French army leaves Gao base, ending nine-year mission in Mali
Issued on: 15/08/2022 – 15:08
The last French army unit left Mali on Monday, according to a statement from the French military, nine years after Paris sent troops to the…
LALIGA – Rayo hold Lewandowski’s Barça 0-0
The remodeled Barcelona led by Polish goal machine Robert Lewandowski had to settle for a scoreless draw Saturday against Rayo Vallecano in the 2022-2023 LaLiga opener for both…
Ukraine war: Refugees find solace at a Berlin art collective
Sofiia Yesakova is hard at work, creating a large-scale drawing that represents the Ukrainian soldiers that have died defending their homeland.For a long time, art seemed…
Germany’s Scholz pledges more relief for lowest earners
With the cost of living spiralling, the government is working on a new package of energy relief measures that will include tax breaks for low- and middle-income earners, Scholz…
Tobias White-Sansom: Brother pleas for answers over Spanish nightclub death
Dramatic and controversial images have emerged after the death of a British citizen in a club in Mallorca on July 26th. A brawl with the club security guards, who called the…
CORONAVIRUS CHINA – Tibet’s Potala Palace closes down amid coronavirus surge
The Potala Palace, the fortified monastery in Tibet’s capital Lhasa that used to be the Daila Lama’s winter residence, has closed its doors to the public amid a surge in…
Water crisis looms for Ukrainian city of Sloviansk
The echo of artillery shells thundering in the distance mingles with the din of people gathered around Sloviansk's public water pumps, piercing the uneasy quiet that smothers the…
Second Islamic Jihad commander killed as Israel-Gaza fighting continues
A second senior commander of the militant Islamic Jihad group was killed overnight, Reuters reported on Sunday, amid continuing fighting between Israel and Palestinians that has…
Spain announces two child deaths from mysterious hepatitis outbreak
The worrying trend of ‘needle spiking’ (pinchazos in Spanish) in bars and nightclubs that has been seen across Europe in recent weeks has reached Spain.
The strange attacks, the…
Week-long Iran flooding leaves at least 80 dead and 30 missing
Issued on: 30/07/2022 – 20:18
At least 80 people have been killed and 30 others are missing in floods that have wreaked havoc across Iran for more than a week, state…