Bad blood over golf course stalks Trump’s Scotland tripDiscord over a golf course dating back over a decade means there is little love lost between Donald Trump and the pro-independence government in Scotland, where he will be teeing off over the weekend...
Word ‘Russia’ goes unspoken as Mattis meets Balkan defence chiefsNobody at the meeting said the word "Russia" while the cameras were rolling. But Moscow was clearly on everyone's mind as US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis sat down on Friday in Croatia with Balkan defe...
Fake news: the media industry strikes backThe viral spread of hoaxes and misinformation ahead of the US election and Brexit referendum two years ago was a wake-up call for many established news media, who have gone on the offensive to shore u...
Sri Lanka seeks hangman after death penalty revivedSri Lanka is looking for an executioner to fill the vacant position of state hangman, prison officials said Friday, after President Maithripala Sirisena ended the island's moratorium on capital punish...
Judge to weigh new rules as US works to reunite migrant familiesA federal judge on Friday will consider imposing tougher rules on the US government to ensure it reunites as many as 2,000 immigrant children with their parents by July 26. In a lawsuit brought by the...
Huge iceberg drifts close to Greenland village, causing fears of a tsunamiAn iceberg the size of a hill has drifted close to a tiny village on the western coast of Greenland, causing fear that it could swamp the settlement with a tsunami if it calves. The iceberg towers ove...
Moon presses Trump, Kim for breakthrough in nuclear talksSouth Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday urged US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try harder to achieve a breakthrough in their nuclear negotiations. Moon said at a f...
Five dead in latest Nicaraguan protest violenceFour police officers and a protester died Thursday in Nicaragua, the latest in around 270 fatalities in months of demonstrations against President Daniel Ortega -- a one-time revolutionary hero now de...
Detaining immigrant kids is now a billion-dollar industryDetaining immigrant children has morphed into a surging industry in the US that now reaps $1 billion annually — a tenfold increase over the past decade, an Associated Press analysis finds. Health and...
What’s in a name? In Uzbekistan, it signals a reform driveOne evening last December, a crane lifted construction workers to the top of the ornate arched entrance to Uzbekistan's biggest commercial market. Overnight, they replaced the huge letters spelling ou...
Under Trump, US-UK ‘special relationship’ looks tarnishedWhen British Prime Minister Theresa May became the first world leader to visit Donald Trump at the White House in January 2017, it appeared the historic friendship between the two nations was in good...
Australia migrant numbers hit 10-year lowMigration numbers in Australia have hit a 10-year low, the government said Friday, boasting its hardline stance had not just tightened borders but ensured only the best candidates were accepted. Home...
Algeria stops forcing migrants into SaharaAlgeria's deadly expulsions of migrants into the Sahara Desert have nearly ground to a halt after widespread condemnation and the abrupt firing of two top security officials. The expulsions to the des...
Eritrea’s president to visit Ethiopia to cement historic truceEritrea's president will make a historic visit to Ethiopia this weekend, cementing a stunning rapprochement with his giant neighbour after a generation of mutual hate and mistrust. Isaias Afwerki will...
US rejects French request for Iran exemptions, Le Maire tells Le FigaroThe United States has rejected a French request for waivers for its companies operating in Iran that Paris sought after President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on the Islamic Republic, French Finance...
Finland reinstates border checks for Trump-Putin summitFinland will reinstate border controls for travellers from Schengen countries for four days during a summit in Helsinki between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the gove...
Diver describes ‘massive relief’ finding trapped Thai boys in caveThe British diver who found 12 Thai boys and their coach trapped alive in a flooded cave has described his "massive relief" as he counted them one by one, in what he called an unprecedented rescue ope...
Italian president intervenes in migrant stand-off, angering SalviniPresident Sergio Mattarella has made a rare intervention in Italian politics to end a simmering dispute within the ruling coalition over a migrant boat, angering the right-wing interior minister, Matt...
London mayor says preposterous for Trump to blame crime on immigrationLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan said it was preposterous for Donald Trump to blame a rise in violent crime in the city on immigration after the US president criticised his handling of crime and militant attac...
Japan struggles to restore water to flood-hit townsMunicipal workers in western Japan struggled on Friday to restore water supplies a week after floods caused by a record downpour killed more than 200 people in the worst such disaster in 36 years. Com...