France has declared a state of emergency on its Pacific island of New Caledonia, boosting police deployments and banning the video application TikTok after riots over electoral reform killed at least four people.
Interpol, the international police body, issued an alert Wednesday for a French inmate who was freed during a violent ambush of a prison convoy a day earlier that left two prison officers dead and seriously injuring three others.
Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico was “expected to survive” following hours-long surgery after he was shot five times outside the House of Culture in the Slovak town of Handlová while meeting supporters.
After six months of often tense negotiations, the leaders of four parties agreed Wednesday on a cabinet in the Netherlands led by the anti-Islam Party for Freedom (PVV).
Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has been shot and injured in an apparent assassination attempt outside the capital Bratislava. The motives of the gunman were not immediately clear, but it comes after a period of political turmoil in the Eastern European nation.
French President Emmanuel Macron and other officials have forcefully condemned Tuesday’s antisemitic graffiti attack on Paris’ Wall of the Righteous Holocaust Memorial, AFP reports.
After years of debate, the European Union is introducing new migration and asylum rules that include tougher borders and shared responsibility among the bloc’s 27 members amid concerns about a massive influx of millions of migrants from mainly Muslim nations in recent years.
Authorities said Tuesday that at least 52 people were killed by flash floods and mudslides in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province, and more than 3,000 people have been evacuated.
Asserting its decision has “nothing to do” with the current crises in the Middle East, Jordan has announced it will join 32 other countries to participate in this year’s “Eager Lion” military exercises involving each country’s ground, naval, and air forces, the Times of Israel reports.
Prominent critics, including politicians and experts, fear the World Health Organization (WHO) will make another bid for global control with an amendment of the International Health Regulations and the signing of what is now called the “WHO Pandemic Agreement.”
People worldwide watched the heavens Monday after a series of powerful solar storms colored skies across the Northern Hemisphere, causing radio blackouts and havoc for farmers relying on the Global Positioning System (GPS) and other navigational technology.
Dutch riot police armed with batons ended a violent anti-Israel protest at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) Monday, the latest in a series of rallies at universities in the Netherlands that saw Jewish students fear their future.
Tehran has warned that it will weaponize the Iranian nuclear program if Israel threatens Iran’s existence.
An Australian court has sentenced a 19-year-old, who was 17 at the time of the crime, to 14 years in prison for the murder of a British mother, a case that shocked the nation.
Hungary’s powerful prime minister has defended a government decision to ban flags of Tibet, Taiwan, and even the European Union at key sites in Budapest during last week’s visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Pope Francis offered Sunday to facilitate a “general exchange of all prisoners between Russia and Ukraine” as there are mounting concerns about the treatment endured by thousands of detained soldiers. He spoke as more prisoners of war were expected on Sunday because Russia’s military moved further northeast.
The 62-year-old man who received the world’s first genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died nearly two months after he underwent the procedure in a U.S hospital, his family confirmed over the weekend.
Viewers from over 140 countries decided that Israel became 5th at Eurovision while Switzerland won what is the largest televised song contest in the world, held in the Swedish city of Malmö.
Hungary’s prime minister said Thursday that he supports Chinese President Xi Jinping’s peace plan for wartorn Ukraine and contrasted Western concerns about Beijing’s close ties with Russia.
Europe voted to have Israel in the grand final of Eurovision, the world’s largest televised song contest, in a setback for anti-Israel protesters. Israel’s 20-year-old Eden Golan impressed millions of viewers with her song “Hurricane.”