DPA, 23rd APRIL, 2019 - A 57-year-old woman has been arrested under anti-terrorism laws in connection with the fatal shooting of journalist Lyra McKee in Derry/Londonderry, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said on Tuesday. Detectives took the w

BRUSSELS AFP April22, 2019- The EU’s top officials on Monday congratulated comedian Volodymyr Zelensky on his landslide victory in Ukraine’s presidential election, saying the vote proved the troubled country’s commitment to democratic values.

Opposition groups in Sudan on Sunday accused the military of a “lack of seriousness” in handing power to a civilian government following the ousting of President Omar al-Bashir, as they called for the continuation of protests in capital Khartoum.

Bogota (dpa) 22 April 2019- At least 17 people have died in Colombia following a landslide triggered by heavy rains, the South American country’s government said on Sunday.

Bamako (dpa), 19 april 2019 - Malian Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga and his government resigned on Thursday, weeks after more than 100 people died in an attack by gunmen on a village in central Mali.

Israel on Friday struck Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip with tank and aircraft fire after shots were fired at troops on the Israeli side of the border, the army said.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller said he lacked confidence to clear Donald Trump of obstruction of justice but suggested Congress could take action on at least 10 instances where the president sought to interfere with the probe.

AFP, 17th APRIL, 2019- Thunderstorms swept across western India killing at least 35 people and leaving widespread damage, officials said Wednesday. Strong winds barrelled through Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh states felling walls, trees a

Unofficial preliminary vote counts from Indonesia’s presidential election on Wednesday showed incumbent Joko Widodo with a roughly 10-percentage-point lead over his main opponent.

REUTERS, 17th APRIL, 2019- President Emmanuel Macron pledged on Tuesday that France would rebuild the fire-devastated Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, saying he hoped the work would be done in five years and the French people would pull together to re

REUTERS, 10th APRIL, 2019- India’s prime minister is rallying his nationalist base as the world’s biggest democracy begins a general election on Thursday, but it has become tighter than anticipated, thanks to dwindling incomes for farmers and sca

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secured a clear path to re-election on Wednesday, with religious-rightist parties set to hand him a parliamentary majority despite a close contest against his main centrist challenger, a vote tally showed.

AFP, 10th APRIL, 2019- European leaders gathered in Brussels on Wednesday to decide how long a Brexit delay to grant British Prime Minister Theresa May -- and under what conditions.

Israelis were heading to polling stations on Tuesday to vote in the country’s general elections following what some have described as the “ugliest-ever” election campaign. The emergence of popular former army chief Benny Gantz on the political

REUTERS, 09th APRIL, 2019 - British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday met Angela Merkel, the European Union’s most powerful leader, to seek support for a new Brexit delay while her ministers tried to break the deadlock in London at crisis talks

REUTERS, 09th APRIL, 2019 - Casualties from the battle for Libya’s capital mounted on Tuesday while Islamic State killed three people in a desert town, illustrating how jihadists may exploit renewed chaos. Medical facilities reported 47 people kill

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May said Friday she was beginning preparations to hold elections for the European Parliament despite her country’s desire to quit the European Union, an acknowledgment that its divorce efforts could be signif

(c) 2019, The Washington Post · David J. Lynch · NATIONAL, BUSINESS, WORLD, ASIA-PACIFIC · Apr 05, 2019 - 7:55 AM - WASHINGTON President Donald trump touted prospects for an “epic” trade deal with China Thursday, but acknowledged that a sett

Britain took a decisive step away from a damaging no-deal Brexit as members of Parliament and political leaders backed efforts to prevent a disorderly departure from the European Union.

(c) 2019, Bloomberg, April 04, 2019 - President Donald Trump will meet Chinese Vice Premier Liu He at the White House on Thursday as speculation grows that negotiations over a trade deal between the world’s biggest economies is entering the final s

Britain’s highest-ranking civil servant has issued a doomsday analysis of how the country would be affected by a No Deal Brexit, as MPs yet again failed to break the deadlock last night.

Washington (dpa) - The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday said it will take more time than previously expected for Boeing to provide a software fix for its grounded 737 MAX jets.

THE HINDU, 02nd APRIL, 2019- US Acting Secretary of Defence Patrick Shanahan met South Korean Minister of National Defence Jeong Kyeong-doo here over the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, said the Pentagon.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AKP suffered a blow in Sunday’s local election with the ruling party set to lose the capital Ankara and risking defeat in the country’s economic hub Istanbul.

KATHMANDU AFP April1, 2019-A freak storm tore down houses and overturned cars and trucks as it swept across southern Nepal killing at least 27 people and leaving more than 600 injured, officials said Monday.

DPA, 01st APRIL, 2019- The Japanese government said on Monday that “Reiwa” will be the name of the new era under which the country’s new emperor Naruhito, the current crown prince, will reign.

Dhaka (dpa), 29 March 2019- Rescuers in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Friday concluded an overnight search operation at a high-rise commercial building where a fire a day earlier killed 19 and injured dozens of others.

LYON AFP March29, 2019- A fierce fire broke out at a hotel in the upscale French Alps ski resort of Megeve, forcing the evacuation of around 180 people though no injuries were reported, officials said Friday.

Britain was supposed to be leaving the European Union on Friday. May promised it would happen more than 100 times. That it will not represents one of the great stumbles of any government in postwar Britain.

DHAKA AFP March28, 2019- Desperate workers leaped to their deaths as a huge fire tore through a Dhaka office block Thursday, killing at least 19 people and trapping others in the latest major inferno to hit the Bangladesh capital.