Three suicide attackers storm Chinese consulate in Pakistan, insurgent group says
Three suicide attackers of a Pakistani insurgent group stormed the Chinese consulate in the southern city of Karachi on Friday, a spokesman for the group told Reuters, claiming responsibility for the assault.
Wild winds cause air travel chaos in Australia, fan major bushfires
Strong winds across Australia’s southeast coast on Friday caused commuter chaos at Sydney and Melbourne airports, the country’s two busiest, with thousands of air travelers stranded after dozens of flights were canceled.
Two Pakistani policemen killed, guard wounded in attack on China consulate in Karachi: doctor
At least two Pakistani policemen were killed and a security guard wounded during an attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi on Friday, a doctor told Reuters.
In Tanzania, a bulldozer president tests donors
The soldiers started fanning out in the cashew nut growing regions of southern Tanzania – a jolting sight for traders and, campaigners say, a watershed moment for a country once held up as a darling of development groups.
Taiwan’s pro-independence party faces key elections amid China pressure
Taiwan’s government faces a test of confidence at local elections this weekend as President Tsai Ing-wen grapples with rising pressure from China and criticism that her reform agenda has slowed.
Spanish PM agrees closer ties with Cuba during historic visit
Spanish premier Pedro Sanchez agreed with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel to deepen bilateral political ties on Thursday, at the start of the first official visit by a Spanish leader to the Communist-run country in three decades.
China’s president to make first visit to Panama in December
Chinese President Xi Jinping will make his first state visit to Panama at the start of December, the Panamanian presidency said in a statement on Thursday, deepening ties that have sparked harsh rebukes from the United States.
South Korea’s surviving ‘comfort women’ spend final years seeking atonement from Japan
When 17-year-old Lee Yong-soo returned home to South Korea in 1945 after being forced to serve in a brothel for Japanese troops, her family, having given her up for dead, thought she was a ghost.
China steps up prosecutions for pollution offences: authority
China prosecuted more than 3,500 people for pollution-related crimes in the first 10 months of the year, up nearly 40 percent on a year ago, law enforcement authorities said, as Beijing looks to courts and police to curb violations.
Germany is prepared for all Brexit scenarios: Scholz
Germany hopes that Britain will leave the European Union in an orderly manner, but Berlin is also prepared for Britain crashing out of the bloc without a mutually agreed divorce deal, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz was quoted as saying on Friday.
