Trump escalates feud with Turkey, imposing higher metals tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump intensified his spat with Turkey on Friday by imposing higher tariffs on metal imports, putting unprecedented economic pressure on a NATO ally and deepening turmoil in Turkish financial markets.
U.N. says it has credible reports that China holds million Uighurs in secret camps
(This version of Aug. 10 story corrects name of expert in paragraph 12, fixes typographical error in paragraph 3)
Romanian migrants rally against government
Thousands joined a rally in Bucharest on Friday staged by Romanians working abroad to protest against entrenched corruption, low wages and attempts by the ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD) to weaken the judiciary.
U.S. investigation rejects reports of Afghan air strike casualties
A U.S. investigation into reports of civilian casualties caused by an air strike near the northern city of Kunduz last month concluded that there was no substance to the allegations, the U.S. military said on Friday.
U.S. strongly condemns Russia’s poisoning of former spy: White House
The White House said on Friday the United States strongly condemned Russia’s use of chemical weapons against a former Russian agent in Britain, two days after the U.S. State Department announced sanctions over the move.
Italy’s Salvini asserts ‘natural family’ in move against same-sex parents
Italy’s right-wing Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has ordered the wording on some official forms changed so that same-sex couples cannot both declare themselves as a child’s parents.
Zimbabwe’s Chamisa files challenge to election result in court
Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, filed a court challenge on Friday against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s election victory, he wrote on Twitter, a move that would delay Mnangagwa’s inauguration that had been slated for this Sunday.
Two police officers among four fatally shot in Canada: authorities
Four people, including two police officers, were killed in a shooting in eastern Canada on Friday in the latest eruption of gun violence across the country that has led to calls for weapons bans in cities.
Erdogan tells Turks to buy free-falling lira as Trump doubles metals tariffs
President Tayyip Erdogan told Turks on Friday to exchange their gold and dollars into lira, with the country’s currency in free fall after President Donald Trump turned the screws on Ankara by doubling tariffs on metals imports.
On Istanbul streets, defiant Turks see U.S. hand behind lira crisis
Serap, a 23-year-old clerk at a clothes store in central Istanbul, is sure of who to blame for the precipitous slide in Turkey’s lira currency.
