France bans Muslim female students from wearing abayas
PARIS – Students will be banned from wearing abaya, a loose-fitting full-length robe worn by some Muslim women, in France's state-run schools, the education...
Libyans protest contact with Israel
TRIPOLI – Libya’s Prime Ministerhas suspended his foreign minister after she met informally with her Israeli counterpart.
Libya does not recognize Israel, as Tripoli backs...
Chance discovery helps fight against malaria
MADRID – Scientists have found a naturally occurring strain of bacteria which can help stop the transmission of malaria from mosquitoes to humans.
They found...
Nigeria to hand out food as cost of living bites
ABUJA – The Nigerian government has approved the disbursement of five billion naira ($6.5 million) to each of the country’s 36 states and the...
Haitians flee homes as gang violence surges in capital
PORT-AU-PRINCE – Thousands of Haitians have fled their homes in Port-au-Prince amid soaring gang violence that has killed more than 2,400 people so far...
Haitians flee homes as gang violence surges in capital
PORT-AU-PRINCE – Thousands of Haitians have fled their homes in Port-au-Prince amid soaring gang violence that has killed more than 2,400 people so far...
Nigeria to hand out food as cost of living bites
ABUJA – The Nigerian government has approved the disbursement of five billion naira ($6.5 million) to each of the country’s 36 states and the...
Director jailed in Iran for Cannes screening
TEHRAN – Martin Scorsese has lent his support to an Iranian director who has been jailed for screening a film at the Cannes Film...
World’s longest rail tunnel shut for months after freight crash
BERN – The world’s longest rail tunnel has been shut to passenger services after a derailment in Switzerland caused damage that will take months...
Amazon deforestation at 6-year low
BRASILIA – The rate of deforestation in Brazil's Amazon has dropped to its lowest in six years, space agency data suggests.
In July of this...