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Hong Kong police chief promises flexibility ahead of rally

Hong Kong’s new police commissioner said on Saturday his force would take a flexible approach to pro-democracy demonstrations as the city gears up for a rally on Sunday that is expected to draw a huge crowd. Chris Tang was appointed last month upon his predecessor’s retirement and amid six...

Hamas chief set to start 1st foreign tour

Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh is set to go on a multi-leg foreign tour on Saturday, his first since he was elected leader of the Palestinian resistance group in 2017, according to a Palestinian source on Saturday. Haniyeh is currently visiting Egypt for talks with Egyptian officials...

Turkey, Libya maritime deal sent to UN: Erdogan

Turkey’s maritime boundary delimitation agreement with Libya was sent to the United Nations, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday.  Erdogan said the deal -- already signed by the president -- was ratified by the parliament and published on Saturday’s Official Gazette, going...

Iranian and American freed in apparent prisoner swap

An Iranian held in the US and an American held in Iran have been freed, the two sides said Saturday, in an apparent prisoner swap at a time of heightened tensions. Tehran announced the release of Iranian scientist Massoud Soleimani from the United States shortly before Washington...

Benzema delivers again as Madrid cruise past Espanyol

Real Madrid were without Eden Hazard and Gareth Bale on Saturday but Karim Benzema stepped up again to ensure they beat struggling Espanyol in La Liga. Benzema scored one and set up another in a 2-0 win at the Santiago Bernabeu, where Madrid wore an all-green kit to show support for...

Air strikes kill 19 civilians in northwest Syria

Syrian regime and Russian air strikes Saturday killed 19 civilians, half of them children, in the country's last major opposition bastion, a Britain-based monitor and local activists said. The air raids in the extremist-run northwest region of Idlib also wounded several others, the...

No let-up in French strikes with fresh turmoil awaited

France was on Saturday expecting its most serious nationwide strike in years to paralyse the country over the weekend, with unions warning the turmoil would last well into next week. The challenge thrown to President Emmanuel Macron over his plans for radical pension reform has seen...

Militia beheads 16 people in new DR Congo massacre

Suspected militia fighters have decapitated 16 people in a new village massacre near Beni in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, civil society sources said Friday. Three more civilians were wounded in Beni town by an explosive device Thursday night, an official source said, in a...