Macedonia village builds houses as it waits for change
The village of Gurgurnica sits on a slope overlooking the town of Brvenica in northwestern Macedonia, its streets dotted with modern houses and shiny new cars.
Turkey’s Erdogan calls on Germany to list Gulen group as terrorists
President Tayyip Erdogan, arriving in Germany for a three-day state visit, urged Berlin to designate as a terrorist organization the movement of Fethullah Gulen which Turkey blames for a 2016 coup attempt.
Swedish parties begin search for way out of political deadlock
Sweden’s anti-immigration party – shunned by the political mainstream – insisted on Thursday it would block the formation of a new government unless it gets a say in policy – leaving parliament deadlocked three weeks after a general election.
India will continue to buy Iran’s oil: Iranian foreign minister
India is committed to buying Iranian oil and continuing the two nations’ economic cooperation, the Iranian foreign minister said after a meeting with his Indian counterpart and ahead of U.S. sanctions aimed at halting Tehran’s oil exports.
A year after failed independence bid, Iraq’s Kurds vote for parliament
(This Sept. 26 story was corrected to change number of registered voters in paragraph 16 to 3.085 million from 3.85 million)
Factbox: Iraq’s Kurds to elect a new parliament
Voters in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq will elect a new parliament on Sunday.
In legal battle over gay sex, Kenyan court to consider Indian ruling
Parties involved in a court case seeking to decriminalize gay sex in Kenya will be allowed to make submissions based on a recent decision by India’s top court to overturn a ban on gay sex, a Kenyan court said on Thursday.
EU accepts no-deal Brexit would still include some deals: diplomats
The European Union will wait until November before kicking off full-blown preparations for a possible collapse of Brexit talks, diplomats said, reluctantly accepting that such a scenario would still require some managing.
Killing them softly: Macron’s EU election man challenges Brussels political order
Emmanuel Macron ripped up the French political textbook with surprising ease last year, but repeating the feat in Europe next year is a tall order when there are decades of perceived French arrogance to overcome.
India’s top court decriminalizes adultery in landmark judgment
India’s top court on Thursday decriminalized adultery in a landmark judgment aimed at upholding the right to equality and freedom, scrapping a law first brought in under British colonial rule in 1860.
