Advertisement

World

News
Some 5,000 men and boys presumed to belong to Islamic State group are held in the Kurdish-run prison in northern Syria
World
08.08.2024
In a Kurdish prison, former IS fighters never see the sun
Incoming European Commission chief Ursula Von der Leyen (pictured October 18, 2019) is targeting a start date a month later than initially planned
World
08.08.2024
Romania feud as deposed PM seeks to submit new EU nominee
Turkish soldiers at a position east of Ras al-Ain watch as a tank fires on positions held by Kurdish-led forces
World
08.08.2024
Syrian and Turkish armies in deadly border clash
Fisherman Edouard walks among the flooded ruins of his house in Bangui. "I don't have the money to rebuild it," he said
World
08.08.2024
C.Africans watch mud homes dissolve in devastating floods
Advertisement
In Vietnam's Nghe An province, where many of the missing migrants come from, per capita annual income is just $1,200, prompting many to borrow money to send family members abroad in search of work
World 08.08.2024
Families of Vietnamese missing in UK stuck with crippling migrant loans
Smoke billows from a building on fire near where protesters were demonstrating in Santiago, on October 28, 2019
World 08.08.2024
Chile finance minister predicts 'very bad' end to year
Iraq has been rocked by two waves of anti-government protests since the start of the month that have left at least 240 people dead
World 08.08.2024
Populist cleric joins Iraq protests as political crisis deepens
Hariri's move came after days of apparently unfruitful efforts to reshuffle posts among his uneasy coalition partners
World 08.08.2024
Lebanon government falls after two weeks of street pressure
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman (R), a White House National Security Council Ukraine expert, arrives at Congress to testify in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump
World 08.08.2024
New impeachment witness shakes White House
Bolivian presidential hopeful Carlos Mesa has accused the government of fraud over the October 20 general election and demanded the results be annulled
World 08.08.2024
Bolivia urges opposition leader to back audit of vote tally
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri says he will submit his resignation to the president, bowing to pressure from a mass protest movement that has crippled the country for nearly two weeks
World 08.08.2024
Lebanon PM Hariri says to submit resignation
Dire living conditions in Burkina Faso have led to nostalgia for the days of strongman Blaise Compaore, ousted five years ago. The deprivation extends even to the former president's zoo
World 08.08.2024
'It's hell' without Compaore: Burkinabes miss dictator five years on
South Africa's state-owned power company Eskom is to be split into three entities, with transmission the first to become a stand-alone unit
World 08.08.2024
S.Africa unveils rescue plan for ailing power company
Advertisement