German police said on Sunday they arrested a 21-year-old man thought to have been plotting an attack, and linked his case to that of a second suspect captured in Vienna. Special forces police arrested the man and a woman during a raid on an apartment in the western city of Neuss on Saturday, a spokesman for the Criminal...
The new U.S. administration must fully understand the importance of the "one China" policy, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Monday. U.S. President Donald Trump, who was inaugurated on Friday, broke with decades of precedent last month by taking a telephone call from Taiwan President Tsai...
Pope Francis made the comments as Donald Trump was being sworn-in as US president The Pope condemned the use of walls and barbed-wire to keep foreigners out. But he said it was too early to judge the new US leader, saying "we'll see what Trump does". Mr Trump has caused controversy with his comments on Mexican...
Rescuers in China have recovered the bodies of 12 people killed inside a hotel which was buried in a landslide. State media reported on Sunday that rescuers were able to pull out everyone trapped underneath rocks and debris after the Friday night landslide in Hunan province. The official Xinhua News Agency said 105,000 cubic...
CAIRO — Egypt's National Defence Council on Sunday extended the military's participation in a Saudi-led operation in Yemen, the presidency said in a statement. It did not specify how long the extension would be for. "The National Defence Council agreed during the meeting to extend the participation of the...
French left-wing voters are casting ballots in a nationwide presidential primary aimed at producing a candidate strong enough to confront formidable conservative and nationalist rivals in the April-May general election. Seven candidates from the Socialist Party and its allies are running in Sunday's first round of voting....
At a newly opened nightclub in the heart of Moscow, revelers celebrated on the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration. On Friday, Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, and many Russians hope his presidency will usher in a new era of improved relations between the two countries. “We just...
Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh flew out from the country he ruled for 22 years to cede power to President Adama Barrow and end a political crisis. Jammeh refused to step down after a December 1 election in which Barrow was declared the winner, triggering weeks of uncertainty that almost ended in a military intervention involving...
Fire engulfed a popular nightclub in the Romanian capital early on Saturday, injuring 41 people — one seriously. No deaths were reported. The fire erupted in the early hours at the upmarket Bamboo nightclub, in Bucharest, which was totally destroyed by the blaze. Some people suffered from smoke intoxication while others...
After Prime Minister Theresa May revealed plans for the UK exit from the EU, Nicola Anderson meets retailers in the south to get their reaction to a possible hard border "The smugglers will be back," warns Paddy Malone of Dundalk Chamber of Commerce. These have been lean years for criminals, since the addition of a...
Buttercream Bakeshop, the company hired to create Trump's inauguration cake, shared an Instagram post of their rendition of the cake with an explanation on Saturday, January 21. "Excited to share the cake we got to make for one of last night's inaugural balls. While we most love creating original designs, when we...
The search for aliens on a nearby exoplanet has started, with astronomers examining Wolf 1061c to see if it has the potential to sustain life. Stephen Kane and colleagues have found the rocky planet – just 14 light years away – is within the habitable zone and could be cool enough to support extraterrestrial...