US politicians, celebrities blast Trump-allied comedian for calling Puerto Rico ‘garbage’
WASHINGTON – Political leaders from both sides of the aisle and Puerto Rican celebrities bashed comments at a major Donald Trump event in New York by a comedian who called…
Government-backed candidate has slim lead in Italian regional vote
ROME – The candidate backed by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her right-wing allies is seen just ahead of his centre-left rival in a regional vote in the northwestern…
Inconclusive Vatican summit raises questions about pope’s momentum
VATICAN CITY – After a Vatican summit on the future of the Catholic Church that ended without enacting any major reforms, Pope Francis is facing questions about whether his 11-year…
Israeli campaign leaves Lebanese border towns in ruins, satellite images show
BEIRUT – Israel’s military campaign in southern Lebanon has caused vast destruction in more than a dozen border towns and villages, reducing many of them to clusters of grey craters,…
Six children died from pesticide poisoning in South Africa, lab analysis finds
JOHANNESBURG – Six children who died in a South African township earlier this month had ingested a chemical compound used in pesticides, the country’s health minister said on Monday, in…
UK anti-Islam activist ‘Tommy Robinson’ admits breaching injunction
LONDON – British anti-Muslim activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, known by the pseudonym Tommy Robinson, on Monday admitted contempt of court by breaching an injunction made after he was successfully sued for…
Russia says attempts are being made to destabilise Georgia after vote
MOSCOW – The Kremlin said on Monday that outside parties were trying to destabilise Georgia, after the United States and the European Union called for an investigation into alleged violations…
Tunisia coastguard recovers bodies of 16 migrants
TUNIS – Tunisia’s coastguard has recovered the bodies of 16 migrants off the coast of the towns of Maloulech, Salakta and Chebba, the national guard said on Monday, the latest…
Russian state media says Moscow spirited a U.S. citizen working for it out of Ukraine
MOSCOW – Russian state media said on Monday that Moscow’s forces fighting in Ukraine had successfully extracted a U.S. citizen from eastern Ukraine who had secretly helped them target Ukraine…
Bulgaria’s GERB wins election, coalition talks in sight
SOFIA – Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party won a parliamentary election on Sunday, preliminary results showed, but it will have to seek a coalition partner to form a government. Read More