The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) announced Monday that it will disband and disarm, ending 40 years of conflict with Turkey. The announcement follows a February call by PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has been imprisoned on an island near Istanbul since 1999, for the group to hold a congress and formally dissolve. According to Öcalan, … Read more
A dramatic victory in a parliamentary special election. Hundreds of seats won in English municipalities. A first taste of power in the lower tiers of government. By making extensive gains in a set of local elections held in England on Thursday, Nigel Farage, one of Britain’s best known supporters of President Trump and the leader … Read more
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has died. He was 88 years old. Born in Argentina, he was the first Latin American pope as well as the first non-European to serve for more than 1,000 years. He was known for his simple words and humble manner that immediately won over the crowds. … Read more
Former Spanish football president Angel Maria Villar was replaced by Luis Rubiales in 2017 but now faces charges over alleged corruption and embezzlement. Spain’s public prosecutor’s office has called for a 15 and a half year prison sentence for former Spanish football federation president Angel Maria Villar for alleged corruption and embezzlement. Contracts arranged under … Read more
A court in Vietnam sentenced one of the country’s most influential journalists to two and a half years in prison Thursday for “abusing democratic freedoms” with about a dozen posts on Facebook that criticized or questioned the government. The journalist, Truong Huy San — known to many by his pen name, Huy Duc — was … Read more
Sunday was the Day of the Shining Star in North Korea, a holiday marking the birthday of Kim Jong Il, and his youngest son used the occasion this year to pay a rare visit to his late father’s tomb. Kim Jong Un stopped by the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang, the mausoleum … Read more
India and China have agreed to resume direct flights between the two countries after nearly five years, the latest thaw between the two Asian giants that until recently were on war-footing over a deadly border dispute. The rapprochement also included agreements on improving access to journalists from both sides and facilitating pilgrimages to a Hindu … Read more
Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana will likely spend the rest of his life in jail for murdering three girls. A teenager who murdered three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, the United Kingdom last year has been sentenced to more than 50 years in prison. Judge Julian Goose said on Thursday that … Read more
Two men admitted on Monday to the brutal 2003 murder of a Frenchman when they appeared in court after more than two decades on the run. The lifeless body of salesman Philippe Charuel was discovered in February 2003 in a ditch by a road in Gondreville, eastern France. According to the investigation, two young prostitutes … Read more
North Korean leader expresses hope that Moscow will defeat ‘neo-Nazism and achieve a great victory’ in Ukraine. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has paid homage to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a New Year’s message extolling deepening ties between Pyongyang and Moscow, state media has reported. In a letter to mark the New Year, … Read more