Soros university says it being forced out of Hungary, mulls move
Hungary’s Central European University, a graduate school founded by U.S. financier George Soros, said it was being forced out of the country by the nationalist government and would switch to enrolling new students in Vienna if it did not get guarantees…
Three days of violence that emptied an Angolan town of Congolese
Residents of Kapende, a Congolese neighborhood in the Angolan town of Lucapa, scrawled messages on their homes to keep the looters away, but it did not work.
Philippines’ Duterte sacks all top customs officials over drugs
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte fired the head of the Bureau of Customs on Thursday and ordered all top bureau officials replaced after the agency failed to intercept more than a ton of drugs, the second such case in two years.
Merkel protege issues stark warning to SPD before state election
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s preferred successor as head of Germany’s conservatives warned the Social Democrats (SPD) on Thursday that quitting the ruling coalition after a weekend regional vote would trigger a federal election.
Saudi Arabia says Khashoggi murder premeditated: state media
Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor said on Thursday the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was premeditated, citing a joint Saudi-Turkish investigation, state media reported.
Spain’s Supreme Court sends Catalan independence leaders to trial
Spain’s Supreme Court on Thursday said it had ended its investigation against 18 Catalan independence leaders who will now face trial, likely at the beginning of next year.
Rice balls for Japan hostage as he returns home from Syrian ‘hell’
A 44-year-old Japanese freelance journalist returned home on Thursday to rice balls cooked by his mother but an uncertain future more than three years after militants in Syria captured him in what he described as a physical and mental “hell”.
Singapore to hang two drug traffickers amid calls for a halt
Singapore is due to execute two convicted drug traffickers on Friday after hanging a man on Wednesday for the same offense amid fresh calls for the wealthy state to abolish the death penalty.
Chinese journalist charged in UK after slapping man at Conservative conference
A female Chinese reporter has been charged with assault after allegedly slapping a volunteer at an event on the sidelines of the UK’s Conservative Party conference last month where they were discussing political freedoms in Hong Kong.
CIA chief heard recording of Khashoggi killing during Turkey visit: two sources
CIA director Gina Haspel heard an audio recording of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi during her visit to Turkey this week, two sources told Reuters on Thursday, the first indication Ankara has shared its key evidence.
