As drought persists, Australia restricts water use in populous state
Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales on Tuesday imposed water restrictions for the first time in a decade with dam levels at just...
South African deputy president to be sworn in as lawmaker after delay
South Africa’s deputy president, David Mabuza, will be sworn in as a lawmaker on Tuesday, a week after he requested a postponement to address accusations...
Japan court says forced sterilizations unconstitutional, refuses compensation: media
The forced sterilization of two women decades ago as teenagers was unconstitutional, a Japanese court said on Tuesday, but rejected their demands for compensation, in...
France calls on Iraq to spare four of its citizens from the hangman
Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Tuesday said France was intensifying diplomatic efforts to prevent four of its citizens being executed in Iraq after they...
French minister Le Drian urges Saudi and UAE to end war in Yemen
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Tuesday reiterated calls for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to end a conflict in Yemen that...
Britain’s Hunt says pursuing no-deal Brexit ‘political suicide’
British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said it would be “political suicide” to pursue a no-deal Brexit through a general election, adding he would look for...
Britain’s Malthouse says: We want a Brexit deal but should prepare for no deal
British Housing Minister Kit Malthouse, who has put himself forward as a candidate to replace Prime Minister Theresa May, said he wanted a Brexit deal...
British cigarettes, a body in the road: memories of D-Day
It is the sounds and smell of war that are indelibly imprinted in the memory of Yves Faucon, who was 12 when allied troops landed...
Two killed, 15 schoolgirls injured in Japan stabbing: NHK
A schoolgirl and an adult man were killed and 15 other young girls injured in a stabbing at a bus stop just outside Tokyo on...
Stan Lee’s ex-manager arrested on elder abuse charges
Police say Keya Morgan, the former manager of the late comic book legend Stan Lee, was arrested on Saturday in Arizona after being charged with...
