Lebanese veterans tussle with security forces in budget protest
Dozens of Lebanese veterans tussled with security forces in Beirut on Friday as they tried to reach parliament in a protest against any cuts to...
Iraqi militias bombed by unmanned aircraft, one killed: security sources
An unmanned aircraft dropped explosives on a base belonging to Iran-linked Shi’ite paramilitary groups in northern Iraq on Friday, killing at least one person, the...
Germany’s Merkel, planning to serve full term, backs under-fire protegee
Germany’s Angela Merkel threw her weight behind her embattled new defense minister and heir-apparent on Friday, while insisting she herself was fit to carry on...
Second strong tremor felt in Greek capital
Reuters correspondents felt a second strong earthquake in Athens on Friday afternoon, around 40 minutes after a quake measured at magnitude 5.1....
No damage to Acropolis following Athens quake – officials
No damage was reported to the Acropolis following a 5.1 magnitude earthquake recorded in Athens on Friday, authorities said....
Weather woes hit French vineyards: wine production seen falling this year
Wine output in France, the world’s second largest producer, may fall by as much as 13% this year after vineyards were hit by adverse weather...
Strong quake felt in Athens, two people lightly injured
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake shook the Greek capital Athens on Friday, knocking out power and telecommunications in parts of the city and sending people running...
Q&A with UNHCR’s Africa bureau director
Raouf Mazou sat down with Africa Journal Editor Serena Chaudhry to talk about the Ebola emergency, South Sudan’s refugee crisis and the UNHCR’s strategy in...
Man in daring escape from high-rise fire
A man was forced to climb down the exterior wall of a Philadelphia high-rise apartment block Thursday night, to escape a fire that had broken...
Mexico’s Lopez Obrador says no open investigations against former presidents
Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday that there were no open cases against former presidents of the nation....