French police start evacuating eco-activists at abandoned airport site
French police have started to evacuate hundreds of eco-activists and anarchists squatting on a site in western France that had been planned as a new airport, and which had sparked…
Syria says suspected US missiles fired at air base; Washington denies strike
Syrian state TV said there were casualties in what it said was a suspected US missile attack on a major air base in central Syria but the United States denied…
Trudeau attends emotional vigil for Canada bus crash victims
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has joined religious and community leaders at an emotional vigil to honour the 15 members of a junior ice hockey team killed in a bus…
Hungary’s strongman Viktor Orban wins third term in power
Prime Minister Viktor Orban has won a third straight term in power in Sunday elections after his anti-immigration campaign message secured a strong majority for his party in parliament, granting…
German police try to work out motive for Muenster attack
German investigators are trying to work out why a man drove a camper van into a group of people sitting outside a restaurant in the western university city of Muenster…
Britain aims to resettle poisoned Russian ex-spy in the US: Sunday Times
Britain is considering offering poisoned Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia new identities and a fresh life in the United States in an attempt to protect them from…
Japan activates first marines since WW2 to bolster defences against China
Japan has activated its first marine unit since World War Two trained to counter invaders occupying Japanese islands along the edge of the East China Sea that Tokyo fears are…
800 Venezuelans flee to Brazil daily to escape insecurity, hunger: UNHCR
More than 800 Venezuelans stream into northern Brazil each day, the United Nations says, citing Brazilian government statistics on people fleeing the worsening crisis in the economically crippled nation. More…
India asks Hong Kong to arrest jeweller Nirav Modi in bank fraud
India has asked authorities in Hong Kong to arrest jeweller Nirav Modi, one of the main suspects in a $US2-billion fraud at state-run Punjab National Bank , the government said,…
Malaysian PM Najib dissolves parliament, two months before term ends
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has announced the dissolution of parliament, more than two months before the end of his five-year term, paving the way for a general election. Najib…
