Thousands rally in Morocco for jailed Rif opponents

6 years ago

RABAT –Thousands of people demonstrated in Morocco's capital Rabat on Sunday against the jailing of leaders and activists of a northern protest movement.  "The people boycott the justice system!"...

Gaza ceasefire holds after heavy Israel strikes, Hamas rocket fire

6 years ago

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories –A ceasefire announced by Hamas held Sunday after the most severe exchange of fire between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip since a 2014...

Sri Lanka's special high courts to hear corruption cases to begin sittings

6 years ago

COLOMBO –Sri Lanka will on Monday begin sittings of a special high court which has been set up to try high-profile bribery and corruption cases including those against members of...

Haiti prime minister resigns after deadly unrest

6 years ago

PORT-AU-PRINCE –Embattled Haiti Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant resigned on Saturday following deadly violence and looting sparked by a now-abandoned plan to raise fuel prices, triggering a fraught process to...

Trump-Putin: what they have said about each other

6 years ago

PARIS –The much-anticipated summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on Monday comes after years of mutual compliments and backslapping, despite growing strains in US-Russian relations.  Ahead of...

Five teenage footballers drown in Bangladesh

6 years ago

DHAKA –Five teenage footballers drowned in a river in southeast Bangladesh moments after they played a friendly match between supporters of Argentina and Brazil, police said Sunday.  Police...

Iran's Rouhani says US 'isolated' on sanctions

6 years ago

TEHRAN –The United States is increasingly isolated in its move to reimpose sanctions on Tehran after quitting the international nuclear deal, President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday, vowing to resist American...

Pakistan ex-PM Sharif heads home to face jail before polls

6 years ago

LAHORE, Pakistan –Pakistan authorities locked down parts of Lahore Friday for the return from self-imposed exile of former premier Nawaz Sharif, who faces possible arrest and a 10-year prison sentence...

Puigdemont vows to 'fight' on after extradition decision

6 years ago

BARCELONA –Catalonia's deposed leader Carles Puigdemont said Thursday he and other separatists would "fight until the end" after a German court decided to allow his extradition, but not on the...

10 dead, 25 injured in bus, truck collision in northern Egypt

6 years ago

CAIRO –At least 10 people were killed and 25 wounded on Thursday as a truck collided with a bus on a highway in Matrouh coastal province in northern Egypt, a...

Trump promises to raise US election meddling with Putin

6 years ago

BRUSSELS –US President Donald Trump said Thursday he would bring up allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 election when he meets Vladimir Putin in Helsinki next week.  ...

'Hipster' coffee brews up change in Qatar

6 years ago

DOHA –Doha's Tawar Mall looks much like any of the other unremarkable shopping centres dotted around Qatar, but tucked away in one of its corners, a tiny cultural revolution is...

Japan rains disaster toll rises to 199: government

6 years ago

TOKYO –The toll in record rains that have devastated parts of Japan rose Thursday to 199, a top government spokesman said.  Local media said search operations are continuing,...

NATO grapples over key policies in shadow of Trump spat

6 years ago

BRUSSELS – NATO leaders will seek to dampen a febrile atmosphere as their summit wraps up Thursday with talks on Afghanistan and Ukraine, after US President Donald Trump stung allies...

How a Macedonian town became a 'fake news' epicentre

6 years ago

VELES, Macedonia –Jovan got a pair of Nike sneakers and went on holiday to Greece, his reward for having helped turn the small Macedonian town of Veles into an epicentre...