Egypt bucks trend with vote to extend El-Sisi ruleIn a referendum bucking the trend of the region’s mini-Arab Spring, Egyptians are to start voting Saturday on constitutional amendments that extend President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s rule until at least...
Extreme Easter: Flogging and crucifixions in PhilippinesA man was nailed to a cross with up to 10 more to follow while barefoot men beat themselves with flails on Good Friday, in a blood-soaked display of religious fervour in the Philippines. Frowned upon...
Bangladesh girl burned to death on teacher’s order: policeA schoolgirl was burned to death in Bangladesh on the orders of her head teacher after she reported him for sexually harassing her, police said Friday. The death of 19-year-old Nusrat Jahan Rafi last...
Woman shot dead in N Ireland in ‘terrorist incident’A woman has been shot dead during riots in the city of Londonderry in Northern Ireland and the killing is being treated as a terrorist incident, police said Friday. Images posted on social media showe...
Spanish election campaign cut short by Holy WeekJust days before Spain's general election, the palm-tree lined streets of the centre of Malaga are almost devoid of posters. The southern city, like others across Spain, has banned political advertise...
Rights group condemns US ‘vigilante’ treatment of migrants on borderThe American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico on Thursday called for state authorities to investigate a group of armed US citizens they alleged are illegally detaining migrants entering the United...
Mali’s prime minister steps down as anger mounts over massacreMali’s prime minister resigned along with his entire government on Thursday following criticism over their handling of an upsurge of violence in the center of the country and a massacre last month tha...
Trump defiant on Mueller report D-DayPresident Donald Trump, backed by his attorney general, declared himself fully vindicated Thursday in the investigation into Russian election meddling and alleged collusion with his campaign -- before...
Sudan’s Darfur refugees wonder when their turn will come‘When we arrived here, there were TV crews and photographers, but now nobody comes," said Abdallah, amazed to see a journalist turn up at his Sudanese refugee camp in Chad. He fled over the border fro...
North Korea demands Pompeo’s removal from US nuclear talksNorth Korea on Thursday demanded the removal of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from talks over its banned nuclear programme, hours after the isolated state claimed to have tested a new kind of weap...
Poroshenko seeks votes in Western Ukraine in election run-offFacing a potentially huge defeat in a run-off vote on Sunday, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is fighting to close the gap by winning votes in the country's largely conservative Western regions a...
Malaysian inquiry probes trafficking camps, migrant gravesA Malaysian inquiry into the 2015 discovery of suspected human-trafficking camps and graves in the jungle heard Thursday police found one of the sites months before authorities publicly revealed their...
Germany struggles in UN push to address sexual violence in conflictsA German-led bid to step up efforts to combat sexual violence in conflicts has run into resistance at the UN Security Council, diplomats said Wednesday, just days before Nobel laureate Nadia Murad is...
Nicaragua opposition defies ban to march on deadly protest anniversaryNicaragua's opposition said at least 67 people were arrested after defying a protest ban and a heavy riot police presence on the streets of Managua to mark the first anniversary of a deadly uprising a...
Scammers preying on Notre-Dame donors, France warnsFraudsters are taking advantage of the Notre-Dame fire to fool donors into handing over cash believing they are helping to rebuild the gutted Paris cathedral, officials have warned. The French Heritag...
One week after Bashir ousted, Sudan ‘revolution’ unfinishedSudan on Thursday marks one week since the army ousted president Omar al-Bashir after protests against his 30-year rule, but the "revolution" remains unfinished as demonstrators campaign against their...