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All who profited from fund scandal 'identified': Turkish minister

Everyone who profited from the sprawling multi-billion dollar investment fund scandal gripping Turkey has been identified, Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek said on Tuesday, expressing confidence the markets would emerge stronger from the controversy.

Italy sends troops, toughens security laws after Milan clashes

Italy on Tuesday approved the deployment of 500 troops to Milan after violent clashes as fuel price protests hit pasta production and food deliveries in southern Italy.

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King Charles III makes first state visit to protest-hit France

Charles III arrives in France on Sunday for his first state visit as king, but the planned celebrations of historic cross-Channel relations face potential disruption from protests over unpopular pension reforms.

North Korea says it tested new underwater nuclear attack 'drone'

North Korea claimed Friday it had tested an underwater nuclear attack drone able to unleash a "radioactive tsunami", as it blamed recent US-South Korea exercises for a deteriorating regional security situation.

Raccoon dog data sparks new debate about Covid origins

New evidence that raccoon dogs were at the Chinese market where Covid is suspected to have first infected humans has reignited debate over the origin of the pandemic.

North Korea tests new underwater nuclear attack 'drone': KCNA

North Korea has tested an underwater nuclear attack drone designed to unleash a "radioactive tsunami" that would destroy enemy naval vessels and ports, state media said Friday.

France-Germany row overshadows EU leaders' summit

Tensions between France and Germany driven by differences over nuclear energy and combustion engines cast a shadow over a meeting of the 27 European Union leaders Thursday.

Judgment awaited in Inter-American court's first abortion rights case

Activists battled the government of El Salvador Thursday on the final day of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights' first-ever abortion rights hearing.

Blinken suggests role for diplomacy on Ukraine borders

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday suggested a role for diplomacy in determining Ukraine's future borders, while reaffirming that any peace decisions were for Kyiv to make.

Violence flares as French protesters vent fury at Macron reform

Protesters clashed with French security forces Thursday in the most serous violence yet of a three-month revolt against President Emmanuel Macron's hugely controversial pension reform.

A vital pillar of US economy, regional banks soldier on

When Barrett Hill, a farmer in the US state of Illinois, needs a loan for land or new equipment, a simple phone call is all that it takes.

'He doesn't listen': Macron's method spurs on French protesters

As teargas and smoke wafted through the streets of central Paris and riot police clashed with protesters, many demonstrators felt President Emmanuel Macron only had himself to blame for the seething public anger over his pension reform.

Zelensky pleads for jets, missiles, after visit to frontline

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday told European leaders that "delays" sending fighter jets and long-range missiles could extend the war, after he paid a visit to the frontline southern region of Kherson.

TikTok chief faces hostile US lawmakers over China ties

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew faced relentless questioning from combative US lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle Thursday over the video-sharing app's alleged ties to China and its danger to teens.

French protests turn violent as pensions fury rages

Hundreds of thousands of French workers on Thursday massed in a new show of anger against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform, with protests turning violent in Paris and other cities in a confrontation that shows showed no sign of abating.

US working to get dozens of Americans from Afghanistan: Blinken

The United States is working to assist 44 Americans who want to leave Afghanistan and several others detained by Taliban authorities, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday.

Protests, strikes, fuel shortages as pensions fury rages in France

French citizens protested and downed tools again on Thursday, with transport and refineries grinding to a halt as anger over a deeply unpopular pensions reform showed no sign of abating.

Ukraine children held by Russia reunited with parents

Moments after the bus returning him and more than a dozen other children from Russian-held territory arrived in Kyiv, a ten-year-old boy jumped straight into his father's arms.

NATO rejects Russian complaints on UK uranium ammo

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday dismissed Russian complaints about Britain's announcement that it will send Ukraine ammunition containing depleted uranium.

Kyiv threatens Bakhmut counterattack as Zelensky visits Kherson

A top Ukrainian commander on Thursday threatened an impending counterattack against Russian forces in the frontline town of Bakhmut as President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Kherson, still partially controlled by Russia.

IMF warns Lebanon at 'very dangerous moment'

Crisis-hit Lebanon is "at a very dangerous moment", a visiting International Monetary Fund delegation said Thursday, criticising slow progress on reforms needed to unlock billions in loans.

TikTok chief faces grilling in US Congress as ban looms

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will fight for the survival of the hugely popular video-sharing app in the United States on Thursday, as he faces skeptical Washington lawmakers over the company's alleged ties to the Chinese government.

World Athletics set to tighten transgender rules and lift Russia doping ban

World Athletics is likely to tighten rules governing the participation of transgender women in female competition on Thursday after a meeting that is also expected to decide to lift the ban imposed on Russia for mass doping.

Xi's Moscow visit risks further emboldening Putin: analysts

There is no sign the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Moscow will rein in President Vladimir Putin in his war on Ukraine, even if it again highlights a lopsided relationship where Russia is clearly the junior partner, analysts say.

France-Germany tensions overshadow EU leaders' summit

A burgeoning row between France and Germany fired by differences over nuclear energy and combustion engines threatened to spill over into a gathering of the 27 European Union leaders Thursday.

'Together for now': Ukrainian families serving on the front

When Marta Synchina was first sent to Ukraine's war-ravaged east as a military nurse, she and her father -- deployed in the same brigade -- decided not to tell her mother.

Ethiopia appoints senior TPLF official as head of Tigray interim govt

The Ethiopian government said Thursday it has appointed a senior official in the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) as head of an interim government for Tigray after a peace deal ended a brutal two-year conflict.

China holds 'upper hand' in Russian gas exports

A massive new gas pipeline to China could help reduce Russia's reliance on European buyers, but analysts say the project reveals a growing imbalance between the longtime strategic allies.

India's Rahul Gandhi found guilty of defamation over Modi remark

An Indian court Thursday found opposition leader Rahul Gandhi guilty of defamation for a three-year-old campaign trail remark implying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a criminal.

Taiwan recalls ambassador to Honduras over FM's China visit

Taiwan recalled on Thursday its ambassador to Honduras over a visit by Tegucigalpa's foreign minister to China, Taipei's government said in a statement.

Frustrated Kenyans voice anger over economic crisis

Hempstone Monari's taxi business was just getting going when the wheels fell off his financial future and a Kenyan bank auctioned off his car over the non-payment of a $9,900 loan.

French unions dig in after Macron defends pension reform

France braced for more transport woes and a new day of nationwide protests on Thursday after a defiant President Emmanuel Macron pledged to implement a contentious pensions overhaul by year-end.

In Kyrgyzstan's only female prison, Nowruz brings a moment of respite

Alyona and a dozen women are dancing in a small sunny garden, to applause from their fellow inmates in Kyrgyzstan's only female penal colony.

Blinken dismisses China's 'marriage of convenience' with Russia

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday brushed off China's diplomacy with Russia as a "marriage of convenience," and said Beijing had not yet provided military aid to "junior partner" Moscow to fight in Ukraine.

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