Turkey has begun sending captured foreign Islamic State (IS) members back to their original countries as of Monday, a Turkish official said. “A U.S. IS fighter, whose procedure has been completed, is deported on Monday morning,” the Interior Ministry Spokesperson Ismail Catakli told semi-official Anadolu news agency. One German and one Danish IS fighters will […]

Social unrest worldwide is alarming some global investors, who say protests from Hong Kong and Lebanon to Chile are forcing them to be more cautious even though the impact on financial markets has been spotty so far. Investors at the Reuters Global 2020 Investment Outlook Summit last week were particularly concerned about Hong Kong, where […]

French President Emmanuel Macron’s critical remarks about NATO were “dangerous”, Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in an interview published on Sunday evening by the Financial Times. Macron told The Economist last week that NATO was experiencing “brain death”, citing a lack of coordination and U.S. unpredictability under President Donald Trump. The French leader also […]

The United States police arrested seventeen people including two employees of Disney linked to child pornography operation. The sting operation in Central Florida includes one man who was caught while attempting to meet a child for sexual favours. A child pornography sting operation in Central Florida has led to the arrest of 17 people, including […]

Hong Kong police shot and wounded one protester who, hospital officials said, was in critical condition on Monday, as the Chinese-ruled territory spiraled into rare working-hours violence in its 24th straight week of pro-democracy unrest. Police fired tear gas in the Central business district where some protesters, crouching behind umbrellas, blocked streets as office workers […]

In footage broadcast live on Facebook, a Hong Kong policeman drew his weapon as he wrestled with a man at a blockaded road junction, with a second protester advancing towards them in a bid to help his comrade. 

Zimbabwe has suspended imports of livestock and meat from South Africa for the second time this year after an outbreak of foot and mouth in the north of South Africa the agriculture ministry said on Friday. According to ZimEye, the agriculture ministry said in a statement that it had been notified by South African veterinary […]

Bolivian President Evo Morales has stepped down hours after agreeing to call new elections, the New York Times reports. The plan to hold new elections stemmed from a damning report from the Organization of American States (OAS) released Sunday that found “clear manipulations” of the voting process during the country’s October 20 elections. Morales has faced mounting pressure in […]

Exit polls from Sunday’s balloting showed a runoff will be needed Nov. 24 to decide Romania’s presidential contest. Official results are not expected before Monday, though two exit polls found centre-right President Klaus Iohannis collecting nearly 40% of the votes, followed by Viorica Dancila, the recently ousted prime minister, with around 22%. A candidate needs […]

Australia’s most populous state declared a fire emergency on Monday with worsening conditions expected after wildfires have already claimed three lives and more than 150 homes. New South Wales state Emergency Services Minister David Elliott said residents were facing what “could be the most dangerous bushfire week this nation has ever seen.” Fires in the […]