Facebook chief wants ‘more active’ govt role regulating internet
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg called Saturday for governments to play a "more active role" in regulating the internet, urging more countries to adopt versions...
UK lawmakers poised for pivotal vote on May’s Brexit deal
MPs are set for a momentous third vote Friday on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal, which could end a months-long political crisis or...
Philippines rearrests Duterte critic journalist Maria Ressa
Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, a prominent critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, was rearrested on Friday in what press freedom advocates called retaliation for her...
Bangladesh skyscraper inferno death toll rises to 25
The death toll from a horrific blaze that ripped through a Bangladesh skyscraper rose on Friday to 25, including some who leapt to their...
Christchurch survivor tells remembrance service: ‘I choose peace’
A Maori lament echoed across Christchurch Friday as a survivor of the New Zealand mosque attacks told a national remembrance service he had forgiven...
Monsanto ordered to pay $80 mn in Roundup cancer trial
Monsanto has been ordered to pay some $80 million to an American retiree who blames his cancer on the agribusiness giant's weedkiller Roundup, in...
Britain’s May seeks to save Brexit after pledge to quit
British Prime Minister Theresa May sought Thursday to salvage her unpopular EU divorce deal after another day of political drama that saw her offer...
From outrage to icon: Paris marks 30 years of Louvre’s pyramid
It was once decried as an architectural "obscenity", but as the Louvre's glass pyramid turns 30 on Friday, it has become a cherished icon...
Maltese military seizes tanker hijacked by migrants
A tanker that was hijacked by migrants off Libya docked in Malta on Thursday after the Maltese armed forces took control of the vessel.
The...
Erdogan says time has come for Hagia Sophia to be a...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday it was time to rename Istanbul's landmark Hagia Sophia as a mosque, saying that it had been a...
