An international operation has netted the largest ever heroin seizure in Britain, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said Wednesday, with nearly 1.3 tonnes recovered from a container ship.
Hong Kong's embattled pro-Beijing leader is planning to permanently shelve a loathed extradition bill on Wednesday, local media reported, a potentially major concession to pro-democracy protesters after three months of crippling demonstrations.
Seventeen Afghan civilians have been wounded in an accident blast in Aqcha district of northern Jawzjan province, a provincial government spokesman said Wednesday.
Some 300 new mining sites were discovered in Cameroon in the past five years, Cameroon's Minister of Mining, Industries and Technological Development Gabriel Dodo said on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson raised the prospect of a snap election on Tuesday after he suffered a major parliamentary defeat over his Brexit strategy that could delay Britain's exit from the European Union
The French government has proposed offering a credit line for Iran that would be guaranteed by its oil revenues. Reuters and other sources say France could provide up to 15 billion dollars.
