Bullet-riddled U.S. flag that survived D-Day coming home 75 years later
Shot through by German machine gun bullets and tattered by the wind, an American flag that flew on the first U.S. invading ship on D-Day...
New Moldovan PM wants to be rid of oligarchs, irreversibly
Moldova’s new government has a window of opportunity to build a functioning state free of the oligarchic systems that have blighted it in the years...
Sea-Watch captain says hopes for change in EU migrant rules
The German captain of a charity rescue ship, under investigation for aiding illegal immigration, said on Thursday she hoped the new EU Commission would work...
Taliban attack police headquarters in Afghanistan’s Kandahar, 20 wounded
Taliban fighters detonated a car bomb at a gate of police headquarters in the Afghan city of Kandahar on Thursday, wounding at least 20 people,...
Mexico not ready for safe-third-country agreement with U.S.: ambassador
Mexico is not ready to sign a safe-third-country agreement with the Trump administration regarding asylum seekers at their shared border, the Mexican ambassador to the...
Argentina brands Hezbollah terrorist organization, freezes assets
Argentinian authorities designated Hezbollah, which it blames for two attacks on its soil, a terrorist organization on Thursday and ordered the freezing of the Lebanese...
Mexican president vows to bring down violence after ‘El Chapo’ sentencing
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday he expected violence in Mexico to fall after the U.S. sentencing of drug lord Joaquin “El...
Congo Ebola victim may have entered Rwanda and Uganda, says WHO
A fishmonger who died of Ebola this week probably carried the virus from Congo into both Rwanda and Uganda, the World Health Organization said, as...
Swiss raise a glass to winegrowers in rare vintage festival
Switzerland uncorked a once-in-a-generation celebration of its winemakers on Thursday, with fancy dress, alpine horns, cows and dancers kicking off a festival that dates back...
Archaeologists find mosque from when Islam arrived in holy land
Archaeologists in Israel have discovered the remains of one of the world’s oldest rural mosques, built around the time Islam arrived in the holy land,...