French police clash with eco-activists in woods near Nantes

French police are trying to evict environmental activists from a wooded site in western France where a new airport was to have been built.Police used tear gas at the Notre-Dames-des-Landes site again…

North Korea 'ready to discuss' nuclear programme - US

North Korea has promised the US it is ready to discuss the future of its nuclear arsenal when the two nations' leaders meet, US officials say.Preparations for the summit have included secret, direct …

UPDATE: Syria blames Israel for deadly strikes on airbase

Syria and its Russian ally accused Israel on Monday of carrying out a deadly dawn bombing raid on a military airbase, as global outrage mounted over an alleged poison gas attack outside Damascus.US P…

Passengers escapes train accident as carriages rolls back in India

In the eastern Indian state of Orissa, about 1000 passengers escaped been hurt in a train accident after 22 carriages conveying them, detached from a train and sped backwards for 11km. Some railway s…

Crown prince of Saudi Arabia kicks off official visit to Paris

Saudi Arabia's crown prince kicks off his official visit to France Monday, part of an image-building global tour as he seeks to revitalise cultural and investment ties with Paris despite lurking tens…

Deadly missile strikes hit Syria airbase

Deadly missile strikes hit a Syrian military airbase on Monday, state media said, but Washington and Paris denied carrying them out in response to an alleged poison gas attack.US President Donald Tru…

Two Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza clashes: ministry

Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinians while around 250 others were wounded in clashes Friday as thousands protested along the Gaza Strip's border, the enclave's health ministry said.The latest Pa…

The former Russian spy who was found slumped in an English city after being poisoned is no longer in critical condition and is "improving rapidly," the hospital treating him said Friday.It was the fi…

Japan female mayor loses fight to speak from sumo ring

A female Japanese mayor was barred Friday from delivering a speech inside a sumo ring a day after controversy erupted over a longstanding ban on women entering the sport's rings.On Thursday Japan's s…

International donors promise billions into Lebanon

International donors pledged billions of dollars in aid and loans for Lebanon at a conference in Paris on Friday, hoping to stave off an economic crisis in a country hard hit by the fallout from the …

US Pres. Trump snubs White House correspondents dinner for second consecutive year

For the second year in a row, US president Donald Trump, who has regularly clashed with media organisations and personalities, will not be attending the annual White House Correspondents' Association…

US imposes sanctions on seven Russian oligarchs and Putin's allies

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on seven Russian oligarchs accused of supporting and profiting from President Vladimir Putin's efforts to undermine western democracies.Senior US officia…

Clashes erupt as protests begin along Gaza border

Clashes erupted as protesters gathered along the Gaza border on Friday a week after similar demonstrations led to violence in which Israeli force killed 19 Palestinians, the bloodiest day since a 201…

India man 'mummified and froze mother's body' for three years

Police in India say they have arrested a man who kept his mother's body in a freezer for three years.Suspect Subhabrata Majumdar appeared to have mummified and preserved the body with chemicals, said…

Russia loses bid to join OPCW spy poisoning probe

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday complained that Britain had failed to provide "coherent answers" to Moscow's questions over the nerve agent attack."It will not be possible to igno…

UK Spy Poisoning: Yulia Skripal 'getting stronger daily'

UK police have issued a statement on behalf of Russian spy Sergei Skripal's daughter, the first since the pair were poisoned by a nerve agent in March."I woke up over a week ago now and am glad to sa…

Pope Shows Support For Terminally-Ill British Toddler

Pope Francis has stepped into the case of a seriously ill British toddler who is being kept alive on a ventilator.Alfie Evans, who is 22 months old, has a rare degenerative neurological condition whi…

Four people killed in a shooting at Turkish university

Four people were killed and three others were wounded on Thursday in a shooting at the Osmangazi University in Turkey's northwestern province of Eskisehir, the school's rector and local media said.Th…

Milky Way core may harbour thousands of black holes: study

Astrophysicists have detected a dozen black holes at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy, and said Wednesday there could be as many as 10,000.The find provides the first evidence for a long-held theor…

Italy's political heavyweights dig in heels at government talks

Three of the country's four largest parties have met President Sergio Mattarella as he attempts the difficult task of forming a government from the stalemate delivered by March's general election.Lui…