Italy coalition on the right path over budget: minister
Italy’s coalition made up of the far-right League party and the 5-Star Movement is on the right path towards drawing up the 2019 budget, the minister for relations with parliament said on Friday.
Iran puts on ‘show of strength’ military exercise in Gulf
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards and army carried out a joint aerial military drill in the Gulf on Friday in what official media said indicated the “pounding reply” that awaited the country’s enemies.
Pope accepts resignation of two more Chilean bishops following abuse scandal
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of two more Chilean bishops, the Vatican said on Friday, in his latest move to confront a widening worldwide sexual abuse scandal.
Finnish foreign minister survives no confidence vote over anti-abortion views
Finnish Foreign Minister Timo Soini survived a no-confidence vote in parliament on Friday over his attendance at an anti-abortion vigil while on an official trip to Canada.
Steps to remove ‘moderate opposition’ from Syria’s Idlib unacceptable, Turkey says
Turkey on Friday said that steps to remove members of the “moderate opposition” from Syria’s Idlib region were unacceptable.
At U.N. podium, Trump to tout protecting U.S. sovereignty
Since U.S. President Donald Trump made his debut at the United Nations a year ago pushing an “America First” policy, he has quit the Iran nuclear deal, the U.N. Human Rights Council and lashed out at some of the closest allies of the United States.
Indonesia’s presidential hopefuls woo millennials, Muslims as election in focus
Indonesian President Joko Widodo launched his re-election campaign on Friday, looking to win over big blocs of millennial and Muslim voters as Southeast Asia’s biggest economy sails into choppy waters.
Death toll reaches 100 in Tanzania ferry disaster, hundreds feared missing
More than 100 bodies have been retrieved after a ferry sank on Lake Victoria, Tanzanian state radio reported on Friday, and hundreds more were still feared missing as rescuers searched for survivors from daybreak on the morning after the disaster.
Turkey, U.S. to start joint patrols in Syria’s Manbij soon
Turkey and the United States have almost completed work on joint patrols in northern Syria’s Manbij area and those patrols and joint training will begin soon, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Friday.
Turkey orders detentions of 110 soldiers on suspected Gulen links
Ankara’s chief prosecutor ordered the detention of 110 soldiers from the air force on Friday for suspected links to a U.S.-based cleric Turkey says orchestrated a failed coup in 2016, the prosecutor’s office said.
