Turkish news website says CIA has recording of Saudi prince saying ‘silence Khashoggi’
The CIA has a recording of a phone call in which Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gave instructions to “silence Jamal Kashoggi as soon as possible”, Turkish news website Hurriyet Daily News said on Thursday.
Vietnam protests new building by Beijing in South China Sea
China’s construction of a new platform in a remote part of the disputed South China Sea is a serious violation of Vietnam’s sovereignty, its foreign ministry said on Thursday.
More than half a million Tunisians hold public sector strike over wages
About 650,000 Tunisians went on strike on Thursday to protest the government’s refusal to raise wages amid threats from international lenders to stop financing Tunisia’s tattered economy.
Swedish Center leader gives up on talks to form government
The leader of the center-right Swedish Center party said on Thursday she had thrown in the towel in talks she has led over forming a new government after an election in September left parliament deadlocked.
British police arrest man after makeshift bombs found in London flat
British police arrested a man on Thursday after two makeshift bombs were found in an unoccupied flat in northwest London but said he did not have links to any terrorist organizations.
Iran says five of 12 kidnapped security personnel freed
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps said five of the 12 border guards kidnapped last month by a separatist group on the border with Pakistan had been freed, the semi-official news agency Tasnim reported on Thursday.
‘Desperate’ low-lying Vanuatu seeks to sue climate change culprits
Low-lying Vanuatu is considering suing fossil fuel companies and industrialized countries that use them for their role in creating catastrophic climate change, the foreign minister of the Pacific island nation said on Thursday.
EU says has strong concerns over detained journalists and academics in Turkey
The European Union has strong concerns over the large number of journalists and academics who are still being detained in Turkey, the EU’s commissioner for candidate countries said on Thursday, after talks with the Turkish foreign minister.
Seven killed in attack on Foraco well site in Niger
Armed men killed seven people on Thursday in an attack on French drilling company Foraco’s water well site in southeastern Niger, a security and company source said.
At least three schoolchildren killed in bomb blast near Mosul: Iraqi police
At least three schoolchildren were killed and six people wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday, police and medical sources said.
