CAIRO (Reuters) – Tourists visiting Egypt’s famed pyramids may rarely stray from the beaten track, but a project focused on rural villages adjoining the ancient sites now encourages them to do so.The scheme takes visitors…
A new camp for migrants and asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos has been given the green light by the local authority after a fiery meeting that lasted more than two days.The municipal…
Ethnic Karen guerrillas opposing the military takeover of Myanmar's civilian government said they captured an army base Tuesday representing a morale-boost for those opposing February's coup.A spokesman for the Karen National Union, the minority's main…
By Abdi SheikhMOGADISHU (Reuters) -Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed said on Wednesday he would drop an attempt to extend his term by two years, bowing to domestic and international pressure after clashes in the capital…
India has shattered a global record of daily coronavirus cases, reporting a grim 314,835 new infections in the last 24 hours.The healthcare system in the world's second most populous nation is already buckling under severe…
Austria's new health minister, Wolgang Mückstein, caused a stir by being pictured at his swearing-in ceremony wearing trainers. The 46-year-old Viennese doctor, from Austria's Green party (Die Grünen), was formally inaugurated by President Alexander Van…
French lawmakers have given their final support for a controversial "global security" law which has sparked widespread demonstrations.The bill is centred on "Article 24", which will make it an offence to maliciously share images that…
Tomas Petricek said he was sacked recently as the Czech Republic’s foreign minister because his pro-Western views clashed with President Milos Zeman’s pro-Russia and pro-China sympathies, which has resulted in the pair sparring recently over…
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syria will decide within 12 days a final list of candidates for presidential polls next month, a government minister said on Thursday, setting the stage for an event all but certain to…
Faeza Satouf was granted asylum in Denmark in 2015, having fled the civil war in Syria with her family.Six years later, despite her integration into Danish society, she has been told she must go back,…
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