Groups of “yellow vest” protesters across France responded scathingly to the “crumbs” offered by President Emmanuel Macron in a speech intended to defuse their revolt, but others acknowledged his efforts. “Nonsense,” “a charade”, “a bluff” and “a drop in the ocean,” were among the immediate reactions that greeted the head of state’s televised speech Monday […]

Just back from Yemen, the UN’s emergency relief coordinator said “20 million Yemenis are hungry,” and another quarter of a million face catastrophic consequences from a lack of food. Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock told reporters on Monday at the world body’s headquarters in New York that there was a “dramatic deterioration” of the crisis in Yemen, […]

Brussels will create an alternative payment channel to facilitate financial transactions between the European Union and Iran and bypass the US sanctions in the near future, the EU’s top diplomat, Federica Mogherini, said. “I will expect this instrument to be established in the coming weeks before the end of the year as a way to […]

On December 7, a solemn ceremony devoted to the 26th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan was held at Uzbekistan Palace of International Forums. The event was attended by government and public figures, representatives of science and art, head of embassies of foreign countries and representative offices of international […]

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said that the United States is preparing to topple the Venezuelan government. “An attempt to undermine Venezuela‘s democratic life and to carry out a coup d’etat against the constitutional, democratic regime in our country has been launched under the coordination from the White House,” Maduro was quoted as saying by […]

A source indicated during briefing on the investigation into the killing of Jamal Khashoggi that “I can’t breathe” were the final words uttered by the Washington Post columnist after he was set upon by a Saudi hit squad at the country’s consulate in Istanbul. The source, who has read a translated transcript of an audio […]

Rail services in Germany were severely disrupted Monday due to a strike by rail workers over pay, operator Deutsche Bahn said. Inter-regional services were cancelled throughout the country due to the four-hour strike which began at 5:00 am (0400 GMT), the railway company said in a statement. A spokesman told AFP it affected high-speed trains […]

Iraq on Monday celebrated the anniversary of its costly victory over the Daesh terror group, which has lost virtually all the territory it once held. The government declared victory last December after a grueling three-year war in which tens of thousands of people were killed and hundreds of thousands displaced. Entire towns and neighborhoods were […]

The European Union’s top court ruled on Monday that the British government may unilaterally reverse its decision to leave the bloc, without consulting the other member states. In an emergency judgment delivered just a day before the British parliament is due to vote on a Brexit deal agreed with the EU by Prime Minister Theresa […]

About 300,000 people in the US southeast were without power on Monday and hundreds of flights were canceled after a storm dumped 20 inches of snow and left one motorist dead. The storm headed out to sea but the region will stay cold this week, the National Weather Service’s (NWS) Weather Prediction Center said, Reuters […]