Death toll in migrant ship disaster off Tunisia coast rises to 58
The death toll from a ship packed with migrants that sank off the Tunisian coast last weekend has risen to 58 after Tunisia recovered 38...
Water train set to relieve drought-hit Indian city
Indian authorities on Thursday filled tanks with water and loaded them onto a train in the southern state of Tamil Nadu to supply its manufacturing...
Merkel’s shaking episodes fuel debate about German power handover
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s bouts of shaking at public events are firing up a debate among some of her Christian Democrats about whether she should...
Blast causes deaths in Syria’s rebel-held Afrin
A car bomb killed 11 people and wounded many others on Thursday in Syria’s Afrin city, which Turkey-backed rebels captured from Kurdish fighters last year,...
“One giant leap for mankind,” 50 years on
The United States is preparing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the day when astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on...
Guatemala’s president Morales to visit Washington amid asylum negotiations
Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales will travel to Washington next week, his spokesman said on Thursday, following weeks of intense negotiations aimed at declaring the Central...
UK says Iranian boats blocked a British tanker
Britain says three Iranian vessels tried to block the movement of a BP oil tanker in the Straits of Hormuz. Iran has dismissed the claims...
Sudan’s women bear scars of fight for freedom
Women were a driving force during months of protests against President Omar al-Bashir’s 30-year rule but they claim they were beaten and abused in the...
Spain claims palace in ongoing fight with Franco’s descendents
Spain’s socialist government has claimed ownership of Francisco Franco’s summer palace in Galicia in its latest clash with the former dictator’s descendents, who have challenged...
Russia’s Putin, Ukraine’s Zelenskiy discuss settlement of conflict in Ukraine: TASS
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s new leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy discussed settling the conflict in eastern Ukraine and the return of prisoners during a telephone...