Alpine airlift sends in supplies to isolated French villages
High in the French Alps, a helicopter airlifts food, logs and a Renault Twingo car for the residents of two tiny hamlets left isolated after a rockslide in April.
Comoros authorities sign pact to end standoff on island
Five days of clashes between protesters and police in Comoros’ Anjouan island have subsided after the national government, local authorities and the Anjouan capital Mutsamudu signed an accord aimed at ending the violence, officials said on Friday.
Top EU court tells Poland to stop Supreme Court overhaul, reinstate judges
The European Union’s top court ordered Poland on Friday to suspend a law forcing some of country’s Supreme Court judges into early retirement, and reinstate those who have already been dismissed.
Swiss group ABB’s CEO becomes latest boss to skip Saudi conference
ABB Chief Executive Ulrich Spiesshofer will not attend an investment conference in Saudi Arabia next week, the Swiss engineering group said on Friday.
Detained former head of Ethiopian region tried to escape: police
A former president of an Ethiopian region who was arrested on charges of human rights abuses and stoking deadly ethnic clashes tried to escape by climbing out a window while in police custody ahead of a court appearance, police said on Friday.
Airbus, Deutsche executives to skip Saudi investment summit
Airbus said its defense chief Dirk Hoke will no longer attend the Future Investment Initiative conference in Saudi Arabia, the latest senior industry executive to skip next week’s event amid concern about the fate of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Crimea mourns victims of mass shooting
Hundreds of residents in the Crimean port city of Kerch commemorated on Friday the victims of a college mass shooting in which an armed teenager killed 20 people, mostly his fellow pupils, and injured dozens more.
Pope trip to North Korea serious possibility under right conditions: Vatican
Pope Francis will seriously consider the possibility of an unprecedented visit to North Korea but some conditions will have to be met, a senior Vatican official said.
Guards on Hong Kong-flagged ship repel pirates off Somalia coast: EU force
Security guards aboard a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship repelled an attack by pirates in a gunbattle off Somalia’s coast this week, the European naval force in the region said on Friday.
Greek PM rules out snap polls after foreign minister quits
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras ruled out a snap election on Friday following the resignation of his foreign minister, saying his administration still had backing from a majority of lawmakers.
