Wildfire kills at least 60 near Athens, families embrace as flames close in
Wildfires sweeping through a Greek resort town killed at least 60 people, officials said, including families with children found clasped in a last embrace as they tried to flee the flames.
Trump’s U.N. envoy: ‘Every day I feel like I put body armor on’
U.S. President Donald Trump came into office disparaging the United Nations and appointed politician Nikki Haley as the ambassador to carry out his disruptive agenda, but she has also shown Trump how the world body serves his purposes, specifically on …
Greece declares three days of mourning over wildfires
Greece on Tuesday declared three days of mourning over wildfires that killed at least 60 people in towns near Athens.
French opposition asks for no-confidence vote on Macron’s government
France’s opposition conservative party said on Tuesday it had asked for a vote of no-confidence against the government over the furor engulfing President Emmanuel Macron’s bodyguard, who was filmed hitting protesters during a May Day rally.
‘The fools who have stayed’ – elderly couple symbolize Spain’s depopulation
For more than 30 years, Juan Martin Colomer and his wife Sinforosa Sancho have lived alone in a village in Spain’s eastern highlands that once had more than 200 inhabitants.
‘The fools who have stayed’: elderly couple symbolize Spain’s depopulation
For more than 30 years, Juan Martin Colomer and his wife Sinforosa Sancho have lived alone in a village in Spain’s eastern highlands that once had more than 200 inhabitants.
Syrian army advances in southwest against IS militants
The Syrian army has captured some areas held by Islamic State fighters in a region of the southwest near the border with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, state media said on Tuesday.
Israel sounds sirens, fires interceptor missiles on Syria frontier
Israel sounded air defense sirens near the Syrian frontier on Tuesday and witnesses said the Israeli military launched two interceptor missiles, followed by the sound of explosions.
Fifteen Nigeria senators quit Buhari’s ruling APC party: aide
Fifteen Nigerian senators quit the ruling All Progressives Congress party on Tuesday, making it a minority in parliament’s upper house, an aide to the Senate president said, indicating worsening rifts in President Muhammadu Buhari’s political camp.
Erdogan says treatment of Germany’s Ozil racist and unacceptable
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday the treatment of Mesut Ozil after the soccer star quit Germany’s national team was racist and unacceptable.
