Yemen's negotiators agree to exchange files of war prisoners

SANAA - Yemen's rival negotiators in the United Nations-sponsored peace talks in Sweden agreed on Saturday to prepare for a prisoner exchange as debates began over the reopening of Sanaa airport, Houthi-run Sam FM Radio station reported.

Chief of staff Kelly to leave at end of year

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that chief of staff John Kelly will leave his job by year's end amid an expected West Wing reshuffling reflecting a focus on the 2020 re-election campaign and the challenge of governing with Democrats reclaiming control of the House.

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Brexit uncertainty is the only sure thing

Confusion reigns with less than four months to go until UK leaves the EU

France bracing for fresh violence

PARIS - The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre museum and scores of shops on the Champs-Elysees were set to close as authorities had warned of fresh violence this weekend during protests which have ballooned into the biggest crisis of Emmanuel Macron's presidency.

Merkel's party to vote for new leader, new era

HAMBURG - German Chancellor Angela Merkel was expected to hand over leadership of the conservative Christian Democratic Union on Friday after nearly two decades at the helm, with the race wide open between a loyal deputy and a longtime rival.

Teheran blames foreigners for attack

TEHERAN - Iranian officials have blamed foreigners for Thursday's deadly attack on security forces in Iran's southeastern city of Chabahar.

Road accident deaths grow to 1.35 million each year

GENEVA - Road accidents kill someone every 24 seconds, with a total of 1.35 million traffic deaths around the world each year, the World Health Organization said on Friday, demanding global action.

Medvedev: Moscow not interested in standoff with Kiev

Russia is not interested in indefinitely maintaining reciprocal sanctions with Ukraine, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday, as Ukraine urged a gathering of dozens of foreign ministers to increase sanctions against Moscow.

Indirect Yemen talks not good start for peace

ADEN, Yemen - UN-sponsored peace talks to build confidence between Yemen's warring factions started on Thursday in Sweden in the first step to resume the political process which ground to a halt in 2016.

UK heatwave due to climate change

Human-induced climate change made this year's record-breaking UK summer temperatures about 30 times more likely than they would be naturally, according to a recent study by the United Kingdom's national weather service.

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