Lawyer of freed Christian woman to seek asylum in the Netherlands: media

2018/11/06 17:54:27

The lawyer who helped free a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan will seek ...

A broadband church? Vatican expert urges priests to get online

2018/11/06 17:47:59

Priests should get online if they want to connect with people who may no longer attend church but ca...

UK police arrest six men over burning of Grenfell Tower effigy

2018/11/06 17:34:08

British police have arrested six men after a video was posted on the internet that showed men mockin...

Turkish court sentences pro-Kurdish lawmaker to jail on terrorism charges

2018/11/06 17:28:28

A Turkish court sentenced a lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish opposition party to 2-1/2 years in jail on...

Qatar agrees to buy London's Grosvenor House hotel: source

2018/11/06 17:23:47

Qatar has agreed to buy one of London's most famous hotels, the Grosvenor House, as energy revenue e...

Barnier insists on 'all-weather' Irish backstop

2018/11/06 17:02:05

A "backstop" arrangement for avoiding a hard border on the island of Ireland whatever happens after ...

Israel braces for general strike on Wednesday, government says may be averted

2018/11/06 16:58:12

Israel's main public sector union said it would go ahead with a planned general strike on Wednesday ...

West calls on China to close Uighur detention camps

2018/11/06 16:33:09

Western countries including France, Germany and the United States called on China on Tuesday to clos...

Too soon to send Rohingya back to Myanmar: U.N. rights envoy

2018/11/06 17:51:37

The United Nations' human rights investigator on Myanmar urged Bangladesh on Tuesday to drop plans t...

Brazil's Bolsonaro seeks movement on pension reform this year

2018/11/06 17:35:11

Brazil's right-wing president-elect Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday that Congress must make some prog...

U.S. offers reward for information on senior PKK figures

2018/11/06 17:29:33

The United States on Tuesday offered rewards for information on three senior members of the outlawed...

In China, female pilots strain to hold up half the sky

2018/11/06 17:27:24

When Han Siyuan first decided to apply for a job as a pilot cadet in 2008, she was up against 400 fe...

No deal yet as Irish border holds up Brexit, EU and UK say

2018/11/06 17:03:19

A Brexit deal is close but not yet done due to differences over the Irish border, Britain and the Eu...

Fighting between Colombia rebels and gang displaced 850 people: mayor

2018/11/06 17:00:10

Fighting between Colombia's ELN rebel group and a crime gang for control of a drug trafficking area ...

Bill Gates, on China trip, lauds free trade - and futuristic toilets

2018/11/06 16:52:28

U.S. billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates unveiled on Tuesday in Beijing a futuristic toilet that d...