Reserved Bavarian, sporty Finn seek center-right ticket for EU’s top job
A reserved Bavarian and a Finn known for doing Ironman triathlons will vie for the backing of Europe’s center-right parties on Thursday in the race to become European Commission president.
With eye on chancellery, Merkel protege wants new era for Germany
Pitching to succeed Angela Merkel as Christian Democrat (CDU) leader, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer promised on Wednesday a new chapter for Germany in which “people feel at home here” after a period of political turmoil marked by the rise of the far right…
U.S. envoy aims to end Iran oil exports without price spike
The United States is determined to push Iranian oil exports to zero, U.S. Special Representative Brian Hook said on Wednesday, through a ‘calibrated’ approach using maximum economic pressure without lifting oil prices.
Palestinians say Egyptian fire kills Gaza fisherman; Cairo denies
Egyptian naval forces fired on a Palestinian fishing boat and killed a fisherman on Wednesday, Gaza’s interior ministry said, but an Egyptian military source denied the report.
Palestinians say Egyptian fire kills Gaza fisherman; Cairo denies it
Egyptian naval forces fired on a Palestinian fishing boat and killed a fisherman on Wednesday, Gaza’s interior ministry said, but an Egyptian military source denied the report.
Trudeau apologizes for Canada’s 1939 refusal of Jewish refugee ship
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau formally apologized on Wednesday for the country’s 1939 refusal to take in a ship carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees, adding that the country would do more to protect Canadian Jews from violence.
Pakistani Christian woman freed after blasphemy death sentence reversed
A Pakistani Christian woman has been freed from prison a week after the Supreme Court overturned her conviction and death sentence for blasphemy against Islam, and she is at a secure location for fear of attacks on her, officials said on Thursday.
Chile sends 176 Haitian migrants home on criticized ‘humanitarian flight’
Chile returned a planeload of Haitian immigrants to their native country on Wednesday in the first in a series of “humanitarian flights” criticized by migrant groups as “forced deportations.”
U.S. Iran envoy aims to end Iran oil exports without price spike
The United States is determined to push Iranian oil exports to zero, U.S. Special Representative Brian Hook said on Wednesday, through a ‘calibrated’ approach using maximum economic pressure without lifting oil prices.
Yemen president appoints new minister of defense, chief of staff
Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi appointed Mohammed al-Maqdishi as minister of defense, state news agency SABA reported on Wednesday.
