PARIS (Reuters) – Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Tuesday said France was intensifying diplomatic efforts to prevent six of its citizens being executed in Iraq after they were sentenced to death for belonging to Islamic State. Iraqi courts sentenced two more French nationals to death on Tuesday, bringing the number of French Islamic State […]

The layout of the two-story Time Out Market New York, opening Friday, may be typical — aisles lined with vendors making and serving their specialties, areas for communal tables — but the details set it apart. Seats are leather. Your food comes on chinaware, with metal utensils. Drinks from three bars are poured into glasses, […]

A 14-year-old girl is facing charges of assaulting a police officer and mischief following an alleged violent outburst in Kingston. On Thursday morning, Kingston police were called to a midtown Kingston home to respond to reports of a teen who was allegedly destroying doors in the home and disturbing the residents. Police say they tried […]

Villa secured their return to the Premier League yesterday with a 2-1 win over Derby at Wembley Stadium yesterday. But footage has now emerged that could mar the result. The clip shows hundreds of people donning the famous claret and blue jersey lining the road as a coach carrying the losing team’s fans makes its […]

An investigation has now been launched into the crash. The singer had reportedly just finished his last gig in Bahia and was heading home to celebrate Karoline Calheiros’ birthday.  Diniz was a close friend of Liverpool striker Roberto Firmino, who has already paid tribute. Firmino shared a moving message on his Instagram page alongside a video of […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner is leading a U.S. delegation on stops in the Middle East this week seeking support for a late June workshop aimed at helping the Palestinians, a White House official said on Tuesday. Kushner, Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt and U.S. Special Representative for Iran and Kushner […]

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s deputy president David Mabuza was sworn in as a lawmaker on Tuesday, after a week’s postponement for him to address accusations he brought the ruling African National Congress (ANC) into disrepute, the party said. The move clears the way for 58-year-old Mabuza, an important ally of President Cyril Ramaphosa, to […]

Wenger, 69, was captured appearing to leave the French great, 46, for dead in a charity football game. It sparked online uproar, with fans stunned at how Wenger could seemingly drift past the ex-Real Madrid man with such ease given the age disparity. Zidane even leaves an arm out as he appears to trail the […]

A motorcyclist charged in connection to a hit-and-run in east-end Toronto that left a four-year-old boy in critical condition will make his first court appearance Tuesday. Toronto police said they received a call for reports of a pedestrian struck at Victoria Park Avenue and Adair Road at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. When authorities arrived on […]

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Unidentified plotters linked to recent violent protests against Indonesia’s president planned to kill at least four of the country’s most senior security officials, police said on Tuesday. Police announced on Monday they had arrested six people suspected of plotting to assassinate four officials during chaos surrounding protests against the confirmation last week […]