Two people have been injured and a man has been arrested after a car crashed into security barriers outside parliament. A silver car crashed into security barriers in Westminster at 7.37am, prompting a huge response from armed police. It is being investigated by counter-terror officers. The driver, wearing a white shirt and a black hooded […]
Former President Robert Kocharian was released from custody on Monday immediately after Armenia’s Court of Appeals ruled that he cannot be prosecuted for the 2008 post-election violence in Yerevan. A panel of three senior judges overturned a lower court’s decision to allow law-enforcement authorities to arrest Kocharian on coup charges. His defense lawyers appealed against […]
A small plane carrying nine people went missing Saturday during a short flight in mountainous eastern Indonesia, authorities said, with a search and rescue mission underway. The Swiss-made Pilatus aircraft lost contact with air traffic control during what was supposed to be a flight of around 40 minutes in remote Papua province, police said. “Villagers […]
Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri has yet to form a government, almost three months after parliamentary elections. Almost three months after parliamentary elections in Lebanon, Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri has yet to form a government. Progress in bringing together rival parties has been slow, and although lengthy negotiations are not unusual, national unity is at stake. […]
(CNN)Argentina’s Senate voted against legalizing elective abortion in the early hours of Thursday morning, dashing the hopes of pro-abortion rights advocates in the predominantly Catholic country, homeland of Pope Francis. The Senate rejected the proposed bill 38 to 31, with two abstentions and one absentee. The bill, which fueled contentious debate, would have expanded abortion […]
(CNN)Dozens of children, most believed to be under the age of 10, have been killed after a Saudi-led coalition airstrike hit a school bus in northern Yemen Thursday. The bus was hit as it was driving through a market in the rebel-held province of Saada, according to the Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV. Footage from Houthi-run Al-Masirah […]
US administration behavior in the past few years has been in a way that introduced it as an untrustworthy country which is disloyal to all its commitments, said Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday. “Iran and North Korea have always had close views and supported each other in many critical international points and in the […]
Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), is now entirely in drought, officials have confirmed. A dry winter has intensified what has been called the worst drought in living memory in parts of eastern Australia. NSW produces about a quarter of Australia’s agricultural output. It was officially listed as “100% in drought” on Wednesday. […]
As Europe wilts under the most intense heat wave for many years, residents in the eastern part of Germany are facing an additional hazard—World War Two explosives uncovered by retreating water. German police have warned people living in the states of Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony that low water levels in the Elbe River are uncovering deadly […]
Reports that one of Japan’s most prestigious medical universities tampered with female applicants’ entrance exam scores have sparked outcry on social media. Japanese paper Yomiuri Shimbun says Tokyo Medical University began altering results in 2011 to ensure under 30% of successful applicants would be women. The private university says it will investigate the discrimination reports. […]
