By Renee Maltezou and Deepa Babington ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s top Supreme Court judge was named caretaker prime minister on Thursday to lead the country to elections next month, ending a week of political deadlock after leftist leader Alexis Tsipras resigned. The process dragged on for a week as the main conservative opposition and then the far-left Popular Unity party both used their allotted three days in full despite having
By Mohammed Ghobari and Angus McDowall SANAA/RIYADH (Reuters) – Weeks after seizing Yemen’s southern port, Aden, members of a Saudi-led military coalition and the local fighters it supports say they are poised to oust Iranian-allied Houthi forces from the capital Sanaa. The prospect of returning exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi remains distant, five months after an advance on his Aden bolthole by the Houthis, who overran the capital a year
Six people, including at least four civilians, were killed on Thursday in ongoing clashes between Turkey’s armed forces and militants in the mainly Kurdish southeast, security sources and officials said. Smoke rose above the town of Cizre near the Syrian border after Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels armed with rocket launchers attacked a military base in the afternoon, witnesses and security sources said. Days of street fighting between soldiers and
Record numbers of migrants fleeing violence and poverty in countries such as Syria, Afghanistan and Eritrea are trying to reach Europe this year, despite the risks of perilous sea crossings and little humanitarian assistance. Here are the latest developments Thursday:
MONACO (AP) — Draw made Thursday for the UEFA Champions League group stage:
JERUSALEM (AP) — Ultra-nationalist Israelis have taken over a four-story building in the heart of an Arab neighborhood in east Jerusalem, raising fears of fresh violence in the tense area.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — By thinking small, a group of South African scientists may have pioneered solar technology that has stumped Internet giant Google.
[Marketwired] – Gilla Inc. , a designer, marketer and manufacturer of E-liquids for vaporizers and related accessories, is pleased to announce ongoing repeat orders from a major private label client , an established cigarette …
Donald Trump says the fatal shooting of two journalists on live television should not be seen as another example of America’s problem with gun violence.
