France vows support for Nato ally Romania after US troop cut
The US on Oct 29 said it would pull some troops out from Nato’s eastern flank. Read More
Last hospital in Darfur’s al-Fashir raided, hundreds feared dead, UN and Sudanese officials say
The last functioning hospital in the Sudanese city of al-Fashir was raided and hundreds are feared to have been killed there after a paramilitary force overran the city this week,…
Jerusalem gridlocked as ultra-Orthodox protest military conscription
JERUSALEM – Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish protesters streamed to Jerusalem on Thursday in a show of force against military conscription, a hot-button issue placing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s…
New protests in Tanzania’s main city after chaotic election
Police in Tanzania’s main city of Dar es Salaam fired gunshots and teargas on Thursday to disperse protesters who returned to the streets a day after a general election marred…
Polish jets intercepted Russian aircraft over Baltic Sea, minister says
WARSAW – Polish MiG-29 fighter aircraft intercepted a Russian reconnaissance plane over the Baltic Sea on Thursday in the second such incident this week, Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said.…
Egypt hopes vast new museum by the Pyramids will accelerate tourism revival
CAIRO – Egyptian officials are hoping the inauguration of a vast new museum on Saturday will accelerate the revival of a tourism industry hampered for more than a decade by…
Largest Dutch party should take lead in government talks, D66 leader says
THE HAGUE – The largest party in the Dutch election needs to get the lead in the formation of a new government, the leader of the centrist D66 party Rob…
Dutch far right loses support in election, opening door for centrist coalition
THE HAGUE – The Netherlands’ next government looks likely to exclude the far right and could be led by an openly gay prime minister after an election in which Geert…
Dutch far right loses ground, opening door for centrist coalition talks
THE HAGUE – The Netherlands’ next government looks likely to exclude the far right and could be led by an openly gay prime minister after an election in which Geert…
Anger, grief pour out as Spain marks floods anniversary with state funeral
MADRID – Some in solemn silence, others seething with anger, hundreds of relatives of the victims of deadly floods in Spain’s Valencia region flocked to a state funeral presided over…