Women singers test limits, signal Afghanistan’s changing times
Soria Hussaini was not sure what would happen when she decided to perform the first Kabul street concert by a woman in recent memory.
Ethiopian report says crew followed procedures: source
A preliminary report on the crash of an Ethiopian airliner to be released on Thursday will say that the Boeing 737 MAX crew followed all procedures, a person familiar with the report said.
U.N. chief concerned by military movement in Libya, sees risk of confrontation
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Thursday of the potential for clashes in Libya, where eastern military forces have moved west and skirmished with rival forces south of the capital Tripoli.
UK PM May can only deliver Brexit deal with Labour’s support: minister
British Prime Minister Theresa May will only be able to pass her Brexit divorce deal with the help of opposition Labour lawmakers because eurosceptics in her party are opposed to the agreement, the health minister Matt Hancock said.
UK PM May can only deliver Brexit deal with Labour’s support: minister
British Prime Minister Theresa May will only be able to pass her Brexit divorce deal with the help of opposition Labour lawmakers because eurosceptics in her party are opposed to the agreement, the health minister Matt Hancock said.
Tech firms face fines, jail over violent content under new Australian laws
Australia will fine social media and web hosting companies up to 10 percent of their annual global turnover and imprison executives for up to three years if violent content is not removed “expeditiously” under a new law.
Spain’s Socialists maintain lead as support for far right Vox wanes: El Pais
Spain’s ruling Socialists kept their lead but without the necessary majority before an April 28 election, according to a poll of polls compiled by newspaper El Pais, while support for the new far-right party Vox showed signs of waning.
In Brexit-on-Sea, the left-behind still want Out
On a Sunday evening in March, Evelyn Ovington and her granddaughter Dana Marie went to play bingo as usual in their local town hall near Skegness, a resort on the east coast of England. Like many of the country’s seaside towns, it is battling decline a…
Philippines says presence of Chinese vessels in disputed waters is illegal
The presence of hundreds of Chinese boats near an island occupied by Manila in the disputed South China Sea is illegal and a clear violation of Philippine sovereignty, the country’s foreign ministry said on Thursday.
UK PM May’s deal preferable than a customs union: minister
Britain’s health minister said it was in the national interest to deliver the prime minister’s Brexit deal rather than a customs union, as proposed by opposition Labour after the two sides started talks to try to break a deadlock over Brexit.
