Saudi Arabia’s high-speed Haramain train service to resume within 30 days: Saudi Press Agency
The fire-stricken Haramain high-speed train network, which services the Muslim holy sites of Saudi Arabia, will resume operations within 30 days, the state-run Saudi Press...
U.S. EPA pauses biofuel deal over oil states’ demands, impeachment probe – sources
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has temporarily halted work on a biofuels policy adjustment to help farmers as it awaits direction from the White House,...
At least one dead, 10 injured in attack at Finnish college: police
At least one person has died and 10 people have been injured in a violent incident in a college located in a shopping centre in...
As Hurricane Lorenzo threatens Azores, residents calmly prepare
Inhabitants of Portugal’s Azores islands, securing their boats to piers and reinforcing shop doors against flooding, were calmly preparing on Tuesday to face hurricane Lorenzo....
Egypt gets back looted gold coffin displayed in New York
Egypt exhibited on Tuesday the golden coffin of an ancient Egyptian priest that was returned by New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art following the discovery...
India shelves plan on countrywide ban on single-use plastic products
India has held off imposing a blanket ban on single-use plastics to combat pollution, officials said on Tuesday, a measure seen as too disruptive for...
Vatican police raid top offices, take documents
Vatican police raided the offices of the Holy See’s Secretariat of State and its Financial Information Authority (AIF) on Tuesday and took away documents and...
Iraqi police open fire, use tear gas and water cannon to disperse Baghdad protests
Police used tear gas, water cannon and live fire to disperse demonstrators in Baghdad on Tuesday, wounding several people as thousands of Iraqis rallied in...
Hong Kong police shoot teen as protest violence escalates
Hong Kong police shot a teenager on Tuesday, the first time a protester has been hit by live ammunition during four months of demonstrations, as...
As ocean fears gather pace, WTO fishing talks stall
The oceans are under siege, campaigners warn, and fish stocks could collapse unless a global deal is struck swiftly to ban harmful fisheries subsidies. The...