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French taxi drivers will next week step up protest actions, including paralysing access to Paris airports and the French Open tennis championship, in an increasingly acrimonious stand-off with the government, their main federation said on Saturday. French taxi drivers have […]

A Syrian government delegation visited a notorious camp in the Kurdish-administered northeast that hosts families of suspected Islamic State group jihadists, the new authorities’ first visit, both sides said Saturday. Kurdish-run camps and prisons in the northeast hold tens of

Bangladesh’s interim government, which took over after a mass uprising last year, warned on Saturday that unity was needed to “prevent the return of authoritarianism”. “Broader unity is essential to maintain national stability, organise free and fair elections, justice, and

Suriname, South America’s smallest country, is preparing for an inflow of cash from a huge offshore oil find, with the president insisting the population will receive a direct share of the wealth. The Dutch-speaking nation of about 600,000 people expects

Leading Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa was arrested on Friday on charges of conspiring to sabotage coming parliamentary and regional elections that the opposition has vowed to boycott. The arrest of Guanipa, a 60-year-old former member of parliament and

International tensions over antisemitism erupted on Thursday after two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead at a Jewish museum in Washington by a gunman who shouted “free Palestine” as he was arrested. Israel’s foreign minister Gideon Saar blamed European criticism

Japanese police said on Thursday they arrested a former taxi driver on suspicion of drugging and raping a female passenger, with media reports saying there could be dozens more victims. The Yomiuri Shimbun daily and Jiji Press reported that police

A major accident damaged part of a new naval destroyer during its launch ceremony in North Korea, state media reported, angering leader Kim Jong-un, who called the mishap a “criminal act” that caused the “collapse” of the nation’s dignity. At

Israeli troops fired warning shots during foreign diplomats’ visit to the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the military said, drawing condemnation as pressure mounted on Israel to allow aid into war-battered Gaza. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas urged Israel

Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey said Tuesday he was “glad to be working again” as he accepted a lifetime achievement award from a charity on the sideline of the Cannes Film Festival. Spacey’s presence at a gala dinner organised by the