Trinidad and Tobago has declared a state of emergency as gang violence in the Caribbean nation continues to escalate.President Christine Carla Kangaloo issued the declaration on the advice of Prime Minister Keith Rowley, who had been under growing pressure to...
An Italian journalist has been under arrest in Iran for more than a week, Italy's foreign ministry has said. Cecilia Sala works for Il Foglio newspaper and for podcast company Chora Media.The foreign ministry said it was following Ms Sala's...
EPAAmerican Airlines has resumed flights after suspending its services for around an hour on Tuesday due to a technical issue that impacted the systems needed to release its planes.The nationwide halt was cancelled just before 13:00 GMT, according to the...
A US primary schoolboy has been hailed as a hero after he saved his classmate from choking on a grape.Thomas Conley, eight, was sitting next to Isaiah Rodriguez in the cafeteria of Porter Elementary School when he noticed the medical...
France's highest court has upheld a corruption conviction against former President Nicolas Sarkozy, brushing aside his appeal.Wednesday's ruling by the Cour de Cassation means that Sarkozy - who was in power from 2007 to 2012 - must now wear an...
The five remaining members of the infamous "Bali Nine" drug ring have returned home after serving nearly 20 years in Indonesian prisons.Prime minister Anthony Albanese confirmed the return of Matthew Norman, Scott Rush, Martin Stephens, Si Yi Chen, and Michael...
EPAChess grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju of India defeated defending champion Chinese player Ding LirenIndian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju has become the youngest-ever world chess champion after defeating defending champion China's Ding Liren in a dramatic turn on Thursday.Dommaraju, at age 18, is...
At least 110 mostly elderly people have been brutally murdered by gang members in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, according to a human rights group. The National Human Rights Defence Network (RNDDH) said a local gang leader had targeted them after...
The European Union has signed a landmark trade deal with four of South America's biggest economies.European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen called the agreement a "truly historic milestone" in an "increasingly confrontational world".A previous agreement in 2019 never came...
US President-elect Donald Trump has issued an apparent warning to Hamas, threatening "all hell to pay" if hostages held in Gaza are not released by the time he returns to the White House on 20 January.Dozens of people taken during...
