Ex-BBC news presenter Huw Edwards given suspended sentence for indecent child images
Edwards, 63, pleaded guilty in July to three charges of making indecent images of children. Read More
Portugal asks Europe for help as wildfires rage
LISBON – Portugal asked for more fire-fighting planes on Monday as at least 15 blazes raged in central and northern regions, including one that burned houses on the outskirts of…
Turkish drone kills PKK member in northern Iraq, security agency says
BAGHDAD – A Turkish drone strike killed one member of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and wounded two others in northern Iraq on Monday, Iraqi Kurdistan’s counter-terrorism service said. Read…
Kremlin on alleged Trump shooter’s Ukrainian links: playing with fire has consequences
MOSCOW – The Kremlin said on Monday that the Ukrainian links of the alleged shooter in the assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump showed that “playing with fire”…
Frenchman in mass rape trial won’t attend court due to ill health, says lawyer
Dominique Pelicot, 71, has admitted to enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his drugged wife. Read More
More rivers spill banks in central European floods, death toll rises
PRAGUE/WARSAW – More rivers in central Europe spilled their banks on Monday in flooding that has killed at least 10 people from Poland to Romania and left many towns submerged…
France’s Breton steps down as EU commissioner
PARIS – French European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton on Monday resigned from the bloc’s executive body with immediate efect, publishing a picture of his resignation letter to Commission President Ursula…
Indian police detain 100 Samsung workers, union leaders for protest march
CHENNAI – Indian police have detained around 100 striking workers and union leaders protesting low wages at a Samsung Electronics plant in southern India, as they were planning a march…