As part of an international effort to stabilise the country, forces from the European Union have been training soldiers in the Central African Republic in an attempt to rebuild the national army. Forces from the European Union have been training soldiers in the Central African Republic in an attempt to rebuild the national army. It’s […]

How a mock political campaign spread confusion and awareness ahead of Lebanon’s parliamentary elections. Beirut, Lebanon – At first glance, she could be easily mistaken for any other conventional politician running for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Lebanon. In the poster that launched her campaign, Manal Kortam followed the playbook of political imagery to a […]

BERLIN (Reuters) – The European Union is ready to give Britain more guarantees that the Irish “backstop” is only intended to be temporary, the bloc’s chief Brexit negotiator said on Friday. “We know that there are misgivings in Britain that the backstop could keep Britain forever connected to the EU,” Michel Barnier said in an […]

(Reuters) – Flights were suspended at London’s Stansted airport after an Airbus A320 plane suffered an engine failure and the flight was aborted on the runway during takeoff, a spokesman for the airport said. The flight, which was bound for Vienna, was evacuated and all passengers taken back to the terminal. Further updates would be […]

Theresa May had given Moscow till the end of Tuesday to explain how a Soviet-era nerve agent was used to poison Sergei Skripal and his daughter. Russia has defied an ultimatum from the UK over the poisoning of a former spy. Prime Minister Theresa May had given Moscow till the end of Tuesday to explain […]

More than 3,000 bodies have been recovered after the fighting ended in Mosul; some are ISIL fighters, but it is civilians who paid the highest price in the battle for the Iraqi city. A warning, you might find some of the images in this report disturbing. Rescue workers in Mosul are still searching through bombed […]

Four Ebola patients are unaccounted for after a treatment centre in the Democratic Republic of Congo was set on fire. Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has suspended activities in the region after the attack, the second in the last four days. Unknown assailants burned tents and equipment on Wednesday at the centre in the eastern city […]

Officials from the five countries contributing to the African Union Mission to Somalia, know as AMISOM, are discussing plans to withdraw their troops by the end of 2020. Officials from the five countries contributing to the African Union force in Somalia are in Uganda’s capital, discussing plans to withdraw their troops by the end of […]

Alberta’s police oversight unit says it was unexpected for a police dog to drag a suspect out from under a truck by the head and ripping off an ear. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says a 25-year-old woman was a passenger in a stolen vehicle police were chasing in May 2017. It says the […]

Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who was allegedly involved in an assault at a bar in Lower Sackville, N.S., in January. Nova Scotia RCMP say on Jan. 27 just after 2 a.m., officers responded to a complaint of a disturbance at a bar on Sackville Drive. Police say several […]