Top US military officer General Mark Milley retires
(AFP) General Mark Milley steps down on Friday after a tumultuous term as the top US military officer that saw him face repeated crises at...
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At least 40 killed, dozens wounded in Pakistan blast
(AFP) At least 40 people were killed and dozens more wounded in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Friday by a suicide bomber targeting a procession marking...
Teen arrested after UK Hadrian’s Wall ‘Robin Hood tree’ cut down
(AFP) A 16-year-old boy was arrested on Thursday after one of Britain’s most photographed trees was found felled next to the Hadrian’s Wall UNESCO World...
Dutch police say fatalities in Rotterdam shooting
(AFP) Twin shootings in Rotterdam on Thursday have resulted in an unknown number of fatalities, police said. A gunman dressed in combat gear opened fire...
China’s Evergrande says boss suspected of crimes after trading suspended
(AFP) Heavily indebted property giant China Evergrande said Thursday its boss was suspected of “illegal crimes”, after trading of its shares was suspended earlier in...
Grief, anger at Iraq mass for victims of wedding fire
(AFP) Survivors of a fire that tore through an Iraqi wedding and those mourning the at least 100 lives lost filled the pews of a...
Vietnam court jails climate activist for tax evasion
(AFP) Vietnam jailed a leading climate activist for three years for tax evasion Thursday, a sentence her family condemned as “unfair”, as the communist state...
Israel top court weighs rules on removing prime minister
(AFP) Israel’s top court debated appeals Thursday against a law restricting how a prime minister can be removed from office, as current premier Benjamin Netanyahu...
Thai court drops murder charges against officials over vanished activist
(AFP) A Thai court on Thursday dropped murder charges against four national park officials over the disappearance of an environmental activist almost a decade ago, but...
Canada PM offers ‘unreserved’ apology for invite to ex-Nazi
(AFP) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday offered an “unreserved” apology in parliament after the legislature publicly celebrated a Ukrainian World War II veteran...