Indian farmers back in Mumbai to demand land rights, loan waivers
Tens of thousands of farmers from India’s western state of Maharashtra marched to the state capital Mumbai on Thursday to demand loan waivers and the transfer of forest lands to villagers who have farmed there for decades.
EU hopes to clinch Brexit deal on Sunday
The European Union’s 27 national ambassadors will try on Thursday to finalize an outline declaration of future ties between the bloc and the United Kingdom ahead of a planned summit on Sunday.
PM May made good progress in Brussels: UK health minister
Britain’s health minister Matt Hancock said that Prime Minister Theresa May had made good progress in Brussels, where she and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker discussed the outline of Britain’s future relations outside the EU.
Merkel’s would-be successor questions Germany’s sacrosanct asylum pledge
A conservative running to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel as head of their party has raised an outcry by questioning Germany’s constitutional guarantee of asylum that was enshrined to atone for World War Two Nazi crimes.
Car plows into primary school children in northeast China, kills five
Police in northeastern China have detained a driver who plowed a car into a group of children outside a primary school, causing at least five deaths and 18 injuries, state media said on Thursday.
Denmark suspends Saudi weapon export approvals over Khashoggi, Yemen concerns
Denmark has suspended future approvals of weapons and military equipment exports to Saudi Arabia in response to the killing of a dissident Saudi journalist and the kingdom’s role in the conflict in Yemen, the Danish Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
Fire breaks out at southeast London bus depot
A fire broke out at a bus depot in southeast London damaging eleven buses, and around 60 firefighters are battling the blaze, the London Fire Brigade said on Thursday.
New posts in Singapore ruling party seen as strong hint on next PM
Singapore’s ruling party is set to unveil new posts within its top decision-making body on Friday in what could give a strong hint about who will become only its fourth prime minister, with domestic media saying the finance minister is the frontrunner….
Denmark suspends weapon export approvals to Saudi over Khashoggi, Yemen
Denmark has decided to suspend approvals of weapon and military equipment exports to Saudi Arabia over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the situation in Yemen, its foreign minister said on Thursday.
Head of Russian spy agency accused of British poison attack dies
The head of Russia’s military intelligence agency that the West has blamed for a string of brazen attacks died on Wednesday after “a serious and long illness”, the Russian defense ministry said on Thursday, hailing him as a “true son of Russia.”
