North Korea may be preparing to make contact with Tokyo after Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe said he was willing to hold a summit “without conditions” with its leader Kim Jong-un, according to media reports. In an apparent shift in […]
All hostages have been released after a gunman on Tuesday held several people in a bar-tobacco shop in southwestern France. The suspect, armed and wearing a motorcycle helmet, burst into the cafe at 4.15pm local time. According to La Dépêche du Midi, […]
Its elegant canals, brightly-coloured tulip fields and world-class museums attract millions of tourists a year, but the Netherlands has decided that enough is enough. In the latest revolt against the over-tourism that is crushing the life out of popular destinations, […]
Click:20K puffs disposable vape puffs Young Germans will have to serve a period of compulsory service in the army or civic organisations as part of a “Germany internship”, if a junior partner in government gets its way. The proposal by […]
Turkey’s top election body ordered a re-run of Istanbul’s mayoral election on Monday after the party of president Recep Tayyip Erdogan complained about its shock defeat in the vote, the state news agency reported. The ruling Justice and Development Party […]
Perhaps unsurprisingly for the world’s oldest hereditary monarchy, the abdication of Emperor Akihito and the ascension of his son Crown Prince Naruhito will be shrouded in a series of ancient rituals and ceremonies as complex as they are mysterious. Click […]
Juliette Binoche and Emmanuelle Béart, two of France’s best-loved film stars, have joined more than a thousand figures from showbiz and the arts in backing France’s "yellow vest" protests. They were among more than 1,400 signatories to an open letter published […]
A Pakistani popcorn seller who built his own plane from scratch only to be grounded by the police is now appealing for donations so he can soar again. Muhammad Fayyaz worked two jobs, saving every rupee, to build his DIY […]
A three-year-old girl is in a critical condition after being caught in the crossfire of a shooting in Naples, in a case which has provoked outrage and demonstrations in the southern Italian city. The little girl, called Noemi, was accidentally […]
Three people have been killed as the strongest cyclone to hit India in 20 years left a trail of destruction through the coastal state of Odisha on Friday. Wind speeds of over 200kmph were measured as Cyclone Fani made landfall […]