French school protests resume as students return
High school students in France have resumed protests on a much smaller scale than in previous weeks as pupils returned from their two-week holiday break....
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Trump White House maps path to govern without Congress if Democrats win
President Donald Trump’s White House has spent months preparing for a possible Democratic takeover of Congress, developing plans to keep advancing major parts of his...
Rioters loot stores in Frankfurt as Gen Z-led protests in Germany turn violent
Hooded rioters looted stores in Frankfurt late on Saturday after tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across Germany’s biggest cities to demand...
‘US still has to ‘take care’ of one or two targets in Iran’
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States has knocked out much of Iran’s military but it still has to “take care of”...
325 people arrested at Palestine Action demo: UK police
British police said Sunday they had arrested 325 people at a London protest in support of Palestine Action the previous day, ahead of a court...
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill eight
Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed eight people including a child on Sunday, according to emergency services and local hospitals. Five people were killed...
Trump shifts rally plans as midterms near
President Donald Trump on Friday insisted Republicans “have a shot” at success in the US midterms despite a feverish end to the campaign for elections...
Russia stands firm as Rubio hosts G20 talks
Russia showed no sign Friday of softening its stance on Kyiv as G20 foreign ministers opened talks in the United States, with the Ukraine and...
France braces for unrest, vows tough action
France deployed a 70,000-strong police presence to contain a widely expected bout of fresh unrest on Saturday in the latest nationwide protests driven by anger...
Palestine needs urgent UN protection force
For decades, the international response to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has centred on the search for a political settlement. Today, this strategy increasingly misses the more...
DR Congo Ebola deaths cross 5,000
The death toll from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has surpassed 5,000, government data show, with authorities yet to find a...
Brazil buses halt, Lula’s army takes key
When buses in the northeastern Brazilian city of Salvador inexplicably stopped running last Sunday, history teacher Martins Mafra grabbed his car keys and set off...