Mauritania opposition candidate challenges presidential election result
The third place candidate in Mauritania’s presidential election filed an appeal late on Tuesday contesting the victory of ruling party candidate Mohamed Ould Ghazouani....
Afghanistan’s Ghani to visit Pakistan in bid to step up peace effort
Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani will visit Pakistan on Thursday to meet Prime Minister Imran Khan, less than a week after its neighbor hosted Afghan opposition...
EU will not renegotiate Brexit deal, ready to work with new PM: Commission
The European Commission repeated on Wednesday that the European Union was not prepared to renegotiate the withdrawal agreement struck with London despite the plans of...
Spain’s Sanchez will go ahead with PM confirmation vote, risking new election
Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will next Tuesday set a date for a parliamentary vote on whether he can stay on in the role,...
England’s Houghton and Bright injury doubts for Norway clash
England manager Phil Neville says defenders Steph Houghton and Millie Bright are “major doubts” for their women’s World Cup quarter-final against Norway in Le Havre...
BlackBerry posts smaller quarterly loss
Canadian software maker BlackBerry Ltd reported a smaller quarterly loss on Wednesday, benefiting from its acquisition of cybersecurity firm Cylance....
Oman to open embassy in Palestinian territories’ West Bank: foreign ministry
Oman said on Wednesday it was planning to open a new diplomatic mission in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and that a delegation from its foreign...
Exclusive: China hacked eight major computer services firms in years-long attack
Hackers working for China’s Ministry of State Security broke into networks of eight of the world’s biggest technology service providers in an effort to steal...
Democrats step onto high-risk 2020 debate stage
The 2020 Democratic presidential contenders take their first leap into the high-risk, high-reward glare of the debate stage spotlight in MIami on Wednesday and Thursday...
Italy government could postpone meeting on deficit to next week: official
A crucial government meeting over Italy’s new budget deficit target scheduled for Wednesday could be postponed to next week, cabinet secretary Giancarlo Giorgetti said....