Malaysia deports six Egyptians despite concerns over torture, rights abuses
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia has deported six Egyptians and a Tunisian suspected of being linked to Islamist militant groups abroad, despite protests from human...
Tunisia’s health minister resigns after 11 babies die in hospital
TUNIS – Tunisia’s health minister Abdel-Raouf El-Sherif resigned on Saturday after 11 babies mysteriously died within 24 hours in a hospital in the capital,...
Colombia allows Venezuelans to enter on expired passports
BOGOTA – Colombia will allow Venezuelans to cross the border using expired passports in view of the difficulty of renewing travel documents in the...
Baby of Islamic State teenager in UK furor dies
DEIR AL-ZOR – The infant son of Shamima Begum, a teenager who left London to join the Islamic State group in Syria, has died,...
Nigerians to elect powerful state governors
LAGOS – Nigerian voters return to the polls on Saturday to elect powerful state governors, two weeks after Muhammadu Buhari secured a second term...
Michael Cohen sues Trump Organization for unpaid legal fees
NEW YORK – Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer of U.S. President Donald Trump, on Thursday sued the Trump Organization, saying it reneged on...
Europe, Canada, Australia issue first rebuke of Saudi Arabia at UN forum
GENEVA – Three dozen countries, including all 28 EU members, called on Saudi Arabia on Thursday to release 10 activists and cooperate with a...
Venezuela hit by major blackout, government blames ‘sabotage’
CARACAS – A major power outage hit crisis-stricken Venezuela on Thursday, according to Reuters witnesses, a problem the government of President Nicolas Maduro quickly...
Inmate wounds guards with knife in French prison
PARIS – A prison inmate in northern France has seriously wounded two guards in a knife attack, in what French ministers have described as...
Italy plans to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative
ROME – Italy plans to sign a memorandum of understanding to become a part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) by the end...