Kremlin critic says he was poisoned for investigating colleagues’ killings
Russian and German doctors treating anti-Kremlin activist Pyotr Verzilov agree that he was poisoned ahead of being taken ill two weeks ago, Verzilov said.
Kosovo detains two lawmakers for threatening prosecutors
Kosovo detained two lawmakers from the governing coalition for threatening prosecutors in two separate cases, law enforcement authorities said on Friday.
Amal Clooney calls on Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to pardon Reuters reporters
The families of two Reuters reporters imprisoned in Myanmar have asked for a pardon, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney told a press freedom event at the United Nations on Friday as she pressed the country’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to agree.
Venezuelan migrant influx costs Colombia 0.5 percent of GDP: president
An influx of Venezuelan immigrants fleeing economic hardship costs Colombia approximately 0.5 percent of its gross domestic product per year, Colombian President Ivan Duque said on Friday, equivalent to some $1.5 billion.
Turkey’s Erdogan, in Berlin, pledges EU visa push
Turkey aims to win easier access to the European Union for its citizens, President Tayyip Erdogan said in Berlin on Friday during a state visit that aims to repair relations with Germany after bitter disputes.
Denmark shuts links to Sweden and Germany as police hunt three in black Volvo
Danish police briefly shut bridges and ferry links to Sweden and Germany on Friday as they widened their hunt for three people and a black Volvo in connection with a serious crime – a kidnapping according to Sweden’s Aftonbladet newspaper – to include …
Swiss on collision course with EU as treaty talks stall
The European Commission set a mid-October deadline for progress in talks on a treaty governing its economic relationship with Switzerland on Friday, taking a tough line after Bern made no new concessions that could break a logjam weighing on bilateral …
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards kill four Sunni militants near Pakistan border
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Friday they had killed four militants at a border crossing with Pakistan in an area where armed Sunni groups often attack military and civilian targets.
Nobel Foundation says could strip Swedish Academy of literature prize role
The Nobel Foundation could drop the Swedish Academy from awarding its prestigious annual literature prize if the Academy does not make further changes in the wake of a recent sex scandal, the head of the foundation told Reuters on Friday.
Pope defrocks priest at center of Chilean sexual abuse scandal
Pope Francis has defrocked a 88-year-old Chilean priest who sexually abused teenage boys over a period of many years and is at the center of a wider abuse scandal that is still under investigation, the Vatican said on Friday.
