Ukraine is considering whether to respond in kind with "mirror actions" after Russia fired on and captured three Ukrainian navy vessels last weekend, Ihor Huskov, a senior official at the state security service (SBU) told reporters on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Q0iRxI via IFTTT
Relatives of some of the people missing on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 urged Malaysia on Friday to resume a search for the plane that disappeared in 2014, as they handed over what they believe are five new pieces of debris from it. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2zy15rv via IFTTT
Russia does not plan to ban Ukrainian men from entering the country in a tit-for-tat response to a broad entry ban imposed by Ukraine, RIA news agency cited Russian lawmaker Frants Klintsevich as saying on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2FYzHJ0 via IFTTT
British Prime Minister Theresa May has been effective in changing the public mood in favor of her Brexit deal, UK trade minister Liam Fox told BBC radio on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2reGNyI via IFTTT
A United Nations investigation has found that at least 23 Afghan civilians, most of them women and children, were killed in a U.S. airstrike in the southern province of Helmand this week, the latest in a growing toll of casualties from air operations. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2FYzDsK via IFTTT
A flammable gas leak at a plant owned by ChemChina subsidiary Hebei Shenghua Chemical Industry Co caused a blast that killed 23 people and injured 22 this week in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, ChemChina said in a statement on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Q3fgyV via IFTTT
The U.S. State Department approved the sale of 20 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers to Poland to strengthen security in the region and modernize the country's military, the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Rjce6i via IFTTT
Chinese police have arrested two trade union officials after they helped workers try to set up a union, a source told Reuters on Friday, the latest detentions in a nationwide crackdown on labor activists. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2QovuCl via IFTTT
The German Air Force said on Friday that there was no suspicion of criminal activity after a malfunction forced a plane carrying Chancellor Angela Merkel to the G20 summit in Argentina to make made an unscheduled landing. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2AA2fSR via IFTTT