Khartoum’s Equestrian Club struggles amid Sudan upheaval
For decades the Equestrian and Racing Club has given upper-crust Sudanese the chance to learn horse riding and watch horse racing in a shady compound set...
Cyprus leaders agree to seek peace again, but ‘disagreements persist’
Leaders of ethnically split Cyprus agreed on Friday to pursue efforts to resume peace talks, although one side said serious disagreements remained in resolving one...
Plane gets all-clear after passenger falls ill on flight to UK from Paris: Flybe
Over 100 passengers who were kept on a plane that landed at Manchester airport in northern England on Friday after a woman had fallen ill...
UK’s Johnson tells civil servants their top priority is preparing for no deal Brexit: Sky
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has written to all government civil servants to tell them that preparing for a no-deal exit from the European Union...
Man stabs four people at Japanese hospital
A knife-wielding man stabbed three nurses and a policeman at a hospital in western Japan on Friday, police said, the latest stabbing incident in the...
Burkina forces move to secure attacked Avesoro mine after one killed
Security forces in Burkina Faso have sealed off an Avesoro gold mine after a security guard killed an intruder and local people attacked the site...
Anger builds in Kashmir as Friday prayers held amid security
Anger was mounting in Kashmir against India’s decision to revoke the special status of the Muslim-majority region, residents and officials said, although authorities eased some...
Afghan woman finds peace, hope in painting at Hungary migrant camp
A young Afghan woman, who has been in a holding camp for asylum seekers on Hungary’s border for months, gets only a faraway glimpse of...
Broody male penguin couple adopt abandoned egg at Berlin Zoo
A pair of male king penguins at Berlin Zoo are fulfilling a long-standing ambition to become parents, by adopting an egg abandoned by its mother....
German designated to head Iran trade vehicle bows out at last minute
European efforts to launch a barter-based trade conduit with Iran that would help offset the effects of U.S. sanctions on Tehran suffered a setback when...