Pope defrocks priest at center of Chilean sexual abuse scandal: Vatican
Pope Francis has defrocked Father Fernando Karadima, the 88-year-old priest at the center of the vast sexual abuse scandal in Chile, the Vatican said on Friday.
Tsunami hits small city on Indonesia’s Sulawesi after quake: officials
A tsunami of up to two meters hit a small city on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi after a major 7.5 quake struck offshore on Friday, collapsing buildings and washing a vessel ashore, but there was no word on casualties, officials said.
Three people charged with Slovak journalist Kuciak’s murder
Three people have been charged in Slovakia’s with the premeditated murder of investigative reporter Jan Kuciak and his fiancee, which sparked nationwide protests and brought down the government.
Danish police operation temporarily shuts major bridges, ferries to Sweden and Germany
Danish police temporarily shut two major bridges to traffic, Copenhagen’s main railway station and ferry services from Denmark to Sweden and Germany on Friday, in what a Swedish newspaper said was an operation linked to a kidnapping.
Danish police searches for Swedish-registered Volvo in major operation
Danish police are searching for a black Swedish-registered Volvo and three people linked to serious crime as part of a major operation, they said on Friday.
Bosnians fear for economy as ethnic divisions dominate election agenda
Bosnia’s dire unemployment and corruption problems have been driving its youth abroad for years and many believe the ethnically divisive rhetoric which has dominated the run-up to elections on Oct. 7 means things are about to get worse.
Norway centrists eye moving left in threat to government
A small centrist party holding the balance of power in Norway’s parliament should consider aligning itself with the Labour-led opposition, the party’s leader said on Friday, in a switch that could topple the center-right government.
Danish police operation shuts major bridges, ferries to Sweden and Germany
Danish police have shut two major bridges to traffic and halted ferry services from Denmark to Sweden and Germany in a major operation, the Copenhagen police said on Twitter on Friday.
Saudi Arabia and Yemen fail to halt U.N. Yemen human rights inquiry
The U.N. Human Rights Council voted by 21 votes to eight on Friday in favor of prolonging an inquiry into human rights in Yemen, overriding objections from Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
Slovak state prosecutor charges three people with journalist Kuciak’s murder
Slovakia’s state prosecutor has charged three people with the premeditated murder of investigative reporter Jan Kuciak and his fiancee in February, a spokeswoman said on Friday.
