Category: 4. World

The E3 grouping of Germany, France and the United Kingdom have moved to trigger the powerful “snapback” mechanism of UN sanctions over Iran’s nuclear program.

The snapback is a diplomatic tool that is part of a faltering October 2015 nuclear…

LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — A Chinese-owned mining company has been accused of covering up the extent of a disastrous toxic spill in Zambia that polluted a major river that millions rely on with cyanide and…

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama won a fourth mandate in May, promising Albanian citizens that he would lead the country into the European Union by 2030.

In mid-July, he announced another major plan for the same timeframe: “We have an ambition:…

Bar owners in Cape Town prefer not to discuss protection rackets.

“You just adapt,” says a man from East Africa who does not want to give his name. “The laws of the street apply here.”

German bar owner Randolf Jorberg learned what these laws…

Helicopters have been deployed to try and rescue people trapped in difficult to access regions following a deadly earthquake in Afghanistan.

At least 800 people have been killed after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan, according…

Russia is believed to have jammed the satellite signal of a plane carrying the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, over Bulgaria, reportedly forcing it to circle an airport for an hour.

Von der Leyen was travelling to Plovdiv on…

Ajay Raj, a government official in New Delhi, noticed a drop in his car’s mileage and an increase in its maintenance costs just months after the government introduced 20% ethanol-blended fuel across India.

“The mechanic told me E20 blended…

ADEN, Yemen (AP) — Hundreds of Yemenis mourned Monday the death of Houthi Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi, killed last week along with several officials by an Israeli strike, as the group targeted an oil…