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‘Facing threat that is more difficult to spot’: French...
France’s government plans to give its security services “more means” to fight terrorism and make law enforcement “more efficient”...
Thai PM given greater powers to tackle Covid pandemic,...
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has been given greater powers to combat the pandemic by the country’s cabinet, as Thailand fights...
Global conflict taking devastating toll on over 200 endangered...
A new report has warned that civil unrest and armed conflict is posing a risk to more than 200 threatened animal species across the...
Duterte says he will send Philippines' navy ships into...
The Philippines will send naval vessels into the disputed South China Sea in a bid to defend what it claims are its oil and mineral...
France ‘enabled’ the 1994 genocide, new Rwandan report...
A Rwandan government-commissioned report on the 1994 genocide has accused France of “enabling” the slaughter, going further than a...
World can bring Covid-19 pandemic under control in ‘matter...
A consistent global approach to the Covid-19 pandemic could bring it under control before the end of the year, the director-general...
WHO rejects Covid passport schemes over fears vaccines...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has staunchly rejected the use of Covid passports to reopen travel in a meeting of its emergency...
‘Not anti-China’: EU defends plan to step up activity in...
The EU has defended a newly-unveiled plan to increase its activity in the Indo-Pacific region, insisting the measures are not targeted...
Spanish police raid illegal 3D-printed weapons workshop...
Spanish police have seized weapons, including a replica assault rifle and explosives, in a raid on what has been called the first...
Technology is disrupting human circadian rhythms and robbing...
With smartphones seemingly ubiquitous in the industrialised world, sleep researchers have confirmed what many already suspected –...
Syria to hold presidential elections in late May, amid...
The Syrian parliament has announced that presidential elections will be held in the country next month. Would-be candidates can file...
At least 11 passengers killed, some 100 injured as train...
A packed passenger train has derailed in Egypt, with social media footage showing rail tracks damaged and several carriages overturned....
Scientists reveal new explanation for why people are persistently...
A study between multiple universities has revisited the link between blood sugar and appetite, and found the relationship is far more...
Israeli lawmaker manhandled by police as protest against...
An Israeli lawmaker has fired off an angry tirade at the government after a video appeared to show him being punched in the face by...
Judge drops corruption charges against Portuguese ex-PM...
The corruption charges facing Portugal's former prime minister, Jose Socrates, since his arrest in 2014 have been dropped, but he...
EU drug regulator reviewing 5 cases of NEW blood condition...
Five cases of a very rare blood disorder in people who have received the Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca are being reviewed...
