Ukraine agrees prisoner swap with pro-Russian separatists: official
Ukraine and Russia have agreed a prisoner swap expected to involve a total of 277 people taken captive in the conflict in eastern Ukraine, a...
Italy’s warring coalition parties warn of government collapse
The leaders of Italy’s coalition partners the League and 5-Star Movement warned on Thursday the government could collapse following mutual recriminations over the election of...
Bruised but driven, Netanyahu becomes Israel’s longest-serving PM
Benjamin Netanyahu makes history this weekend by becoming the longest-serving Israeli prime minister, surpassing a record held by the country’s founding father David Ben-Gurion....
Greece picks Commisssion chief spokesman as its EU Commissioner
Greece nominated the EU Commission’s chief spokesman Margaritis Schinas as its next commissioner, the prime minister’s office said in a statement on Thursday....
Car bomb explodes at gate of police headquarters in Afghanistan’s Kandahar
A car bomb exploded at a gate of police headquarters in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar on Thursday, a police official said....
Two killed in suicide bombing, four beheaded in Egypt’s North Sinai, sources say
A suicide bombing killed at least two people in Egypt’s North Sinai region on Thursday, a day after four headless bodies were found there, security...
‘Appalling’ arson attack on Japanese animation studio kills at least 33
A man shouted “die” as he doused an animation studio with fuel and set it ablaze in Japan on Thursday, public broadcaster NHK said, killing...
Malnutrition, disease kill at least 139 displaced in Indonesia’s Papua – group
Thousands of people in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua have been displaced by fighting between soldiers and separatists, and at least 139 of them have...
Spain’s Sanchez says Podemos deal possible if leader not in cabinet
Spain’s acting prime minister Pedro Sanchez insisted on Thursday that he would not accept far-left Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias as a member of his cabinet,...
LEGO builds life-size astronaut to celebrate Apollo 11 anniversary
Time-lapse video shows Danish toymaker LEGO building a life-size astronaut model to mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission launch on July 16,...