Lebanon cabinet passes financial recovery plan during last session
(AFP) The cabinet of bankrupt Lebanon, at its final session on Friday, passed a financial...
Spain's ex-king attends regatta on brief visit home
(AFP) Spain’s former king attended a regatta in the northwestern Galicia region Friday on a controversial first trip home after...
Amnesty urges Yemen rebels to free journalists on death row
(AFP) Amnesty International has urged Yemen’s Huthi rebels to free four journalists facing the death penalty for “espionage” in the...
Irish PM visits N.Ireland for talks to end post-Brexit trade row
(AFP) Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin was holding talks with Northern Ireland’s political leaders on Friday to resolve a stand-off...
Macron to shuffle government ahead of French parliamentary polls
(AFP) French President Emmanuel Macron is to reshuffle his government on Friday ahead of parliamentary elections next month, which could...
Germany school shooting injures one, suspect arrested
(AFP) A 21-year-old gunman opened fire at a secondary school in northern Germany on Thursday, badly injuring a female member...
Jordan king says 'delusional' half-brother to remain under house arrest
(AFP) Jordan’s King Abdullah II said Thursday his half-brother Prince Hamzah, accused of involvement in a coup plot last year,...
Biden leaves for Asia under Ukraine, N.Korea nuclear shadows
(AFP) President Joe Biden left Thursday for South Korea and Japan to cement US leadership in Asia at a time...
Hollywood star Russell Crowe quizzes Bangkok governor candidates
(AFP) Hollywood star Russell Crowe quizzed candidates for Bangkok’s governor election campaign in a cameo television appearance on Thursday, almost...
Ukraine steelworks defenders surrender as Russian pleas for forgiveness
(AFP) Russia said Thursday that 1,730 Ukrainian soldiers had surrendered this week at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, showing...
Trapped Indonesian ferry with more than 800 on board dislodged
(AFP) An Indonesian ferry carrying more than 800 people that had run aground was dislodged on Thursday and taken safely...
Cyprus police arrest one after protesting farmers set hay ablaze
(AFP) Cyprus police said Thursday they had arrested one man a day after farmers set hay bales ablaze outside the...
US puts full weight behind Sweden, Finland bids to join NATO
(AFP) The United States Wednesday gave its full support for Sweden and Finland’s bids to join NATO, promising to stand...
US reopens embassy in Kyiv after closure forced by war
(AFP) The United States reopened its embassy in Kyiv Wednesday after closing it for three months due to the Russian...
Senegal probing feared homophobic attack by mob
(AFP) Senegalese police said Wednesday they were probing a possible anti-gay attack by a mob, an incident coinciding with a...
