Germany has begun new controls at all of its land borders as part of a crackdown on migration, placing restrictions on a wide area of free movement known as the Schengen Zone and stirring anger among its European neighbors. From Monday, as well as existing border controls with Austria, Switzerland,…
Shanghai was brought to a standstill on Monday morning by what authorities say was the strongest typhoon to directly…
An environmental activist who protested mining and hydro-electric projects in northern Honduras in an effort to preserve tropical forests and rivers…
At least 274 inmates have escaped from a prison in Nigeria’s Borno state following heavy flooding, the Nigerian Correctional…
At least eight people died during a failed attempt to cross the English Channel from northern France, French maritime…
At least four people have died, thousands of homes have been damaged and hundreds have been evacuated after some…
Hundreds of people, mostly women, gathered in cities around France on Saturday in support of Gisèle Pélicot, a woman whose husband…
The Israeli military says it targeted Hezbollah “weapons storage facilities” in multiple airstrikes across Lebanon on Saturday. One of…
Venezuela says it has seized 400 US rifles and arrested foreigners – Americans among them – who it claims…