Merkel’s government allies question spymaster deal, fuelling crisis
Two government parties are reconsidering a job transfer cobbled together for Germany’s scandal-tainted domestic spymaster, tipping Angela Merkel’s six-month-old ‘grand coalition’ deeper into crisis.
DUP says it would veto any new UK-Northern Ireland barrier
The head of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party on Friday vowed to veto any attempt to introduce a new regulatory barrier between the region and the rest of the United Kingdom, and said the European Union’s Brexit position was disgraceful.
German SPD leader says spymaster fudge impossible to explain
The leader of Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) said on Friday that it was difficult to explain to people why the domestic intelligence chief was being promoted at the same time as being sacked so it was necessary to re-open talks on this matter.
Congo confirms Ebola case at Ugandan border
Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed a case of Ebola on its border with Uganda, a country so far clear of the deadly virus, authorities in Congo said on Friday.
Vatican defends upcoming China deal against ‘drastic’ critics
The Vatican’s most senior official after the pope has strongly defended an upcoming landmark deal between the Holy See and China from criticism by those who say it will be a sell-out to the communist government.
Cambodia pardons Australian filmmaker jailed for espionage
Cambodia has granted a pardon to an Australian filmmaker jailed in August on espionage charges for six years, a court in Phnom Penh said on Friday.
Major powers, except U.S., try to keep Iran nuclear deal alive
Nations that struck the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, except for the United States, meet on Monday in what many diplomats fear may prove a quixotic effort to keep the agreement alive after U.S. sanctions targeting Iranian oil exports resume in November.
In shadow of Paris airport, holdouts seek rebirth of ghost village
Five decades ago Goussainville-Vieux-Pays was a pretty French village where church bells rang out over the primary school courtyard and farmers sold their produce in the local market.
Tunisia’s weakened premier unlikely to push reform as polls loom
Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed has survived attempts by his own party and unions to force him out but, with elections looming, looks less and less able to enact the economic reforms that have so far secured IMF support for an ailing economy.
SPD wants to unpick spymaster deal that has hobbled German government
The leader of Germany’s Social Democrats told Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday she wanted to renegotiate their unpopular compromise deal to promote the scandal-hit head of the domestic spy agency into a better paid job at the interior ministry.
