Macron suffers setback in EU parliament as party pays price for gaffes
President Emmanuel Macron’s handpicked candidate to lead a new centrist alliance in the European Parliament said on Thursday she was pulling out of the race,...
Algerian ex-PM Sellal arrested over graft allegation: state TV
Algeria’s supreme court on Thursday remanded ex-prime minister Abdelmalek Sellal in custody over graft allegations, state TV said, in a continuing crackdown on alleged corruption...
France denies Iraq has yet asked for money to try jihadist fighters
France’s foreign ministry denied on Thursday a report that it had been asked by Iraqi authorities to pay up to $2 million per fighter for...
Factbox: Latest on tanker attacks south of Strait of Hormuz
Here is the latest from Reuters on attacks on two tankers on Thursday south of the Strait of Hormuz, through which almost a fifth of...
Kremlin says no one knows what is behind attack on tankers
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that it was too early to draw any conclusions on attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of...
Suicide bomber kills nine in Afghanistan’s Jalalabad
A suicide bomber on foot targeted a police vehicle in Afghanistan’s eastern city of Jalalabad on Thursday, killing at least nine people, including civilians, local...
Czech PM Babis: We do not need “Spitzenkandidaten” for Commission chief
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Thursday that the next European Commission should be led by a candidate reflecting the needs of all EU...
DHL says it will invest $150 million to expand U.S. healthcare business
Deutsche Post DHL Group on Thursday said it will spend $150 million this year to expand its U.S. healthcare distribution network capacity by roughly 40...
Northern Hemisphere has 66% chance of persisting El Niño conditions in summer: NWS forecaster
There is a 66% chance that the Northern Hemisphere will see persisting El Niño conditions in the summer of 2019, the National Weather Service’s Climate...
Instagram priest takes to Venezuela’s streets “with the people”
Venezuelan priest Luis Antonio Salazar has built a solid social media following over the past two years preaching the Bible over Instagram, breaking the mold...