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Syria's Assad in first official visit to Aleppo since war
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Friday visited the heavily damaged northern province of Aleppo -- his first in 11 years of war. He visited a major power plant in the countryside of the province's east to supervise its partial relaunch after war damage.
Terror specialist appointed new London police chief
The British government on Friday announced a new head for the country's biggest police force, ordering him to rebuild public trust after a spate of scandals. "Rebuilding public trust and delivering on crime reduction must be his priority," she said in a statement.
UK PM denies plans for wedding bash at government mansion
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie are no longer planning to host a wedding party at his government mansion, Downing Street sources said Friday after a storm of criticism over the plan. But the Downing Street sources said reports to that effect were incorrect, and a different venue was being sought.
Why is Boris Johnson still prime minister?
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced his resignation but is going nowhere for now -- and British voters get no say in his successor. The prime minister needs to prove their majority through a vote of confidence.
US sees big job gains in June, fueling inflation wories
The US economy added far more jobs than expected in June and wages rose, according to government data released Friday which could fuel fears about accelerating inflation. Still, he said, "the jobs data support our view that talk of the economy being in recession right now is fanciful." hs/dw
Angola's ex-president Dos Santos dies in Spain
Jose Eduardo Dos Santos, who ruled Angola for with an iron fist for 38 years, died Friday at a hospital in Barcelona after suffering cardiac arrest, the government said. Dos Santos stepped down in September 2017 after 38 years at the helm of the Portuguese-speaking, oil-rich state of Angola.
Critics of outgoing Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos accuse him of stripping his country of much of its vast oil wealth to enrich himself and his family.
Critics of Angola's former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who died Friday, accused him of stripping the country of much of its vast oil wealth to enrich himself and his family. Following her brother's conviction, she accused Lourenco of unjustly targeting the dos Santos family for political reasons.
Angola is heading for a historic change as the oil-rich country votes in an election marking the end of President Jose Dos Santos' 38-year reign.
Following the death of Jose Eduardo dos Santos Friday at the age of 79, here are the key dates during his 38-year iron-fisted reign over oil-rich Angola. In June 2016, Isabel Dos Santos, the president's eldest daughter and Africa's richest woman, according to Forbes, is appointed to head up Sonangol, the national oil firm, with opponents accusing her of getting rich on her father's coat-tails.
UK opposition leader Starmer cleared of lockdown breach
Britain's opposition Labour party leader Keir Starmer and his deputy Angela Rayner were on Friday cleared by police of breaking lockdown rules at a campaign gathering. The police investigation was launched after a video emerged of Starmer drinking beer and eating a takeaway meal inside a campaign office with party colleagues.
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