EU to deepen military readiness, raise spending, leaders sayThe European Union must strengthen its defences, spend more and be able to act independently of the United States, the bloc's leaders said in a summit statement released early on Friday, pledging to p...
US candidate loses race to lead UN migration agencyKen Isaacs, the US nominee to lead the UN migration agency, was knocked out of the race on Friday after coming third behind Portugal's Antonio Vitorino and Costa Rica's Laura Thompson in a secret ball...
DACA future still uncertain after another immigration bill failureWashington DC: House Republicans failed to pass another GOP leadership immigration bill this Wednesday; despite furious negotiations to develop a 'compromise' bill between conservatives and moderate r...
It’s in the blood: guiding rafts down Poland’s mountain gorgeStanislaw Migdal sinks his long wooden pole into the water with a practised hand. For decades now, the mountain river guide has been propelling rafts full of tourists down southern Poland's Dunajec Ri...
Dozens of women marching against Trump’s immigration policy charged with unlawful assemblyOver a thousand women arrived from all over the US in Washington DC, on Thursday to protest US president Donald Trump's immigration policy. The #WomenDisobey march was organised to protest Trump admin...
Business groups urge German government to end bickeringGermany's most influential business organizations are calling for an end to bickering within Angela Merkel's conservative bloc over migration, backing the chancellor and suggesting the strife is weake...
China offers aid to Bangladesh over Rohingya refugee crisisChina will offer humanitarian assistance to Bangladesh to help shelter and feed hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya refugees from neighboring Myanmar, the foreign minister said Friday. Wang Yi al...
‘Germany should pay damages for World War II’Poland's ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski on Friday again demanded that Germany pay Poland damages for World War Two. "This is a Polish-Germany issue, I mean it was Germany who invaded Poland, m...
US ends 70 years of military presence in S Korean capitalThe United States formally ended seven decades of military presence in South Korea's capital Friday with a ceremony to mark the opening of a new headquarters farther from North Korean artillery range....
Indian state cuts internet after three new lynchingsAuthorities in north-eastern India have cut internet access after crazed mobs beat three people to death in the latest cases of lynchings sparked by false rumours spread on smartphones, officials said...
Gunman angry at Maryland newspaper kills five in targeted attackA man who had a long-running feud with an Annapolis newspaper blasted his way through its newsroom with a shotgun on Thursday, killing at least five people in one of the deadliest attacks recorded on...
EU cuts migration deal after marathon talks, differences remainEuropean leaders reached a deal on migration in the early hours of Friday after tense and lengthy talks, but the pledges made to strengthen borders were vague and a bleary-eyed German Chancellor Angel...
Spain feels the heat as migrants shift route into EuropeAskanda Fopa Ponye was jubilant this week as he stepped off an orange rescue ship, one of the latest arrivals amid an intensifying wave of migrants that propelled the shortest route from Africa to Eur...
Iran’s rulers face discontent as US pressure mountsMounting pressure from the Trump administration combined with discontent among many Iranians at the state of the economy are rattling the Islamic Republic, with little sign that its leaders have the a...
South Korea to tighten asylum laws as hundreds of Yemenis arriveSouth Korea will tighten laws governing the arrival of refugees, the Justice Ministry said on Friday, after a rapid rise in the number of Yemeni asylum seekers sparked anti-refugee sentiment in the ra...
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa says grenade caused blast at rally last weekZimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa said a grenade caused the explosion that killed two people at a campaign rally he was addressing last week, a state-owned newspaper reported on Friday. Dozens wer...
Bali airport reopens as volcano rumblesThe airport on Indonesia's holiday island of Bali reopened on Friday after ash from a volcano forced a brief closure and the cancellation of more than 300 flights. Mount Agung in northeastern Bali has...
Malaysia freezes bank accounts of Najib’s party in 1MDB probeMalaysia on Friday said it has frozen bank accounts of the political party once led by former premier Najib Razak as part of an investigation into alleged misappropriation from state fund 1Malaysia De...
China says feels Myanmar ready to take back RohingyasChina believes that Myanmar is now ready to take back hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims sheltering in Bangladesh who have fled violence in the former Burma, the Chinese government's top diplom...
Brother of Russian opposition leader freed after 3.5 yearsThe brother of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was jailed for 3.5 years in a fraud case supporters say was politically motivated, was freed Friday after serving his sentence. Oleg Navaln...