Peruvian court opens door to legally recognize same-sex couples
A Peruvian high court has ordered same-sex unions to be legally registered in public records, marking a victory for the LGBTQ community in a country that has been reluctant to ...
Malaysia halts music festival after same-sex kiss by UK band The 1975
By Rozanna Latiff
Malaysia’s government halted a music festival in the capital Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, a day after the frontman of British pop rock band The 1975 kissed a ...
Pro-war nationalist Putin critic Girkin charged with inciting extremism
By Andrew Osborn
Prominent Russian nationalist Igor Girkin, who had publicly accused President Vladimir Putin and the army top brass of not pursuing the war in Ukraine harshly or effectively ...
Analysis: EU and the immigration issue
By Maria Demertzis
For all the problems and crises that the EU has gone through in the past 15 years, immigration is one that still proves difficult to address. It cannot ...
Turkey introduces 15 per cent required reserves for FX-protected lira deposits
The Turkish central bank introduced 15 per cent required reserves for FX-protected lira deposits, a table published on Official Gazette showed early on Friday.
Bankers said the change in required reserves ...
Doctors Without Borders says its aid workers attacked in Sudan
Armed men attacked a Doctors Without Borders group in Sudan as the aid workers delivered medical supplies to a hospital in the capital city, the medical charity said on Friday ...
Putin tells Poland any aggression against Belarus is attack on Russia
President Vladimir Putin on Friday accused NATO member Poland of having territorial ambitions in the former Soviet Union, and said any aggression against Russia’s neighbour and close ally Belarus ...
Wildfires in Greece burn for fifth day as another heatwave hits
Greece struggled to contain a wildfire west of Athens that burnt forestland for a fifth day on Friday as another heatwave hit the country.
Firefighters, backed by air water bombers ...
US State Dept. sends clear message to Turkey about Cyprus solution
The US State Department on Friday expressed opposition to the partition solution promoted by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan for Cyprus.
According to Cybc, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller, responding ...
White House launches new pandemic office to be led by retired general
The White House on Friday launched an office to prepare for and respond to potential pandemics, to be led by Paul Friedrichs, a military combat surgeon and retired Air Force ...
Israeli air force reservists threaten to stop volunteering over judicial overhaul
More than 1,000 Israeli Air Force reservists threatened on Friday to stop volunteering for service if the government goes ahead with a planned judicial overhaul, a key component of which comes ...
Russia pounds Ukraine’s grain, UN warns of hunger from price rises
Russia pounded Ukrainian food export facilities for a fourth day in a row on Friday and practised seizing ships in the Black Sea in an escalation of what Western leaders ...
Tony Bennett, legendary American singer, dies at age 96
Tony Bennett, the smooth American singer who had an enduring hit with “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” and remained perpetually cool enough to win over younger generations of ...
Travis King disappeared into a North Korea more isolated than ever
When U.S. soldier Travis King sprinted across the border into North Korea from the South this week, he disappeared into a North Korea where lingering COVID-19 concerns and restrictions ...
Sterling heads for biggest weekly fall since February as inflation cools
The pound was on track for its biggest weekly fall since February on Friday, as markets reacted decisively to signs that Britain may finally be turning a page on inflation.
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Russia imposes Soviet-style restrictions on British diplomats in Moscow
Russia on Thursday imposed Soviet-style restrictions on British diplomats, requiring them to give at least five working days’ notice of any plans to travel beyond a 120-km (75-mile) radius, due ...
British retail sales beat expectations in June
British retail sales rose more than expected in June, boosted by unusually hot weather and a rebound in food sales after a dip the month before when public holidays disrupted ...
British Prime Minister Sunak avoids wipeout in key elections
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s governing Conservatives lost two strategically important parliamentary seats on Friday but unexpectedly retained Boris Johnson’s old constituency in a setback for the opposition ...
Novatek set to oust Gazprom as Russia’s top gas supplier to Europe
Increased supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia’s Novatek (NVTK.MM) mean the company is close to overtaking Kremlin-controlled Gazprom (GAZP.MM) as the country’s leading fuel ...
The mismatched metamorphosis of Turkey’s financial markets
Whisper it, but for all the warnings of a Turkish financial market meltdown if Tayyip Erdogan won May’s presidential vote, some parts of it have done rather well, although ...
EESC opens nominations for Civil Society Award
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) announced on Thursday that nominations are now open for its Civil Society Award.
The theme for this year’s award is “mental health”, ...
New York to pay $13 million to protesters arrested during George Floyd protests
The city of New York has agreed to pay $13 million to hundreds of people arrested during the 2020 George Floyd demonstrations, according to attorneys for the plaintiffs, who said it was ...
Russia’s Putin approves departure of Arctic LNG 2’s first line to production site
Russian President Vladimir Putin approved Arctic LNG 2’s first line departure via the Northern Sea Route from the Murmansk region to its future production site on the Gydan peninsula, the ...
Kenyan anti tax hike protests subside as police clamp down
Protests in Kenyan cities against tax hikes and high living costs largely subsided on Thursday amid a heavy police presence, after several people were reported shot in clashes between security ...