Libya allows emergency migrant ‘evacuations’ after slavery uproar
AFP, Abidjan :Libya agreed Wednesday with key EU and African leaders to allow migrants facing abuse in detention camps to be evacuated within days or...
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Macron vows to open files on Burkina heroAFP, OuagadougouPresident Emmanuel Macron kicked off his maiden African tour Tuesday by vowing to declassify secret French files...
Pope calls for peace in Myanmar on diplomatically fraught trip
Reuters, Yangon :Pope Francis called on the people of Myanmar on Wednesday to embrace peace and reconciliation as their country emerges from nearly five decades...
NATO sees growing challenge from Russia, China and a higher risk of war
Reuters, BerlinChina’s growing military strength and a resurgent Russia will pose growing challenges to the trans-Atlantic alliance in coming years, and NATO’s moves to bolster...
May to visit Saudi Arabia, speak to crown prince
AP, Riyadh :British Prime Minister Theresa May is to visit Saudi Arabia for talks on Wednesday with its assertive crown prince over the kingdom-led war...
Same-sex marriage bill clears Australia’s Senate
Reuters, Sydney :Australia’s upper house Senate on Wednesday passed a measure to legalize same-sex marriage, perhaps as soon as next week, after lawmakers dismissed a...
Trump, Democrats spar as US govt shutdown looms
AFP, Washington :US President Donald Trump clashed with Democratic leaders in dramatic fashion Tuesday, heaping pressure on Congress to craft a compromise on federal spending...
Saudi Prince Miteb freed from detention over graft probe
AFP, Riyadh :Saudi Arabia on Tuesday freed influential Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, a source said, more than three weeks after he was detained in a...
Merkel presses cautious SPD over joining new German coalition
Reuters, Berlin :Chancellor Angela Merkel piled pressure on Monday on the Social Democrats (SPD) to rejoin a “grand coalition” with her conservatives, arguing that the...
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Modi hopes for early resumption of Israel-Palestine talksPTI, United Nations Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hoped for early resumption of dialogue between the Palestinian and Israeli...
Burkina grenade attack greets Macron’s Africa tour
AFP, Ouagadougou :Three civilians were wounded in Burkina Faso on Monday after a grenade was thrown at French troops shortly before President Emmanuel Macron touched...
Irish Deputy PM under pressure to quit
Reuters, Dublin :Irish Deputy Prime Minister Frances Fitzgerald was under intense pressure from her own party to resign on Tuesday to avoid a snap election...