Protesters block Iraqi commodities port
Protesters blocked the entrance to Iraq’s Umm Qasr commodities port on Wednesday to demand better services, port employees and local government officials said, raising the stakes in some of the worst unrest in southern cities in months.
Macron seeks progressive coalition for EU parliament by end 2018
French President Emmanuel Macron wants to forge a coalition of progressives for next May’s European Parliament election by around the end of the year, a source in his office said on Wednesday.
Some buildings collapse as powerful quake hits Hokkaido, Japan
A powerful earthquake hit Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido early on Thursday, collapsing walls and some buildings but not triggering a tsunami.
Germany’s Maas offers Turkey help with Syrian refugees
Germany is prepared to offer humanitarian assistance to countries harboring Syrian refugees if it comes to an all-out government offensive in Idlib, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in Ankara on Wednesday.
Iraqi protesters block gate to Umm Qasr port
Protesters blocked the entrance to Iraq’s Umm Qasr commodities port on Wednesday to demand better services, said port employees and local government officials, raising the stakes in some of the worst unrest in southern cities in months.
Israel closing embassy in Paraguay after it ordered return of mission to Tel Aviv
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the closure of Israel’s embassy in Paraguay on Wednesday, hours after the Latin American nation announced it would move its embassy back to Tel Aviv from Jerusalem.
Trump not concerned with meeting Rouhani, says Iran in ‘turmoil’
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he remained open to the possibility of talks between Washington and Tehran, but said Iran was in turmoil and struggling to survive.
Thousands in Yemen’s Saada protest over air strikes that killed children
Thousands of Yemenis massed in the Houthi stronghold of Saada on Wednesday, calling for the prosecution of the Saudi-led coalition for an air attack last month that killed dozens of people, including 40 children traveling on a bus.
Trump says he did not discuss assassinating Syria’s Assad
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he did not discuss assassinating Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, disputing an account in a forthcoming book by journalist Bob Woodward.
Cholera ruled out after suspect case on Algeria-France flight
French authorities evacuated a plane carrying 141 passengers and crew after it arrived in the French city of Perpignan from Algeria on Wednesday with a child on board suspected of being infected with cholera, the fire brigade said.
