Ukraine ready for trilateral meeting with U.S., Russia: Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine is ready to hold a trilateral meeting with the United States and Russia next month in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported Friday.
The timing of the meeting at the negotiating-team level depends on the Russian side, but at the moment it is planned for the first half of November, Zelensky said in an online address to the Hudson Institute, a U.S. think tank.
7 killed, 34 injured in funeral shooting inside church in S. Jordan
Seven people were killed and 34 others injured in a shooting attack during a funeral in Jordan's southern governorate of Karak, the Jordanian Public Security Directorate said Friday.
The casualties occurred when armed individuals opened fire inside a church in Karak, the directorate said earlier.
8 inmates killed in Ecuador prison riots
Eight inmates were killed Thursday in two separate riots at prisons in the Andean provinces of Cotopaxi and Pichincha in Ecuador, the National Service for Comprehensive Care for Adults Deprived of Liberty and Adolescent Offenders (SNAI) said.
According to an official statement, four inmates died at the Cotopaxi No. 1 Deprivation of Liberty Center in Latacunga, and four others at the Pichincha No. 1 Provisional Detention Center, known as El Inca prison, in Quito.
Several feared trapped after 18-story building collapses in Kenya
Several people are feared trapped after an 18-story building under construction collapsed Friday afternoon in Eastleigh, a high-density commercial and residential suburb of Nairobi, the Kenyan capital.
Police said the building came crashing down around 1:00 p.m. (1000 GMT), raising fears for construction workers and nearby pedestrians caught beneath the rubble.■
