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Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Belgium wins appeal on repatriation of children from Syria

AFP | Belgium won an appeal Wednesday against a ruling ordering it to repatriate six children of Belgian jihadists living in a refugee camp with...

UK PM opens way to three-month Brexit delay

AFP | Prime Minister Theresa May promised on Tuesday to allow parliament to delay Brexit by up to three months to avoid Britain crashing out...

Irish tomb raiders steal head of 800-year-old crusader

AFP | Tomb-raiding vandals have stolen the head of an 800-year-old mummified body known as the 'Crusader' from a Dublin crypt, the local vicar told...

50 years since iconic Paris market uprooted

AFP | In the early hours of Friday, February 28, 1969, Parisians headed to the centuries-oldfresh food market in the heart of the city to...

‘Flying bulldog’: World’s largest bee rediscovered

AFP | The world’s largest bee — a giant insect roughly the size of a human thumb — has been rediscovered in a remote part...

Brexit: May heads back to Brussels but EU not budging

AFP | Prime Minister Theresa May heads back to Brussels on Wednesday to renew her quest to reopen the terms of Britain's Brexit divorce but...

Britain to strip IS teen of citizenship: lawyer

AFP | Britain will strip citizenship from a UK teenager who joined the Islamic State group in Syria but now wants to return home with...

Homegrown heavyweights shine at London Fashion Week

AFP | The dreamlike elegance of Roksanda, earthy shades of JW Anderson and a rubber-inspired collection from Christopher Kane were among the highlights of the...

Ireland expresses ‘frustration’ at Brexit deal delay

AFP | Ireland's deputy prime minister expressed annoyance on Monday at Britain's continued failure to ratify a deal on its orderly withdrawal from the European...

Brexit uncorks fears for French wine industry

AFP | French winemakers may be "selling like crazy" to Britain as their clients stock up ahead of Brexit, but they say the country's looming...

Governments ponder what to do with returning jihadists

AFP | The imminent fall of the Islamic State's caliphate in Iraq and Syria has left many countries grappling with what to do with jihadists...

US demands Europe isolate Iran as Israelis, Arabs unite

AFP | Warsaw: US Vice President Mike Pence demanded on Thursday that Europeans drop a nuclear deal with Iran and join in seeking to cripple...