Clampdown and grief as Iranians remember Mahsa Amini *PARIS (AFP) - Iranians at home and abroad marked the first anniversary Saturday of the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, with activists speaking of a renewed crackdown to prevent any resurgence...
Nobel Foundation increases cash award to nearly US$1 million for 2023 *STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) - The cash award for each Nobel Prize to be handed out next month will increase to nearly one million euros, the Nobel Foundation announced Friday.* The organisation said it w...
Beijing sanctions two US defence companies over Taiwan arms sales *BEIJING (APP) - Beijing said Friday it was sanctioning two US defence companies, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, over their roles in supplying arms to Taiwan.* The United States Congress, under...
UK opposition promises closer EU ties on migration if elected *LONDON (AFP) - The head of Britain's main opposition party promised on Thursday to put people smuggling on a par with terrorism and forge closer intelligence ties with Europe if elected to government...
Global aid effort intensifies for flood-stricken Libya *DERNA, Libya (AFP) - A global aid effort for Libya gathered pace Thursday after a tsunami-sized flash flood killed at least 4,000 people, with thousands more missing -- a death toll the UN blamed in ...
Seven dead as clashes resume in Lebanon Palestinian camp *BEIRUT (AFP) - Seven people were killed in clashes as a ceasefire fell apart on Wednesday evening in Lebanon's largest Palestinian camp, the Palestinian Red Crescent's Lebanon branch said.* The Ain a...
Fifty-six people killed in Hanoi apartment fire *HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) - Fifty-six people died in a fire at an apartment block in Vietnam's capital Hanoi, police said Wednesday, with witnesses reporting screams from inside and a small boy thrown fro...
Libya storm death toll nears 6,000 as sea washes bodies ashore *NEAR DERNA, Libya (Reuters) - Bodies were washing ashore in eastern Libya on Wednesday, swelling the death toll from a storm that swept whole neighbourhoods out to sea, with thousands already confirm...
North Korea's Kim tells Putin deepening ties is 'number one priority' *MOSCOW (AFP) - North Korea's leader vowed closer ties with Moscow on Wednesday, saying his isolated country would "always be with Russia" as President Vladimir Putin hosted Kim Jong Un at a Far East ...
More than 2,000 dead as 'catastrophic' storm floods hit east Libya *BENGHAZI, Libya (AFP) - More than 2,000people were killed when freak floods hit eastern Libya, officials said Monday, after storm Daniel swept the Mediterranean, lashing Turkey, Bulgaria and Greece.*...
Malaysian court upholds ex-leader Najib's audit tampering acquittal *SINGAPORE (AFP) - A Malaysian court upheld on Tuesday the acquittal of jailed former prime minister Najib Razak on an audit tampering charge in the investigation into corruption at the 1MDB state wea...
Red Cross appeals for over $100 mn to help quake-hit Morocco, death toll rises to 2,900 *GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - The Red Cross appealed on Tuesday for more than $100 million to provide desperately needed assistance in Morocco, days after a powerful earthquake killed nearly 2,900 peop...
