UK PM Johnson defeats court challenge over suspension of parliament order
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted lawfully when he ordered the suspension of parliament for five weeks before Brexit, London’s High Court ruled on Friday,...
UK’s Labour will not support Johnson’s motion for early election: source
Britain’s opposition Labour Party will not support Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s bid to call an early election in a vote in parliament on Monday, a...
Wave of wildfires in Spain’s Galicia cuts roads, villages evacuated
Firefighters backed by over a dozen aircraft battled forest blazes raging in Spain’s northwestern region of Galicia since Thursday, cutting motorways and forcing the evacuation...
Son of Afghan resistance hero criticizes “secretive” U.S. Taliban deal
A “secretive” peace deal between United States and the Taliban could face wide resistance in Afghanistan if it opens the door to the insurgents’ hardline...
Opposition to block British PM Johnson’s snap election gamble
British opposition parties said on Friday that they would block Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s second bid to call a snap general election in mid-October, setting...
UK will have election ‘when the time is right’: SNP
British opposition parties will not back Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s preferred timing for an early election but voters will not have to wait long before...
Vietnam culls 4.7 million pigs as African swine fever spreads
Vietnam has culled about 4.7 million pigs to contain an outbreak of African swine fever that has spread to all 63 provinces in the Southeast...
Germany’s Merkel calls for peaceful resolution in Hong Kong
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday she raised the situation in Hong Kong with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and hopes for a peaceful resolution...
Madagascar forest destruction wiping out humans’ tiniest relative
As a shocked world watches fires ravage the Amazon, slash-and-burn farmers are wreaking proportionally worse destruction half a world away in Madagascar, driving humanity’s smallest...
Islamic authorities in Malaysian state denounce Shi’ites in sermon
Religious authorities in a Malaysian state denounced Shi’ite Islam on Friday and asked mosques to call in sermons on their congregations to be vigilant over...