- Brussels, Belgium - Comments made by the Chinese ambassador to France questioning the sovereignty of post-Soviet countries were "unacceptable," EU foreign...
Ambassador Lu Shaye suggested countries that emerged after the fall of the Soviet Union "don't have effective status under international law.
Ukraine and other independent post-Soviet nations -- including EU members Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania -- have condemned Lu's remarks.
- "We came to send a message to the whole world that with this normalization, you will gain Bashar al-Assad the...
Several hundred Syrians, some displaced from other parts of the country by the 12-year war, took part in the protest, according to an AFP reporter.
Idlib is home to about three million people. The enclave is controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the former Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda, and other rebel groups.
- ALGIERS, ALGERIA - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune will visit France in June, his office said Sunday, weeks after a diplomatic spat...
In February, Algeria withdrew its ambassador from France, accusing it of helping an activist, sentenced to prison, flee the African country.
Algeria was a French colony for 130 years and gained its independence in 1962 after a devastating eight-year war.
- MIYAZAKI, JAPAN - With hunger levels rising and food prices soaring in most of the world, collective actions are necessary...
Trade continues to be key for global food security and all nations must commit to well-functioning markets and transparency, FAO said.
"We need to work together in an efficient, effective and coherent manner to identify the solutions," FAO added.
- LONDON, UK - The UK will conduct its first test of a new emergency alert service on Sunday, with millions of...
The alert system, modeled on schemes in Canada, Japan, and the US aims to warn the public if there is a danger to life nearby.
Emergency services and the government hope to use the system to alert people to issues such as severe flooding and fires.
- Morocco is the world's largest producer of cannabis resin according to the United Nations, and police seized nearly 100 tonnes...
Security and customs officers seized the cannabis resin in the northern port of Tangier on board an international freight truck, DGSN said late Saturday
In a separate operation, also in Tangier, nearly 60 kilogrammes of cocaine were seized on Thursday inside a refrigerated container, police said
- Charles and Camilla's grandchildren will take part in the ceremony, watched by more than 2,000 invited dignitaries -- a quarter...
The set-piece coronation at Westminster Abbey on May 6 is the first in Britain in 70 years, and only the second in history to be televised
King Charles III will be the 40th reigning monarch to be crowned at the central London church since King William I in 1066
- Paris, France--EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell called on European navies to patrol the disputed Taiwan Strait, in a opinion piece...
Echoing comments he made last week, Borrell reiterated in the journal Du Dimanche how crucial Taiwan is to Europe
Vowing to bring the island under its control one day, China claims Taiwan as part of its territory
- Saturday's demonstration comes ahead of another mass protest planned for the coastal city on Sunday to coincide with a Netanyahu...
The weekly protests have continued despite Benjamin Netanyahu on March 27 announcing a pause to allow for talks on reforms
Opponents of the reform plan another demonstration on Tuesday in Tel Aviv ahead of Independence Day on Wednesday





















