London Fashion Week opens its doors with public catwalk shows
South African accountant Shaista Hamdulay never imagined she would one day mingle with fashionistas at London Fashion Week....
Police face protesters in Nantes as ‘yellow vest’ marches resume
Hundreds of demonstrators faced police in a tense stand-off in the French city of Nantes on Saturday as revived “yellow vest” protests against the government...
Tropical Storm Humberto lashes Bahamas, seen becoming hurricane
Tropical Storm Humberto lashed already devastated parts of the Bahamas with heavy rain and strong winds on Saturday, and forecasters said it was likely to...
Russia’s first sea-borne nuclear power plant arrives to its base
Russia’s first-floating nuclear power plant has arrived to its permanent base near an isolated Russian town across the Bering Strait from Alaska, Russian state nuclear...
Germany’s climate protection measures to cost 40 billion euros by 2023: source
Climate protection measures that Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and their Social Democrat coalition partners want to unveil next week will cost at least 40 billion...
Two commanders allied to Libya’s Haftar killed in strike near Tripoli
Two commanders of the eastern Libyan forces trying to take the capital Tripoli from the internationally-recognised government were killed late on Friday in a drone...
Tears and tributes as leaders, supporters bid farewell to Zimbabwe’s Mugabe
Zimbabwe’s founder Robert Mugabe was honored as an icon, principled leader and African intellectual giant at a state funeral on Saturday, after a week of...
Germany warns against early troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
A withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan could see the country falling back under the strict Islamic rule of the Taliban, German Defence Minister Annegret...
Congo police detain former health minister in Ebola probe
A former Congolese health minister was taken into custody on Saturday over alleged mismanagement of funds for the country’s response to the Ebola epidemic, police...
Spanish floods claim sixth victim
A 41-year-old man was found dead in southeastern Spain on Saturday, the local government said, bringing to at least six the death toll inflicted over...