Trump says freed pastor to arrive in U.S. on Saturday, visit White House
The pastor who was at the center of a diplomatic spat between Turkey and the United States will land at a military base near Washington on Saturday and will likely visit the White House the same day, President Donald Trump said on Friday.
UAE says it has been in touch with UK for months over detained academic
The United Arab Emirates has been in contact with British authorities over a British academic since shortly after he was detained in May, a senior UAE official said on Friday, amid suggestions that he would be charged with espionage.
Trump says he will call Saudi King Salman about journalist Khashoggi
President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday that he has not talked to Saudi Arabia’s King Salman but will call the royal leader soon, as questions mount about the disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Israel says Palestinian refugees number in the thousands, not millions
An Israeli government study shared with Washington argues that Palestinian refugees number in the thousands, not the millions designated by a U.N. aid agency whose funding has been slashed by the Trump administration, an Israeli official said on Friday…
Nigerian opposition candidate Abubakar picks 2019 election running mate
The main opposition challenger to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in next year’s election has selected a former governor from the southeast of the country to be his running mate, the candidate’s spokesman said on Friday.
U.S. pastor Brunson released by Turkish court, set to fly home
An American evangelical Christian pastor at the centre of a row between Ankara and Washington looked set to fly home on Friday after a Turkish court freed him, a move that may signal a step towards mending ties between the allies.
Plane carrying U.S. pastor Brunson leaves Turkey, heads to Germany then U.S.: lawyer
A plane carrying the U.S. pastor at the centre of a row between Ankara and Washington, took off from the airport in Turkey’s western Izmir province late on Friday, a witness said, hours after a court ruled he could go free.
Seven Palestinians killed in border protests: Gaza health officials
Israeli forces killed seven Palestinians on Friday in protests along Gaza’s border, Gaza health officials said. Israel said its troops had shot a group who broke through the fence with a bomb and attacked an army post.
U.N. says 833 children released by Nigerian militia group
A militia fighting against the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria has released 833 children from its own ranks, some as young as 11, the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF said on Friday.
U.S. pastor Brunson arrives at airport in Turkey’s Izmir after release
U.S. pastor Andrew Brunson, at the centre of a row between Ankara and Washington, arrived at the airport in Turkey’s western Izmir province on Friday, a Reuters photographer at the scene said, hours after a court ruled he could go free.
