Staff undermines Colombia tribunal trying former rebels: attorney general
Officials from the special Colombian tribunal tasked with trying crimes related to the country’s five decades of conflict may have covered up the non-compliance of several former rebel commanders with a peace accord, the attorney general said on Friday…
Turkey will not ‘watch from the sidelines’ any killings benefiting Syrian agenda: Erdogan
Turkey will “neither watch from the sidelines nor participate in such a game” if the world turns a blind eye to killings of tens of thousands to further the Syrian government’s agenda, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday.
Iraq protesters free hostages at West Qurna water treatment plant
Protesters peacefully left a water treatment facility linked to Iraq’s West Qurna 2 oilfield, managed by Russia’s Lukoil, and released two Iraqi employees they had held hostage, a Lukoil source and a source with Basra’s police said.
Air strikes, shelling hit Idlib and Hama on day of Syria summit in Tehran: monitor
Air strikes hit parts of Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province on Friday, a war monitor said, as the presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey met in Tehran to discuss the fate of the enclave.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro unlikely to return to presidential campaign: son
Brazil’s front-running presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro is unlikely to return to campaigning before the Oct. 7 first-round vote because of the severity of wounds he suffered in a stabbing attack, his son said on Friday.
Study questions Iran-al Qaeda ties, despite U.S. allegations
There is no evidence that Iran and al Qaeda cooperated in carrying out terrorist attacks, according to a study published on Friday that casts doubt on Trump administration statements about close ties between the two.
Trump ups ante on China, threatens duties on nearly all its imports
U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Friday he was ready to slap tariffs on virtually all Chinese imports into the United States, threatening duties on another $267 billion of goods on top of $200 billion in imports primed for levies in coming days.
Unrest spreads in Iraq as Iranian mission stormed, oil workers held hostage
Civil unrest fueled by anger against perceived corruption and misrule by Iraq’s political elite spread across the south of the country on Friday as protesters stormed the Iranian consulate in Basra while others took workers hostage at a nearby oilfield…
Maldives accuses U.S. of intimidation after comments on political prisoners
Maldives accused the United States of intimidation on Friday, a day after Washington called for the release of “falsely accused” political prisoners and threatened action if the island’s upcoming election is not free and fair.
Iraq protesters enter oilfield facility, hold two staff hostage: Lukoil, police
Protesters entered a water treatment facility linked to the West Qurna 2 oilfield, managed by Lukoil, and held two Iraqi employees hostage on Friday, according to a Lukoil source and a source with Basra’s energy police.
