’t sell out the United Kingdom
The Northern Irish party which props up Prime Minister Theresa May’s government said on Friday that her negotiations had raised alarm bells and it would not support a Brexit deal that divided the United Kingdom.
Austria suspects colonel spied for Russia for decades
Austria suspects that a recently retired military officer spied for Russia for decades and Vienna has demanded an explanation from Moscow, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Friday.
U.S. accuses China of violating bilateral anti-hacking deal
China has been violating an agreement with the United States aimed at stopping cyber espionage through the hacking of government and corporate data, a senior U.S. intelligence official said on Thursday.
Second Turkish drill ship will operate in Black Sea: minister
Turkey has completed the purchase of its second drilling ship, which will operate in the Black Sea at the north of the country, Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Friday.
Syrian government forces, rebels clash in northwest: Observatory
Syrian government forces clashed with rebels in Hama province on Friday in some of the heaviest fighting in the country’s northwest in a year, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Turkey orders 103 soldiers arrested in Gulen probe: Anadolu
Turkish prosecutors ordered the detention of 103 soldiers with suspected links to the U.S.-based Muslim cleric accused of orchestrating a failed coup in mid-2016, state-owned Anadolu news agency said on Friday.
Three stabbed in Australian city, terror not suspected
A man stabbed three people in the Australian city of Melbourne on Friday, killing one, before being shot and wounded by police, who said the attack was not believed to be terror-related.
