Climate fears lift Greens’ chances of running Germany
A former trampolinist and a children’s author have led the Greens to a spectacular comeback in Germany, raising the once-unthinkable prospect of a Green chancellor...
UK police vow to stop repeat of climate-change protest chaos
British police said they would not allow protesters from the Extinction Rebellion anti-climate change group to repeat the kind of disruption they caused in London...
Protesters take to streets to declare new Ethiopia region
A political party representing some of Ethiopia’s ethnic Sidama people said on Thursday it would postpone plans to declare a new region in defiance of...
Aurora Cannabis wins contract to supply medical cannabis to Italy
Canadian pot producer Aurora Cannabis Inc said on Thursday it had secured a two-year contract to supply medical cannabis to the Italian government....
Congolese Ebola victim may have entered Rwanda and Uganda – WHO
A fishmonger who died this week of Ebola may have carried the virus from Congo into Rwanda as well as Uganda, the World Health Organization...
War on numbers: Philippines targets drug killing data
Facing a U.N. human rights investigation into its bloody war on drugs, the Philippines presented a new death toll on Thursday to counter much higher...
U.S. amphibious group patrols Arabian Sea as Iran tensions simmer
At a thumbs-up sign from a sailor, a U.S. Harrier fighter jet takes off from the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer in the Arabian Sea...
UK government seeking further information on seized foreign tanker reports: spokeswoman
Britain is seeking further information on reports Iran has seized a foreign tanker in the Gulf, the government said on Thursday, urging the Iranian authorities...
Revolutionary Guards impound foreign oil tanker in the Gulf – state TV
Iran has seized a foreign tanker smuggling fuel in the Gulf, state television quoted Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as saying on Thursday....
Japan studio arson attack a ‘blow to animation industry’: commentator
A suspected arson attack on a Japanese animation studio in which 30 people are believed to have been killed and scores injured will be a...