Polls close as centre-right parties look to dethrone New Zealand government
AFP :A coalition of centre-right parties was Saturday hoping to sweep New Zealand’s government from power, ending a six-year Labour Party reign ushered in by...
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Court overturns sentence for Guatemala newspaper founder
AFP :A Guatemalan appeals court on Friday overturned a six-year prison sentence handed down in June to the founder of one of the country’s top...
Louise Gluck, US poet and 2020 Nobel laureate, dies at 80
AFP :American poet Louise Gluck, winner of the Nobel prize for her distinctively austere writing that touched on themes of mythology and the universal human...
Disposable diaper scare causes Panama-Florida flight to turn around
AFP :A flight from Panama to the United States made a u-turn Friday after the discovery of a suspicious package in the toilet that turned...
North Korea decries port visit by US nuclear-powered carrier
AFP :Pyongyang on Friday slammed a South Korean port visit by the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, saying it showed Washington had reached “the most...
US to announce $12m in aid for Afghanistan following earthquakes
Reuters :The United States is providing $12 million in immediate humanitarian assistance to respond to earthquakes in Afghanistan this month that have killed and injured...
Mali sends troops to northern town ahead of UN retreat
AFP :Several dozen Malian soldiers and Russian paramilitary fighters have arrived in the northern town of Tessalit, where the UN mission will soon leave its...
US displays drones from Ukraine it says Iran made
AFP :US military officials displayed what they said were pieces of Iranian drones recovered in Ukraine to UN member states on Thursday — evidence, according...
Iran says US must ‘control’ Israel to avert regional war
AFP :The United States must rein in Israel to avert a regional spillover of the war with Hamas, Iran’s top diplomat said Friday in Beirut,...
Reporter Saviano fined 1,000 euros for defaming Italy PM
AFP :An Italian court on Thursday handed a suspended fine of 1,000 euros to journalist Roberto Saviano for defaming Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni by criticising...
Israel’s evacuation order for Gaza ‘death sentence’ for patients: WHO
Al Jazeera :Israel’s evacuation order for Gaza amounts to a “death sentence” for vulnerable hospital patients, the World Health Organization has warned. WHO spokesperson Tarik...
Japan moves to strip Unification Church of government recognition
AFP :The Japanese government said Thursday it was seeking to strip official recognition from the Unification Church, the influential sect under intense scrutiny since the...