Australia’s opposition leader has ditched an election promise to end work from home options for public servants after a backlash. Peter Dutton on Monday said his Liberal-National Coalition had “made a mistake” and apologised. Australians will vote in an election…
PARIS (AP) — Convicted of embezzling public funds and banned from running for office, far-right politician Marine Le Pen stood unshaken before a sea of French flags in Paris on Sunday. “For 30 years I have fought against injustice,” she…
Russian state TV propagandists are riding the Donald Trump rollercoaster. Moscow initially believed the American president would cave to their demands on trade and Ukraine, but that hasn’t happened the way they envisioned—despite Trump’s unprompted concessions. While the mood in…
It was still dark out when a group of ambulances and a fire truck dispatched by Palestinian emergency response services slowed to a halt in Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza, early on March 23. They had been sent to…
Pope Francis made a brief surprise appearance at the end of a Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, marking his first public event following his 38-day hospitalization for double pneumonia. “Happy Sunday everyone,” said the smiling pontiff. “Thanks a…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Suspected U.S. airstrikes killed at least four people Sunday in Yemen’s rebel-held capital Sanaa, the Houthi-run health ministry said, while a bombing video posted by U.S. President Donald Trump suggested casualties in the overall…
COMICI Marlène-Kany Kouassi is one of only two winners of Miss Ivory Coast over the last six decades to wear her crown over natural hair Long, flowing wigs and weave extensions have dominated the catwalks of Ivory Coast’s massively popular…
Pool/BBC President Donald Trump has built another wall, and he thinks everyone else is going to pay for it. But his decision to impose sweeping tariffs of at least 10% on almost every product that enters the US is essentially…
Foreign Secretary David Lammy has criticised Israeli authorities after two Labour MPs were denied entry to the country, describing the move as “unacceptable, counterproductive, and deeply concerning”. Abtisam Mohamed and Yuan Yang were refused entry because they intended to spread…
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — The Canadian Parliament’s security force locked down Parliament on Saturday after a man barricaded himself in the East Block section, Ottawa police said. The Parliamentary Protective Service issued a warning Saturday afternoon for anyone in East…