Iraq appoints two new ministers after PM promises sweeping reform
Iraq appointed new education and health ministers on Thursday, a day after Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi promised to reshuffle his government and enact reforms...
Pakistan arrests four aides of alleged mastermind of Mumbai terror attacks
Pakistani authorities on Thursday arrested four aides of Islamist leader Hafiz Saeed, the suspected mastermind of a four-day militant attack on the Indian city of...
Goulard was victim of ‘political game’: French President
French President Emmanuel Macron said Sylvie Goulard had been the victim of a “political game”, following the European Union assembly’s decision to reject Goulard as...
Macron cries foul as EU lawmakers snub French pick for industry job
French President Emmanuel Macron insisted Sylvie Goulard was the victim of a “political game” on Thursday after France’s choice to be the head of EU...
Tokarczuk and Handke win Nobel literature prizes, line drawn under 2018 scandal
Austrian writer Peter Handke won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday and Polish author Olga Tokarczuk was named as the 2018 winner after...
British Airways owner IAG commits to net zero carbon emissions by 2050
British Airways owner IAG said it will achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050, becoming the first major airlines group to make such a commitment....
Humpback whale found in Thames died after being hit by a ship: scientists
A humpback whale found dead in the River Thames just east of London had likely been struck by a ship, scientists who conducted an autopsy...
U.S. judge overseeing opioid litigation won’t be disqualified: U.S. appeals court
A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected a bid by eight drug retailers and distributors to disqualify the judge overseeing nationwide opioid litigation, after they...
Sienna Miller faces every mother’s worst nightmare in ‘grueling’ new role
Portraying a single mother whose teenage daughter suddenly disappears in “American Woman” was a “grueling” role for Sienna Miller that forced the British-American actress to...
Front-runners neck and neck in race to become U.N. nuclear chief
The two front-runners in the race to become the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s chief are running neck and neck, a secret ballot of the International Atomic...