The Lega party’s leader Matteo Salvini (C), accompanied by party colleagues Gian Marco Centinaio (L) and Giancarlo Giorgetti (R), addresses the media after a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinal Palace, Rome, Italy, 21 May 2018. [EPA-EFE] … Read More
‘Anchor’ camps will undermine country’s reputation for being welcoming, say critics. Manching (Germany): Mass holding centres that Germany’s interior ministry wants to roll out across the country will stoke social tension between locals and migrants and undermine the welcoming image … Read More
Joe Kekedi watches as lava enters the ocean, generating plumes of steam near Pahoa, Hawaii Sunday, May 20, 2018. Kilauea volcano that is oozing, spewing and exploding on Hawaii’s Big Island has gotten more hazardous in recent days, with rivers … Read More
Mike Pompeo outlines 12 demands to be included in new treaty with Tehran, including removing all its forces from Syria. The US secretary of state has outlined a series of steep demands to be included in a new nuclear treaty … Read More
A gay man who survived abuse from a Catholic priest in Chile said Pope Francis told him that his sexual orientation “doesn’t matter” to him and that “God made you like this.” Juan Carlos Cruz, who met with the pope … Read More
Health officials in the south Indian state of Kerala say nine people have died in confirmed and suspected cases of the deadly Nipah virus. Three victims have tested positive for the virus in the past fortnight. The results from the … Read More
Paraguay is the third country after the United States and Guatemala to move its embassy to the disputed city. The status of Jerusalem remains a major hurdle to a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians. Paraguay opened its new … Read More
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer and Chancellor Angela Merkel during a news conference in Berlin on Feb. 7, 2018. KRISZTIAN BOCSI/BLOOMBERG INGOLSTADT, Germany — Franklin Uweh’s home of eight months, ever since he arrived in Germany after fleeing his native … Read More
China to continue encouraging the United States and North Korea to work toward latter’s denuclearisation. As reported by the Xinhua News Agency on Friday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said that United States President Donald Trump offered North Korea protections in exchange for giving up nuclear weapons. China further said to welcome the initiative taken by the United States to … Read More