Armenia grants arrest warrant for ex-president over vote rigging

AFP | An Armenian court on Friday granted prosecutors an arrest warrant for former president Robert Kocharyan on charges of "overthrowing constitutional order" by rigging...

Spain’s new PM suffers first setback

AFP | Less than two months after he came to power, Spain's new Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was dealt his first major blow Friday in...

Trump pledge EU to become big importer of US gas met with skepticism

AFP | President Donald Trump said the European Union would soon become a "massive" importer of US natural gas, but some energy analysts expressed skepticism...

Thousands protest disputed judicial reforms in Poland

AFP | Thousands of anti-government protesters hit streets across Poland on Thursday night to rally against a string of judicial reforms that the EU has...

Barcelona under fire as men’s team fly business class, women go economy

AFP | Barcelona's first mixed-sex tour was overshadowed by controversy Thursday after it emerged that the men's football team flew in business class to the...

Heatwave grips Northern Europe as Greece burns

AFP | Scorching hot weather set the conditions for Greece's wildfires -- Europe's deadliest this century with scores killed -- while record temperatures in the...

Greece wildfires: a timeline of disaster

AFP | At least 79 people have died in wildfires around the Greek capital Athens this week, among the deadliest blazes in living memory. "At about...

Greek fires a tragedy but not a surprise

AFP | Homes built haphazardly among the pines, no evacuation plan, poorly organised emergency services hit hard by austerity: the deadly wildfires around Athens this...

Saudi-UK media tie-up: Targeting the non-Arabic speaking Middle East

James M Dorsey | Long satisfied to attempt to dominate pan-Arab media and battle it out with Qatar’s state-owned Al Jazeera television network, Saudi Arabia...

Italian coastguards express unease as government closes ports to migrants

AFP | The decision by Italy's new populist government to close the country's ports to migrants saved at sea is causing unease within the heart...

European heatwave brings drought, wildfires

AFP | Wildfires in the Arctic Circle, drought-stricken farmers and a spike in hospital treatment for sunburn: an unusually long heatwave this summer has northern...

British police claims that Novichok poison attackers were Russians

AFP | Police believe they have identified suspects who carried out the Novichok attack on a former Russian double agent and his daughter in the...
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