On a crisp autumn night inside the Gethsemane Church in East Berlin we linked arms, sang hymns and said prayers. We could see the searchlights through the windows and hear the yelping of police dogs. Armoured personnel carriers had sealed […]
Jubilant crowds packed the streets of La Paz Sunday to celebrate the abrupt resignation of Bolivian President Evo Morales, Latin America’s longest serving leader, after weeks of protest over his disputed re-election. "THIS is my only flag," shouted a young […]
Joe Biden has thrown down the gauntlet to Michael Bloomberg, urging the billionaire to "get in and run" for the Democrat presidential nomination, and vowing to beat him. Mr Bloomberg, 77, the former New York mayor, sent shock waves through […]
Twenty people died and more than two million others spent a night huddled in storm shelters as Cyclone Bulbul smashed into the coasts of India and Bangladesh with fierce gales and torrential rains, officials said Sunday. The cyclone packed winds of up […]
The Australian state of New South Wales is in the grip of an unprecedented bushfire crisis, with almost fifty fires still out of control on Friday night despite the efforts of 1,200 firefighters and 70 fire-fighting planes. Two people have […]
On a visit to the Catalonian capital of Barcelona this week, Spain’s king Felipe VI required 1,300 riot police to protect him as he attended an awards ceremony, accompanied by his wife and his own teenage daughters. Several thousand protesters […]
People have been warned to be careful when talking themselves up on dates as Australia’s biggest state considers law reforms that would mean sexual consent obtained through lying would be invalid and potentially lead to lengthy prison terms. The New […]
An 89-year-old Italian woman who survived the Holocaust has been given a police escort after receiving a barrage of anti-Semitic threats. Liliana Segre, who was deported to Auschwitz in 1944 at the age of 13, has been receiving up to […]
All imams who work in Germany will in future have to prove they can speak the German language, under a draft law for religious leaders introduced by the government. The bill, which passed cabinet on Wednesday, means that foreign preachers […]
North Korea has lashed out against “reckless military moves” by South Korea and the US after they opted to go ahead with a joint aerial drill amid deteriorating relations with Pyongyang over stalled nuclear diplomacy talks. In a separate jibe, […]