Ukraine accuses Russia of blocking aid convoy to besieged Mariupol
Ukraine accused Russia on Tuesday of blocking a convoy trying to take supplies to the besieged city of Mariupol, where the Red Cross said desperate...
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Aid struggles to reach remote areas of Haiti quake zone
Damaged or impassable roads were complicating efforts on Friday to deliver aid to more remote parts of Haiti devastated by an earthquake last weekend that...
Beyond vegan burgers: next-generation protein could come from air, methane, volcanic springs
It may sound like science fiction, but in a few short years the family dinner table may be laden with steak from a printer and...
Gone but not forgotten: the Berlin Wall 30 years after it fell
Luke Rix-Standing looks back at the hated wall that divided families, loyalties and a continent IT IS difficult to fully comprehend the emotion that must...
‘Yellow vests’ hit French streets in fifth Saturday of protests
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of French cities on Saturday in the fifth weekend of nationwide demonstrations against Emmanuel Macron’s government, despite calls...
Iran special forces chief tells Trump Tehran will respond to any hostile action
An Iranian military commander said on Thursday that Donald Trump should address any threats against Tehran directly to him, and mocked the US president as using...
UN rights experts tell Bahrain to release jailed activists
United Nations human rights experts called on Bahrain on Thursday to release detained activists, end restrictions on freedom of expression, and end discrimination against women. Bahrain, where...
Saudi Arabia halts oil exports in Red Sea lane after Houthi attacks
Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it was suspending oil shipments through a strategic Red Sea lane after Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis attacked two tankers in the...
Rubens museum steers visitors away from nudes, in jab at Facebook censorship
Visitors to a Belgian art gallery were stunned when security guards ordered them away from nude paintings by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens, in what...
Five dead in US newsroom shooting (Update 2)
A man who had a long-running feud with an Annapolis newspaper blasted his way through its newsroom with a shotgun on Thursday, killing at least...
