Category: WORLD NEWS

Moldovan President Igor Dodon has been taken to hospital after a serious road accident, local media say. Two vehicles in the presidential convoy were involved in the crash, near the…

Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has begun the final day of the general election campaign by warning about extremism and fascism. Neither his centre-left Social Democrats nor the main centre-right…

An Egyptian court has sentenced 75 prominent members and affiliates of the Muslim Brotherhood to death, as part of a mass trial that includes 739 people charged after the violent…

US President Donald Trump has condemned a book on his White House by renowned Watergate journalist Bob Woodward as a “con on the public”. Mr Trump’s chief of staff and…

President Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw the US from the World Trade Organization (WTO), claiming it treats the country unfairly. “If they don’t shape up, I would withdraw from…

Pope Francis has begged forgiveness for members of the Catholic Church’s hierarchy who “kept quiet” about clerical child sex abuse. He is ending a two-day visit to the Republic of…

Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader has refused to accept a court ruling upholding Emmerson Mnangagwa’s win in last month’s presidential elections. Nelson Chamisa said he had a “legitimate claim” to lead…

Pope Francis has said he is ashamed of the Catholic Church’s failure to adequately address the “repellent crimes” of sex abuse by clergy. The Irish prime minister earlier delivered a…

Scott Morrison is to be Australia’s new prime minister after Malcolm Turnbull was forced out by party rivals in a bruising leadership contest. Mr Turnbull had been under pressure from…

A 94-year-old traditional priest has been arrested in Nigeria after cursing the alleged perpetrators of a recent spate of violence. Anazo Ilomuanya was hired by a group of youths attempting…