Hong Kong protesters clash with police, angry at lack of prosecutions after subway mob attack
Thousands of jeering Hong Kong residents held a raucous anti-government protest on Wednesday at a suburban subway station that was attacked by a mob last...
North Macedonia’s special crime prosecutor arrested in alleged extortion scandal
SKOPJE – North Macedonia’s special prosecutor for organized crime was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of offering leniency in exchange for cash to a businessman...
Giraffes in danger of ‘silent extinction’
Help protect giraffes from the risk of “silent extinction”, experts and NGOs urge the U.N.’s Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)....
The Nigerian ‘snake man’ trying to change public perception
Mark Ofua says he is determined to change attitudes towards reptiles and wild animals, and wants to get communities to do more to care for...
Celebrating the world’s oldest Youth Guard
Boys and girls marched in step as Copenhagen’s Tivoli Youth Guard celebrates its 175-year anniversary, making it the world’s oldest Youth Guard....
U.S. imposes sanctions on three Chinese accused of fentanyl trafficking
The U.S. Treasury on Wednesday imposed sanctions on three Chinese men accused of illegally trafficking fentanyl, acting three weeks after President Donald Trump accused Beijing...
Budge on Brexit, British PM Johnson to tell Merkel in Berlin
Prime Minister Boris Johnson was set to tell German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday that unless she agrees to change the Brexit deal, Britain will...
Tens of thousands flee Russia-led attack on Syrian opposition enclave
Ten of thousands of people have fled to Syria’s border with Turkey in the last few days as a Syrian army advance pushed further into...
Czech president backs new culture minister nominee, defusing government crisis
Czech President Milos Zeman on Wednesday backed the new nominee for culture minister from the junior party in the ruling coalition, defusing a political crisis...
Leaders of Rwanda and Uganda sign pact in bid to end tension
The presidents of Rwanda and Uganda signed a pact on Wednesday in Angola’s capital aimed at ending a long-running rivalry that has resulted in their...