U.S., Turkey agree to try to resolve disputes after relations dive
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu agreed on Friday to try to resolve a series of disputes, after relations between the NATO allies sank to their lowest point in decades.
Russia says reporters were killed in Central Africa during robbery
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday a preliminary investigation showed three Russian journalists were killed in the Central African Republic this week by assailants who wanted to rob them.
Turning Trump: Merkel’s Bavarian ally to tweet ‘truth’ to voters
German hardline conservative Horst Seehofer said he plans to start using Twitter to take his message direct to the people, as his Bavarian party faces a tough election in October that could see it lose its absolute majority in the region.
China says it wants to resolve differences with U.S. ‘on equal footing’
China is willing to resolve differences with the United States on an equal footing, the Chinese government’s top diplomat said on Friday after meeting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, but added they did not address their trade war too specifically….
Pompeo says North Korea weapons work counter to denuclearization pledge
Less than two months after a landmark U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo flew back to the city state on Friday and said North Korea’s continued work on weapons programs was inconsistent with its leader’s commitmen…
Bangladesh student protest spurs warning against opposition meddling
A massive student protest in Bangladesh, sparked by the death of two teenagers mowed down by a speeding bus in the capital, has alarmed the government ahead of a general election and prompted a warning against opposition meddling.
China says willing to resolve differences with U.S.
The Chinese government’s top diplomat, State Councillor Wang Yi, said on Friday that cooperation between China and the United States is the only right choice and China is willing to resolve differences on a principle of equal footing.
WHO says woman’s Ebola death in hospital was ‘trigger event’
The death and unsafe burial of a 65-year-old woman in Mangina in Democratic Republic of Congo was the critical event that set alarm bells ringing in the latest Ebola outbreak in late July, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
Top China, U.S. diplomats meet amid trade tensions
The Chinese government’s top diplomat, State Councillor Wang Yi, met U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Singapore on Friday on the sidelines of a regional forum, amid an increasingly bitter trade war between the two countries.
China asks Sweden to extradite wanted man
China has asked Sweden to extradite a man who is being held near Stockholm on suspicion of gross fraud and embezzlement, the Swedish Prosecution Authority said.
