Bedbugs attack Paris, other French cities
PARIS – A plague of bedbugs has hit Paris and other French cities, provoking a wave of insectophobia and raising questions about health and...
Nearly 1,000 people die of dengue in severe outbreak in Bangladesh
DHAKA – Nearly 1,000 people have died of dengue in Bangladesh this year, in what authorities say is the country's most severe outbreak of...
$5-M reward for Ecuador poll bet killers
QUITO – The US has offered a $5-million reward for details leading to the arrest of the “masterminds” who orchestrated the assassination of an...
Hundreds of jihadists kill Niger soldiers
NIAMEY – Hundreds of Islamist militants riding motorbikes have attacked a town in south-western Niger, killing 12 soldiers, the defense ministry says.
Seven soldiers were...
Europe’s oldest shoe found in Spanish bat cave
MADRID – Scientists say they have identified Europe’s oldest shoes, sandals woven from grass thought to be around 6,000 years old.
They were among a...
100 killed in Iraq wedding blaze
BAGHDAD – At least 94 people have died and 100 others are injured after a fire broke out during a wedding in Iraq’s biggest...
Taiwan builds submarine to fend off China
TAIPEI – Taiwan has unveiled its first domestically-made submarine as it bolsters its defences against a possible Chinese attack.
President Tsai Ing-wen presided over the...
One in 10 people now aged 80 or older
TOKYO – For the first time ever, more than one in 10 people in Japan are now aged 80 or older.
National data also shows...
Russian ‘evil can’t be trusted’ – Zelensky
KYIV – “Evil cannot be trusted,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has told the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, as he urged the world to...
Hundreds protest in flood-hit Libya
TRIPOLI – Hundreds of residents of the eastern Libyan city of Derna on Monday protested against local authorities, more than a week after heavy...