Hezbollah says its ‘arms won’t be twisted’ as crisis deepens
Political talks to agree an urgently needed Lebanese government are still deadlocked, three senior sources said on Sunday, as the powerful Shi’ite group Hezbollah indicated...
How did Bolivia end up in democratic crisis?
Bolivia’s President Evo Morales, Latin America’s longest standing leader, is facing the severest challenge since he took power in 2006, with weeks of protests and...
Divided Spain holds its fourth election in four years
Spaniards went to the polls on Sunday in an election aimed at bringing longed-for stability, but that looks set to leave parliament as fractured as...
Australia braces for more bushfires as conditions set to worsen
Australian firefighters raced on Sunday to contain widespread bushfires that have left three people dead, and warned of “catastrophic” fire conditions ahead, including around the...
Eight killed in bombing in Turkish-controlled northeast Syria
Eight people were killed when a bomb exploded on Sunday in an area of northeast Syria controlled by Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies,...
Cambodian opposition figure Rainsy promises to intensify action
Cambodia’s self-exiled opposition veteran Sam Rainsy said on Sunday he would help organize protests against authoritarian ruler Hun Sen to build on growing international pressure...
Mexico massacre unites Mormon sects, even their exiles
WhatsApp messages flooded Amber Bostwick’s phone last Tuesday as relatives sent harrowing accounts of the slaughter of nine women and children by drug cartel gunmen...
Violence spreads across Hong Kong’s New Territories on 24th weekend of unrest
Police fired tear gas to break up rallies as black-clad activists blocked roads and trashed shopping malls across Hong Kong’s New Territories on Sunday on...
‘I still need justice’: Cambodia frees opposition leader
Cambodia freed opposition leader Kem Sokha from house arrest on Sunday, amid EU deliberations over whether to punish a crackdown against the country’s opposition by...
French IS suspects want to go home, and ‘go on with my life’
Three French women who escaped from a camp for suspected jihadists in northern Syria say they want to go home and face whatever legal action...