Kazakhstan set to confirm veteran leader’s choice for president
Kazakhstan’s interim president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, looks set to be confirmed in the job in Sunday’s election after being hand-picked for the post by former leader...
Sudan crackdown highlights role of feared paramilitary unit: Amnesty International
Amnesty International on Thursday called for international action against Sudan’s new military rulers and condemned the government’s Rapid Support Forces for what it called a...
Trump arrives in France for D-Day 75th anniversary commemorations
U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Caen, western France, on Thursday to pay tribute to the Allied forces who took part 75 years ago in...
Trump, Macron honour D-Day veterans who fought through “fires of hell”
France will never forget the sacrifice of the Allied troops who liberated it from Nazi Germany, President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday, the 75th anniversary...
Egyptian forces kill 14 suspected militants after checkpoint attack
Egyptian security forces killed 14 militants suspected in an attack on a police checkpoint in northern Sinai where at least eight policemen died, the interior...
UK PM candidate Gove: rushed no-deal Brexit would give Labour’s Corbyn power
Michael Gove, a leading contenders to replace British Prime Minister Theresa May, said he would delay Brexit rather than rush into a no-deal exit that...
German nurse who killed 85 patients gets life in prison
A former nurse was jailed for life on Thursday for murdering 85 of his patients – the worst killing spree in Germany’s post-war history....
China’s top coke producing province to shut plant that couldn’t meet special emission standard
China’s top coke producing region Shanxi will close all coke plants that cannot meet a special emission standard by Oct. 1, the official Xinhua News...
China’s new measures to spur car sales fall short of expectations
China announced a series of measures on Thursday to revive slumping car sales, but failed to meet market expectations as it included no plans to...
Pop singer Shakira faces tax fraud accusation in Spanish court
Colombian singer Shakira appeared in a Spanish court on Thursday to answer to tax fraud charges, with prosecutors accusing her of failing to pay up...