Iran accuses France of ‘destabilising’ region
AFP | Iran has accused France of being a destabilising force in the region after its foreign minister threatened new sanctions against Tehran over its...
France tells firms to look beyond Brexit Britain
AFP | The French government on Friday urged companies to start planning in earnest for Britain to crash out of the European Union without a...
Children of Nazis and their victims share family history to mark Holocaust
AFP | The moment may sound familiar to many; a family gathered around a kitchen table after the death of a parent, taking stock of...
Frustration and sadness as Italy migrant centre closed
AFP | "I found a family here, I worked with the parish priest, I helped with mass, I went to school," said Nigerian Anthony Ehikwe,...
‘The new oil’: Dublin strikes it rich as Europe’s data hub
AFP | A new industrial revolution is underway on the outskirts of Dublin. Fortunes are being made in clusters of anonymous warehouses housing vast data...
Time to ‘get angry’, teen climate activist says in Davos
AFP | Her train journey from Sweden took 32 hours, but Greta Thunberg is not tired. The teenager is dead-set in her mission to persuade...
Trump had hoped to meet Imran Khan at Davos? – Dr. Moeed Pirzada
Moeed Pirzada | World Economic Forum (WEF) top management kept hoping till the very end that Pakistani PM, Imran Khan, may be persuaded to join...
Jet-setting Davos elite frets about climate
AFP | A die-hard environmentalist and head of a polluting company walk into a conference centre... The World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos is one of...
Taxi driver badly hurt in Spain’s ‘anti-Uber’ strike
AFP | A taxi driver protesting in Madrid against Uber-like services was seriously hurt in a car accident on Tuesday as a strike continued in...
The central cast in Britain’s Brexit saga
AFP | Britain's drawn-out drama around Brexit has featured a colourful cast of characters -- crashing or catapulting their careers. Here are some of the...
Brexit in dates: From Leave shock to deadlock in parliament
AFP | From the shock Brexit referendum result to Monday's unveiling of the British government's reworked Brexit strategy, here are milestones on the UK's rocky...
‘No injuries of concern’ for Prince Philip, 97, after car crash
AFP | Queen Elizabeth II's 97-year-old husband Prince Philip visited a hospital for "a precautionary check-up" on Friday that found "no injuries of concern" after...