Montenegro’s EPCG picks Chinese-led consortium for coal plant clean-up
Montenegro’s EPCG has picked a consortium led by China’s Dongfang Electric International Corporation to reduce emissions from the utility’s sole coal-fired power plant and bring...
Iran downs drone over southern port city of Mahshahr: IRNA
Iranian forces shot down a drone belonging to a foreign country on Friday, state news agency IRNA reported, quoting an Iranian official....
Weary residents of Pakistani capital endure another round of protests
Patience is wearing thin among some residents of the Pakistani capital enduring another round of anti-government protests, with tens of thousands of opposition supporters showing...
Pompeo criticizes Russia and China but says NATO must change
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday NATO must grow and change or risk becoming obsolete, a day after French President Emmanuel Macron...
Turkey’s Erdogan says he will discuss Halkbank case with Trump: TVs
President Tayyip Erdogan said he will discuss the case of Turkish lender Halkbank with U.S. President Donald Trump during talks in Washington next week, broadcaster...
Scottish Nationalists float Labour alliance in return for independence vote
Scottish Nationalists will seek to form “a progressive alliance” with the opposition Labour Party if an election next month results in no one winning an...
Scottish kingmakers in UK election? SNP will support ‘progressive politics’
Scottish nationalists said on Friday they would support ‘progressive politics’ if the election threw up a hung parliament and refused to rule out propping up...
Australia in ‘unchartered territory’ amid bushfire crisis
Towns were evacuated and hundreds of residents told to flee on Friday as a record number of emergency-level bushfires raged across two Australian states. Emer...
Japan’s Sakurajima volcano erupts in miles-high plume of ash: Kyodo
Japan’s Sakurajima volcano shot smoke and ash miles into the sky on Friday in its biggest eruption in more than three years, Kyodo News reported....
U.N. top court to rule on jurisdiction in Ukraine vs Russia dispute
The top United Nations court rules on Friday on whether it has jurisdiction to hear a case brought by Ukraine against Russia over Moscow’s alleged...