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Pakistan Arrests Ruling Party Member on Corruption Charges
Pakistan’s anti-corruption body says it has arrested a member of the ruling party who is a senior minister in the eastern Punjab province.
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Russian Court Sends Jehovah’s Witness to Prison for 6 Years
A regional court in western Russia has sentenced a Danish Jehovah’s Witness to six years in prison.
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EU Court Adviser: Dismiss Case Against German Car Toll
A top adviser to the European Union’s highest court is recommending that it reject Austria’s complaint against a German highway toll for passenger cars that Vienna views as discriminating against foreign drivers.
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NATO Announces Summit in London in December
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with his counterparts from the military alliance at a summit in London in December.
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Carlsberg Profits Boosted in 2018 by World Cup, Warm Summer
Danish brewer Carlsberg said Wednesday that its 2018 net profit rose to 5.31 billion kroner ($811 million) from 1.26 billion kroner a year earlier, on strong beer sales across its major markets, boosted by unusually hot weather in western Europe and the football World Cup.
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Trade War, Diesel Troubles Hold Back Profit at Daimler
Automaker Daimler said Wednesday that fourth-quarter net profit fell 49 percent to 1.64 billion euros ($1.87 billion) as its Mercedes-Benz luxury car business was buffeted by trade conflict, diesel woes and costs for developing new models and technologies.
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Amnesty Calls for Halt to Arms Sales to Saudi-Led Coalition
An international rights group has urged Western governments to stop supplying weapons to parties to the conflict in Yemen after reports that they were ending up in the hands of extremist groups.
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May Meets With Political Parties in NIreland on Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May is set to meet with Northern Ireland’s main political parties as she seeks to break the impasse over her European Union divorce deal.
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Thailand: Soccer Player Must Go Through Extradition Hearings
Thailand’s government insists it cannot free a detained soccer player who has refugee status in Australia until hearings on Bahrain’s request for his extradition are completed.
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Australia Ends Residency of High-Profile Chinese Businessman
Australia has cancelled the residency of a wealthy Chinese property developer and political donor, but the foreign minister said she doesn’t expect Beijing to protest.
