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1,700 firefighters battle Portugal wildfires

1,700 firefighters battle Portugal wildfires

Planes and helicopters joined nearly 2,000 firefighters in central Portugal Sunday to battle huge wildfires in a mountainous region where…
Trump says minority congresswomen should ‘apologize to America’

Trump says minority congresswomen should ‘apologize to America’

US President Donald Trump renewed attacks Sunday on four Democratic congresswomen he launched xenophobic tweets against last week, demanding they…
Final hours of voting in race to become British PM

Final hours of voting in race to become British PM

The voting closes Monday in the contest to become Britain’s next prime minister, with Boris Johnson expected to be confirmed…
India counts down to new bid to launch Moon mission

India counts down to new bid to launch Moon mission

Thousands gathered to witness India’s second attempt to send a landmark spacecraft to the Moon on Monday, a week after…
Anger soars over vicious mob attack on Hong Kong protesters

Anger soars over vicious mob attack on Hong Kong protesters

Anger soared in Hong Kong on Monday over a vicious assault on pro-democracy protesters by suspected triad gangsters that left…
Renowned Hungarian philosopher Agnes Heller dies at 90

Renowned Hungarian philosopher Agnes Heller dies at 90

Renowned Hungarian philosopher Agnes Heller, who taught political theory for 25 years in New York, has died at the age…
Hundreds of firefighters combat Portugal wildfires

Hundreds of firefighters combat Portugal wildfires

Portuguese authorities have used helicopters and planes to fight three blazes that were sparked Saturday in the country’s central region. Over…
Bosnia buries 86 victims of 1992 massacre

Bosnia buries 86 victims of 1992 massacre

Thousands of people gathered in the Bosnian village of Hambarine on Saturday for the mass funeral of 86 Bosniak Muslims…
Protesters against German neo-Nazi rally gather in Kassel

Protesters against German neo-Nazi rally gather in Kassel

Some 8,000 people took to the streets of Kassel to protest against a neo-Nazi rally in the western German city.…
Buried treasure poses Holocaust puzzle for Hungary museum

Buried treasure poses Holocaust puzzle for Hungary museum

A vast and “unique” trove of antique and Roman-era coins, unearthed in what was one of Hungary’s wartime Jewish ghettos,…
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