Saturday, April 27, 2024

World

Pelosi urges Gaza campus protesters to target Hamas as well as Israel

Nancy Pelosi, the former Speaker of the US House of Representatives, has urged protesters on college campuses to protest against Hamas' behaviour as well as Israel's conduct of the...

300 Nigerian inmates escape after suspected Islamist raid

Around 300 inmates are on the run after a suspected raid by Islamist Boko Haram militants on a...

815 hit by vomiting bug at Stuttgart spring festival

A norovirus outbreak at a festival in south-west Germany has affected more than 800 people. They caught the vomiting...

King Charles to resume public duties next week

Britain’s King Charles III will resume public duties next week following “a period of treatment and recuperation,” Buckingham Palace announced...

Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction overturned in New York

Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction in New York has been overturned, on the basis that...

Confederate flag supporters rise up to defend embattled symbol

OCALA, FLA. –An eight-mile convoy of pickups, motorcycles and cars wound through a central Florida town on Sunday in a show of support for...

Euro zone strikes Greek deal with tough conditions

BRUSSELS –Euro zone leaders made Greece surrender much of its sovereignty to outside supervision on Monday in return for agreeing to talks on an 86 billion...

Greece given Euro zone conditions

BRUSSELS – Euro zone leaders told near-bankrupt Greece at an emergency summit on Sunday that it must enact key reforms this week to restore...

Israel releases Palestinian on 56-day hunger strike

RAMALLAH – Israel on Sunday released an Islamic Jihad leader, Khader Adnan, from jail following a deal last month in which he agreed to...

South Carolina lowers Confederate flag

COLUMBIA – South Carolina on Friday removed the Confederate battle flag from the state capitol grounds in a joyous but solemn ceremony that relegated...

Iran says Western powers backtracking as nuclear deadline expires

VIENNA –Iran accused major powers on Friday of backtracking on previous pledges and throwing up new "red lines" at nuclear talks, after the deadline...