World News Hits on Sunday

Ahmad El-Assasy

Sada El Balad English (See) news website presents Saturday’s dominating headlines of the world news.

Africa Cup of Nations: Algeria celebrate win with thousands of fans in Algiers

Tens of thousands of fans welcomed Algeria's victorious Africa Cup of Nations team back home on Saturday for a parade in the capital city Algiers. (BBC)

Philip Hammond plans to quit if Johnson becomes PM

Philip Hammond has told the BBC he intends to resign as chancellor if Boris Johnson becomes the UK's next PM. (BBC)

British Airways cancels flights to Cairo for 7 days; Lufthansa does the same, for 1 day

British Airways announced Saturday that flights to Cairo were being canceled for seven days "as a precaution to allow for further assessment." The announcement came as the UK Foreign Office warned citizens traveling to Egypt of a "heightened risk of terrorism against aviation." (CNN)

Democrats hope Mueller gives credence to their claim of an unlawful Trump

House Democrats are hoping Robert S. Mueller III illuminates potential obstruction of justice by President Trump and gives credence to their claim of an unlawful president for millions of Americans who will decide on Trump’s political future. (The Washington Post)

Over local objections, China muscles into Belarus

A Chinese battery plant has raised the ire of some residents, but Belarus, like Russia, needs the economic lifeline. (The New York Times)

Iran warns UK against escalating tensions, says crew of seized ship safe

Iran’s ambassador to Britain warned against escalating tensions on Sunday as a UK official declined to rule out sanctions in response to Tehran’s seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker. (Reuters)

Hong Kong's black-clad protesters target Beijing's representative office

Thousands of protesters descended on China’s representative office in Hong Kong on Sunday, as anger over an extradition bill morphs into a fresh front against what many see as a broader erosion of freedoms by the city’s political masters in Beijing. (Reuters)

Female suicide bomber kills eight in northwest Pakistan

A female suicide bomber in northwestern Pakistan killed at least eight people and wounded 26 more in an attack outside a local civilian hospital on Sunday, local officials said. (Reuters)