U.S. weapons makers rattled over Saudi Arabia deals
Major U.S. defense contractors have expressed concern to the Trump administration that lawmakers angered by the disappearance of a Saudi journalist in Turkey will block further arms deals with Saudi Arabia, a senior U.S. official told Reuters on Friday…
World Bank chief exits planned Saudi investment conference
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim will not attend a Saudi Arabian investment conference later this month, a World Bank official told Reuters on Friday citing a scheduling conflict.
U.S. pastor Brunson leaves his home in Turkey after release
The American evangelical Christian pastor at the center of a row between Ankara and Washington left his home in Turkey’s western Izmir province on Friday, a Reuters cameraman said, hours after he was released from detention.
Hundreds attend funeral of murdered Bulgarian journalist
Hundreds of Bulgarians queued silently at a church in Ruse on Friday to pay their last respects to Viktoria Marinova, the television journalist whose brutal rape and murder shocked the country and triggered debates over freedom of the press.
Mnuchin to attend top Saudi event, media exit over missing journalist
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Wall Street bankers will show up at an elite Saudi investment conference this month despite a growing exodus of top media companies and business leaders after the disappearance of a Saudi journalist.
Portugal defense minister quits amid probe of theft cover-up
Portuguese Defence Minister Jose Azeredo Lopes resigned on Friday amid an investigation into a suspected army cover-up of a weapons theft last year, a ministry spokesman said.
Italy resisting EU push to impose sanctions over cyberattacks
(This October 12 story corrects Commissioner’s name from Julien to Julian in eight paragraph.)
Three migrants found dead off Spanish coast: rescuers
Three migrants drowned and 354 were rescued from dinghies in Spanish waters on Friday, the maritime rescue service said.
Nigerian opposition party candidate Abubakar chooses running mate: spokesman
The main opposition challenger to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in next year’s elections has selected a former governor from the southeast of the country to be his running mate, the candidate’s spokesman said on Friday.
Indian activist, 86, dies while fasting for cleaner Ganges
One of India’s most prominent environmental activists has died at the age of 86 after more than 15 weeks of a hunger strike to protest against government inaction on cleaning up the Ganges.
