Togo's president has signed a new constitution that eliminates presidential elections, his office said late Monday, a move that opponents say will allow him to extend his family's six-decade rule. Civil society groups in the nation have called for protests. Parliament will now choose the president. The new constitution comes…
Vietnam on Tuesday celebrated the 70th anniversary of the battle of Dien Bien Phu in which the French colonial army was defeated by Vietnamese troops led by General Vo Nguyen Giap, marking the end of the French occupation of Indochina. At Dien Bien Phu, Vietnamese troops led by General Vo…
Bugging devices were found in a room where Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk was scheduled to meet with his Cabinet on Tuesday, an official said. The Cabinet ministers were meeting in Katowice, a southwestern city where Tusk was attending an economic conference. Jacek Dobrzyński, the spokesperson for the head of…
Authorities were searching the European Parliament office of a prominent German far-right lawmaker in Brussels on Tuesday, Germany’s top prosecutor’s office said. Maximilian Krah, the Alternative for Germany party’s top candidate in the upcoming European Parliament elections, has been under scrutiny after being arrested last month on suspicion of spying…
An American man in Russia on a six-month tourist visa working as an English instructor was sentenced to 10 days in jail for reportedly breaking into a children's library while drunk, according to state news agency RIA-Novosti on Tuesday. William Nycum was found in the library Friday after breaking a…
The General Assembly could vote on Friday on a draft resolution that would recognize the Palestinians as qualified to become a full U.N. member and recommend that the U.N. Security Council "reconsider the matter favorably." It would effectively act as a global survey of how much support the Palestinians have…
The widow of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny vowed Tuesday that the rule of Putin will "definitely come to an end" shortly before he was sworn in for another six-year term, reports say. Yulia Navalnaya, speaking in a video posted to YouTube months after her husband mysteriously died at…
Russia has threatened strikes on British military facilities and beyond in response to remarks by UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron and other Western officials. Moscow summoned British ambassador to the Russian Federation Nigel Casey in "strong protest" to Cameron’s recent interview with Reuters "about Ukraine’s right to strike Russian territory…
EU countries approved a plan worth $6.45 billion to support Western Balkan states on Tuesday aimed at accelerating reforms and economic growth in the region, as they seek future membership in the bloc.The Council of the European Union said the plan, which covers the period from 2024 to 2027, is…
say thousands of serving British soldiers, sailors and air force members' names and bank details have been exposed in a data breach at a payroll system. Defense Secretary Grant Shapps will make a statement in the House of Commons on Tuesday afternoon "setting out the multi-point plan to support and…
Rescue workers worked through the night searching for dozens of construction workers buried for more than 12 hours under the rubble of concrete after a multi-story apartment complex that was being built collapsed in a coastal city in South Africa. Authorities said early Tuesday that the death toll had risen…
Anti-Israel protests have spread to the Netherlands. In the early hours of Tuesday morning, police arrested more than 120 people at an encampment erected at the University of Amsterdam. The sweeping arrest comes as demonstrations calling for the death of America and Israel have occurred in the U.S. and have…
The Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health released an infographic on April 24 through social media site Telegram indicating that it lacked identifying data for more than 10,000 of the 34,183 so-called martyrs who had been killed in the 200 days following Hamas’ brutal Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Despite growing…
The IDF confirmed Tuesday that it has gained operational control of the Gazan side of the Rafah Crossing. The IDF released a statement saying its forces began a "precise counterterrorism operation" in eastern Rafah. Acting upon intelligence showing the area was being used for "terrorist purposes," IDF troops obtained operational…
A Russian journalist who has worked for both state-funded and independent media was detained Monday and faces charges of justifying terrorism through posts on the Telegram messaging app, her lawyer said. The detention of Nadezhda Kevorkova comes amid an intensifying crackdown on journalists, opposition figures and critics of Russia's war…
A multi-story apartment building that was under construction collapsed Monday in a coastal city in South Africa, killing two construction workers and trapping 53 others under the rubble, authorities said. An additional 20 workers were pulled from the wreckage of the building and were being treated for injuries at various…
On Monday, Jordan stationed two helicopters in Cyprus to help combat potential forest fires until it can lease its own firefighting aircraft for the summer fire season. Cypriot Environment Minister Maria Panayiotou said the Cypriot government considers firefighting and prevention a national security matter and is also moving to purchase…
An influential ethnic minority armed group fighting in the country's west claimed on Monday that it had taken hundreds of government soldiers prisoner when capturing a major command post. The Arakan Army, the well-trained and well-armed military wing of the Rakhine ethnic minority movement, has been on the offensive against…
As the world commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day, a new report highlights the lingering issue of antisemitism. The report published by Tel Aviv University (TAU) and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), indicates an increase of dozens of percentage points in the number of antisemitic incidents in Western countries between 2022 and 2023.…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan formally opened a former Byzantine church in Istanbul as a mosque on Monday, four years after his government had designated it a mosque, despite criticism from neighboring Greece. Turkey formally converted The Church of St. Saviour in Chora, known as Kariye in Turkish, into a…