Refugee Bahraini footballer leaves Thai jail after extradition bid dropped

By Reuters,

A Bahraini footballer with refugee status in Australia, Hakeem Al Araibi, left a Thai jail on Monday after authorities dropped a controversial extradi...

Bangkok airport , extradition , Hakeem Al Araibi , Thailand

Wife of jailed Bahraini footballer begs Thai PM for his release

By Reuters,

The wife of jailed Bahraini footballer Hakeem Al Araibi pleaded with Thailand’s prime minister on Wednesday to ensure he is not extradited to his na...

Bahraini , Footballer

China slams US over ‘unreasonable crackdown’ on Huawei

By CNN,

China has lashed out against the United States, accusing it of trying to "kill" Chinese businesses after US prosecutors indicted telecom giant Huawei ...

Beijing , china , Huawei , US

China says Canadian ambassador sacking an internal affair

By Reuters,

China’s foreign ministry said on Monday that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s sacking of his ambassador to China was an internal Canadian ...

Ambassador , china , John McCallum , Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

U.S. charges China’s Huawei over alleged Iran sanctions violations

By Reuters,

The United States on Monday announced criminal charges against China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, escalating a fight with the world’s biggest tel...

china , Huawei

Canadian PM fires envoy to China after remarks on Huawei case

By Reuters,

In an unprecedented move, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday said he had fired his ambassador to China, who prompted a political furor...

Huawei , John McCallum , Meng Wanzhou , Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Canadian PM fires envoy to China after remarks on Huawei case

By Reuters,

In an unprecedented move, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday said he had fired his ambassador to China, who prompted a political furor...

Canadian PM , china , envoy , fires , Huawei

Canada should ban Huawei from 5G networks, says former spy chief

By Reuters,

Canada should ban China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd from supplying equipment to Canadian 5G networks because the security risk is too great, a form...

ban , Canada , China’s Huawei

Canadian’s death sentence leaves Beijing and Ottawa trapped in a crisis

By CNN,

There's no easy way out in the darkening diplomatic feud between China and Canada over the detention of a Huawei executive -- even as a man's life now...

Beijing , Canada , death sentence

Huawei’s founder praises Trump and denies claims his company spies for China

By CNN,

The reclusive founder of Huawei has denied allegations that his telecoms company spies for the Chinese government. Ren Zhengfei also praised Presid...

ICC Prosecutors want ex-Ivory Coast leader Gbagbo barred from returning home

By Reuters,

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday asked judges to bar former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo from returning to his hom...

Ivory Coast , Laurent Gbagbo

Former suspects of 2010 Uganda bombings awarded Ksh.8M

By Dzuya Walter,

The High Court in Nairobi on Wednesday awarded Ksh.8 million to three Kenyan citizens who were suspected of participating in the Uganda bombings in 20...

bombings , Mohamed Adan Abdow , Mohamed Hamid Suleiman , uganda , Yahya Suleiman

Bolsonaro sends captured Italian fugitive to Salvini as ‘a little gift’

By CNN,

A leftist Italian fugitive has been detained in Bolivia and will be sent to Italy as "a little gift" from far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro...

Cesare Battisti , Interior Minister Matteo Salvini , Italian fugitive , President Jair Bolsonaro

Canada says 13 citizens detained in China since Huawei CFO arrest

By Reuters,

Canada said on Thursday that 13 of its citizens have been detained in China since Huawei Technologies Co Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou was arre...

Canada , china , Huawei

U.N. tells UK: Allow Assange to leave Ecuador embassy freely

By Reuters,

U.N. rights experts called on British authorities on Friday to allow WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to leave the Ecuador embassy in London without f...

Alan Duncan , Carlos Povedo , Ecuador , Julian Assange , U.N

South Africa issues arrest warrant for Zimbabwe’s Grace Mugabe

By Reuters,

South Africa has issued an arrest warrant for Zimbabwe’s former first lady Grace Mugabe over the alleged assault of a model in a luxury Johannesburg...

Grace Mugabe , Johannesburg. , south africa , Zimbabwe

Flynn’s former business partner charged with secret lobbying for Turkey

By Reuters,

An ex-business partner of former U.S. national security adviser Michael Flynn and a businessman with ties to Turkish government officials have been ch...

Canada says China has granted consular access to second detainee

By Reuters,

Canadian diplomats received consular access on Sunday to the second of two men detained by China over the past week, Canada’s foreign ministry said ...

china , John McCallum , Michael Kovrig , Michael Spavor , Mike Pompeo

May’s plea for EU help on Brexit cast as failure at home

By Reuters,

British Prime Minister Theresa May’s attempt to win assurances from the European Union on her Brexit deal was cast by opponents on Friday as a humil...

angela merkel , Brexit deal , May

Caught between 2 powers, Canada feeling alone

By VOA,

First U.S. President Donald Trump attacked Canada on trade. Then Saudi Arabia punished it for speaking up for human rights. Now China has the count...

Canada , Donald Trump , Saudi Arabia