South Korea announced plans Monday to compensate victims of Japan’s forced wartime labour, aiming to end a “vicious cycle” in the Asian powers’ relations and… Read More »South Korea announces plan to compensate victims of Japan’s wartime forced labour
Strikes against bitterly contested plans to reform pensions in France continue on Tuesday, and this time unions have upped the ante. Unlike previous walkouts, this… Read More »France braces for strikes that could bring the country ‘to a standstill’ for days on end
Britain’s Conservative government is expected to present on Tuesday a new bill providing for the detention and swift deportation of asylum seekers who illegally enter… Read More »Britain prepares to present new bill to curb migrant boat arrivals
Before the Turkish earthquake, Abdullah Senel had nerves of steel. But these days, just being inside a house makes him nervous — and it only… Read More »‘It feels like yesterday’: lives overturned a month after Turkey quake
The BBC goes inside a Seychelles’ jail to see the sharp end of a problem threatening the country.
The late Polish pope John Paul II knew about child abuse in Poland’s Catholic church years before becoming pontiff and helped cover it up, private… Read More »Pope John Paul II covered up child abuse as cardinal: report
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas’s centre-right Reform Party won the general election by a large margin Sunday, scoring 31.6 percent against 16 percent for the… Read More »Estonian Prime Minister’s center-right party wins general election
Leaders from the world’s poorest nations poured out their disappointment and bitterness at a UN summit on Sunday over the treatment of their countries by… Read More »Leaders from world’s poorest nations unleash anger and despair at UN summit
The stationmaster implicated in Greece’s deadliest rail crash, which killed at least 57 people, was charged and taken into custody Sunday, hours after the prime… Read More »Greek stationmaster charged over deadly rail crash as PM seeks forgiveness
Greece’s prime minister on Sunday asked for forgiveness from the families of the 57 dead in the nation’s worst rail disaster as thousands of furious… Read More »Greek PM apologises, angry protests erupt over deadly train disaster
