CAR war crimes suspect Yekatom protests transfer to Hague
A lawyer for war crimes suspect Alfred Yekatom said at his initial International Criminal Court appearance on Friday his client was tortured after his arrest in Central African Republic before being forcibly transferred to the Hague tribunal.
U.N. says it’s ready to help supervise management of vital Yemen port
The United Nations is ready to help supervise Yemen’s Hodeidah port to protect the vital supply lifeline from “potential destruction”, the world body said on Friday, as its envoy to the war-damaged country met managers of the Houthi-held harbor.
Malaysia backpedals on U.N. race measure in face of protests
Malaysia on Friday reversed a pledge to ratify a UN convention against racial discrimination, following backlash from groups who fear it could dilute privileges for majority ethnic Malays.
Rebels storm China’s consulate in Pakistan amid gunfire and explosion
Three suicide attackers stormed the Chinese consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi amid a series of gunshots and an explosion on Friday, but were killed before they could get into the building in a car packed with explosives, police said.
Brazil police serve 22 arrest warrants in ‘Car Wash’ probe
Brazilian police on Friday served 22 arrest warrants as part of the sprawling “Car Wash” probe due to suspected corruption involving a Petrobras construction contract in the state of Bahia, a federal prosecutor said on Twitter.
At least 26 killed in a blast in mosque in Afghanistan: officials
An explosion at a mosque in the eastern Afghan province of Khost on Friday killed at least 26 people and wounded 50, officials in the area said.
Wife of British academic jailed in UAE: We are waiting
The wife of a British academic jailed by a UAE court on spying charges said on Friday that she had asked for clemency and that she was now waiting to see what happened.
Hungary’s Orban defends asylum for fugitive Macedonian ex-leader
Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday defended Hungary’s granting of asylum to a former Macedonian prime minister facing a jail term at home, describing him as an ally and accusing Macedonia’s justice system of involvement in political “games”.
Trump shows he will turn blind eye to Khashoggi killing, Turkey says
Donald Trump’s comments about Jamal Khashoggi’s killing show the U.S. president will turn a blind eye to the issue no matter what investigators uncover, Turkey’s foreign minister said on Friday.
Indian police investigate who helped young American killed on remote island
Indian authorities said on Friday they are investigating whether a young American believed to have been killed by an isolated tribe on a remote island, may have had help from more people than initially thought to make his illegal voyage.
