Egypt to consider longer presidential term: lawmaker
CAIRO – Egypt will consider extending the presidential term to six years from four, a senior lawmaker said, which could allow President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to stay in power beyond…
Austria to recognise Guaido if Venezuela’s Maduro does not call election
VIENNA – Austria will acknowledge Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president if Nicolas Maduro does not respond to the European Union’s call for a free and fair presidential…
Pet peeve: Animal lovers fear for pet pigs in Lunar New Year
TAIPEI – With the Lunar Year of the Pig starting on Tuesday, pig lovers in Taiwan fear that a rush of people wanting to usher good fortune into their homes…
Colombia’s Duque says Venezuelan Maduro’s hours are numbered
BOGOTA – Venezuela’s dictatorship only has a short time left, Colombian President Ivan Duque said, calling for more diplomatic pressure on that nation’s leader, Nicolas Maduro, to facilitate the return…
From sleaze to seaweed: Macron confronts French anger in debates
PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron showed a trademark mix of bluntness and humour to field questions from overseas mayors at a debate at the Elysee Palace on Friday, one…
Canadian officials make third visit to citizen detained in China
OTTAWA – Canadian diplomats have paid their third visit to Michael Spavor, one of two citizens detained in China after the arrest of a senior Huawei Technologies Co Ltd executive…
EU states move to recognise Venezuela’s Guaido: diplomats
BRUSSELS – European Union governments will move to recognise Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s interim president from next week, but using cautious language for fear of setting a precedent for political…
At fresh protests, Sudan police fire tear gas at demonstrators
KHARTOUM – Sudanese police fired tear gas on Friday at hundreds of protesters in Omdurman, across the Nile from Khartoum, witnesses said, in the latest of more than a month…
S.Koreans march with coffin in ‘comfort women’ protest at Japan embassy
SEOUL – South Korean protesters have marched alongside the coffin of a ‘comfort women’ campaigner to the Japanese embassy in a protest over Japan’s use of forced labour in its…
Venezuela detains Colombian, Spanish, French journalists
CARACAS – Venezuelan authorities have detained three foreign journalists and a driver working for the Spanish news agency EFEm the company said, in the latest arrests of reporters covering US-backed…
