Russia-backed Syrian forces step in as U.S. retreats
Russia-backed Syrian forces wasted no time in taking advantage of an abrupt U.S. retreat from Syria on Monday, deploying deep inside Kurdish-held territory south of...
Syrian Kurdish leaders: deal backed by Russia to protect border, politics later
Syrian Kurdish officials said a deal with Damascus, brokered by President Bashar al-Assad’s ally Russia, centers for now on army troops deploying along the border...
British pedophile who operated in Malaysia, Cambodia found dead in prison
One of Britain’s most prolific child sex offenders, Richard Huckle, has died three years into a life sentence for abusing Malaysian and Cambodian children, Britain’s...
Hong Kong protesters take violence to new ‘life-threatening’ level, say police
Violent pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong have escalated to a “life-threatening level”, police said on Monday, after a small bomb exploded and a police officer...
Pioneers in fight against poverty win Nobel
Economists Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize for their work in fighting global poverty, the Royal Swedish Academy...
Rescuers search waist-high muddy waters for missing people in typhoon-hit Japan
Rescue workers waded through muddy, waist-high waters on Monday searching for missing people after one of the worst typhoons to hit Japan in recent history,...
Spain jails Catalan separatist leaders for a total of almost 100 years
Spain’s Supreme Court handed prison sentences of between nine and 13 years to nine separatist leaders on Monday, for their role in a failed Catalan...
Climate change activists target BlackRock offices in London
Climate change activists targeted Blackrock, the world’s biggest asset manager, in London on Monday, gluing themselves to the front of the building and blocking the...
Poland’s PiS wins general election: results from 91% of constituencies
Poland’s ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party won Sunday’s parliamentary election with 44.6% of votes, according to official results from 91% of constituencies published...
Poland’s nationalists win majority in parliament again, eye court reforms
Poland’s nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party secured a second term in power in Sunday’s parliamentary election, partial results showed on Monday, but fell short...