Lawyers seek Kurdish politician’s release from Turkish jail: source
Lawyers applied on Wednesday for Selahattin Demirtas, former leader of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), to be released from jail after a court ruled...
Sri Lanka presidential frontrunner loses bid to get corruption case dismissed
Sri Lanka’s top court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa to dismiss corruption charges against him, in a possible blow to...
Defiant Catalan separatists call for independence
Catalan separatist supporters draped in pro-independence flags gathered in the regional capital Barcelona on Wednesday for a huge rally to call for a break from...
Indonesia’s Habibie, president during transition to democracy, dies
Former Indonesian president B.J. Habibie, who came to power during the country’s turbulent transition to democracy after former strongman leader Suharto stepped down in 1998,...
‘Day of Fire’: Blazes ignite suspicion in Amazon town
A maverick journalist in this isolated Brazilian ranching town warned his readers last month that the surrounding Amazon was about to go up in flames....
India’s monsoon rains 38% above-average this week-weather office
Monsoon rains in India were above average in the week through Wednesday, the weather office said, as soybean and cotton growing central parts of the country...
Humanitarian aid reduces shortages in Venezuela emergency rooms: NGO
Humanitarian aid has led to a small improvement in the availability of medical supplies in Venezuelan emergency rooms, although shortages continue to plague public hospitals,...
Espionage probe not aimed against Russia, says Bulgarian PM
A Bulgarian investigation into alleged espionage involving Russian non-governmental organizations is not intended to influence relations with Moscow, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said on Wednesday....
Russia calls suggestion suspected CIA mole unmasked election meddling slander
Russia condemned as lies and slander on Wednesday suggestions a suspected CIA mole in the presidential administration had handed over information to the United States...
French literati ponder ‘brexit’ dictionary entry
French literary types aghast at the political turmoil engulfing Britain as it seeks to leave the European Union launched a tongue-in-cheek Twitter campaign on Wednesday...