Police fire guns during Shi’ite protest in Nigeria capital
Police fired guns and teargas in a clash with a protesting Shi’ite Muslim group in Nigeria’s capital city Abuja, Reuters witnesses saw on Thursday. Serena...
Italy court says Eritrean in migrant case was victim of mistaken identity
An Italian court on Friday said an Eritrean man extradited from Sudan in 2016 was not a human-trafficking kingpin, as claimed by prosecutors, but nonetheless...
Catalonia leader to be tried over separatist propaganda during election
The leader of the Spanish region of Catalonia, Quim Torra, will be tried for disobedience after he failed to obey an order to remove separatist...
Death toll in migrant ship disaster off Tunisia rises to 72
The death toll from a ship packed with migrants that sank off the Tunisian coast last week has risen to 72, the Tunisian Red Crescent...
Explainer: Von der Leyen’s rocky path to confirmation as EU Commission chief
European Union lawmakers are likely to confirm Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen as president of the bloc’s executive Commission in a secret ballot next Tuesday,...
Ireland considering port checks on whole island in no-deal Brexit
Ireland is exploring the idea of checking live animals and animal products from Britain as they arrive at ports on the whole island of Ireland...
Iran strikes opposition positions on border with Iraqi Kurdistan – Tasnim
Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards used drones and missiles to strike headquarters of a Kurdish militant group near Iran’s border with neighboring Iraq’s Kurdistan region, the...
Congo rules out using additional trial vaccines to combat Ebola
Congo will not permit the use of further experimental vaccines as it combats an Ebola outbreak because doing so risked “confusing the population,” the government...
Russia delivers missile system to Turkey in challenge to NATO
Russia began delivery of an advanced missile defense system to Turkey on Friday, a move expected to trigger U.S. sanctions against a NATO ally and...
Arctic wildfires in June equivalent to Sweden’s annual emissions – U.N.
Arctic wildfires, some the size of 100,000 soccer pitches, emitted as much carbon dioxide (CO2) last month as the country of Sweden does in a...