Russia ready for Ukraine peace talks but sets preconditions
Russia is ready to take part in a four-way summit in Paris to try to breathe life into the stalled Ukrainian peace process but has...
Bolivia election poll sparks blowback after rivals appear to gain on Morales
Bolivia’s top electoral court has threatened to sanction a local university for publishing what it deemed an “invalid” opinion poll that showed President Evo Morales...
Russia, Iran and Turkey to discuss Syria’s Idlib at Monday summit: Kremlin
The leaders of Russia, Turkey and Iran will discuss the difficult situation in Syria’s Idlib province when they meet in Ankara early next week for...
Three people killed, tunnels flooded as torrential rains hit southern Spain
Three people have been killed in two days of torrential rains in southeastern Spain, where emergency services have rescued people stuck in flooded tunnels and...
Portugal’s Socialists extend lead for October 6 election: survey
Portugal’s ruling Socialists extended their lead in a new opinion poll ahead of an Oct. 6 parliamentary election, and were also well ahead of the...
Fire threatening homes in coastal town near Athens contained
A fire that threatened homes at the coastal town of Lagonissi south of the Greek capital Athens was contained before it damaged residences, the fire...
Going for a song? UK police arrest suspected hacker of music stars
British police on Friday arrested a man suspected of hacking famous music acts to steal unreleased songs and sell them for cryptocurrency....
Novartis MS drug cuts relapse rate by half compared to Sanofi medicine
Novartis’s investigational multiple sclerosis drug ofatumumab cut the relapse rate in patients by more than half in trials comparing it to Sanofi’s Aubagio as the...
Biogen scraps two late-stage Alzheimer’s trials
Biogen Inc and partner Eisai Co Ltd said on Friday they would abandon two late-stage trials testing experimental Alzheimer’s treatment elenbecestat, months after scrapping trials...
Kenya becomes third African nation to introduce malaria vaccine
Kenya on Friday began adding a malaria vaccine to its routine immunization schedule for babies and toddlers, becoming the third African country to roll out...