European inflation eases to 2.6% as energy prices fall, food inflation slows.
FRANKFURT, Germany, 1 Mar: The inflation that has ravaged the European economy eased again in February, falling to 2.6% as high interest rates, moderating...
Strikes halt trains and ferries in Greece a year after country’s worst rail disaster...
ATHENS, 28 Feb: Wides-pread strikes in Greece halted trains, ferries and much of the capital’s public transport on Wednesday in protests timed to coincide...
Germany hosts the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan for peace talks
BERLIN, 28 Feb: Germany sought to move forward talks on a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Wednesday, welcoming the two countries’ foreign...
Burundi detains dozens of soldiers who refused deployment in fight against M23 rebels in...
NAIROBI, 28 Feb: Dozens of Burundian troops have been detained for refusing to be deployed to eastern Congo in the fight against the M23...
Senegalese leaders propose June elections after court rejects president’s 10 month delay
DAKAR, 28 Feb: A group of Senegalese civic and religious leaders proposed holding elections in early June, the first new date offered since the...
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy pleads for more ammunition at Albania summit of southeastern European nations
TIRANA, 28 Feb: Ukraine’s president pleaded Wednesday for more ammunition to repel Russia as he co-hosted a summit with Albania’s government to build further...
China’s embattled former foreign minister steps down as member of the legislature
Taipei, 27 Feb: China's former foreign minister, Qin Gang, who has been missing from public view since last June, resigned his seat in the...
Israel is ready to pause its war in Gaza during Ramadan if a hostage...
JERUSALEM, 27 Feb: U.S. President Joe Biden signaled that a cease-fire in Gaza could be at hand, saying that Israel has agreed to pause...
EU legislature backs a major plan to better protect nature and meet climate goals
STRASBOURG, 27 Feb: The European Union’s legislature on Tuesday approved a watered-down plan to better protect nature and fight climate change in the 27-nation...
Nigeria’s government and union workers launch a new nationwide strike over decades-high inflation
ABUJA, 27 Feb: Nigeria’s government and union workers began a new nationwide strike Tuesday that threatened to shut down key services while people are...
Greece says it’s hoping to nudge ally Armenia’s alliances westward
ATHENS, 27 Feb: NATO member Greece said Tuesday it wants to help traditional ally Armenia shift alliances westward, arguing that improved ties with the...
Czech, Polish leaders say they’re united in their support for Ukraine in its...
PRAGUE, 27 Feb: The prime ministers of Czech Republic and Poland said Tuesday their countries are united in their support for Ukraine and pledged...
Seoul gives young doctors 4 days to end walkouts, threatening prosecutions or suspended...
SEOUL, 26 Feb: Junior doctors in South Korea have four days to end their walkouts, the government said Monday, or they could face prosecution...
Israel vows to target Lebanon’s Hezbollah even if cease-fire reached with Hamas in Gaza
TEL AVIV, 26 Feb: Israel’s defense minister vowed Sunday to step up attacks on Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group even if a cease-fire is reached...
Cambodia’s ruling party wins Senate election, paving the way for Hun Sen to act...
PHNOM PENH, 26 feb: The long-ruling Cambodian People’s Party has won an expected landslide victory in the election for the country’s Senate, the National...
UN’s secretary general warns the world is becoming ‘less safe by the day’
GENEVA, 26 Feb: U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says combatants in places such as Congo, Gaza, Myanmar, Ukraine and Sudan are turning a “blind eye”...
Angry farmers clash with police near the European Union’s headquarters in a fresh show...
BRUSSELS, 26 Feb: Farmers clashed with police in Belgium on Monday, spraying officers with liquid manure and setting fire to piles of tires in...
Buddhist monks among 100 held in China over dam protests
BEIJING, 23 Feb: Chinese security officials have arrested more than 100 Tibetan Buddhist monks and local people in the southwestern Sichuan province to quell...
Jaishankar & Chinese counterpart Wang meet briefly at security conference in Germany
Beijing/Munich, 18 Feb: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi have met briefly in Germany on the sidelines of the...
Israel strikes across Gaza as US says it will block another cease-fire resolution at...
Rafah (Gaza Strip), 18 Feb: Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 18 people overnight and into Sunday, according to medics and witnesses, as...