Fresh controversy as Italy bans another migrant ship Read more tiles rows Residents of Brazilian town attack Venezuelan immigrants Residents of the Brazilian border town of Pacaraima attacked Venezuelan immigrants on Saturday after a local storeowner was robbed, stabbed and beaten in an assault blamed on… Read more Iran to unveil new fighter jet Iran will unveil a new fighter jet next week and continue developing missile capabilities as a top priority, the defence minister said on Saturday, defying new U.S. sanctions… Read more New 'nap pods' to welcome Hajj pilgrims Hajj pilgrimage starts on Sunday where Saudi Arabia is expected to host over two million Muslims. To cope with the massive influx of visitors, authorities have introduced this… Read more Erdogan vows Turkey will not be cowed by US Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared Saturday that his country would not be cowed by the United States, his latest broadside in the bitter feud between Ankara and… Read more Man charged in UK parliament car attack Sudanese-born British national Salih Khater was charged with two counts of attempted murder on Saturday and will appear in court on Monday after a car careered into people and a… Read more Ronaldo, Mbappé, Messi shine in debut matches Paris prodigy Kylian Mbappé, Barça star Lionel Messi and Juve's new star recruit Cristiano Ronaldo all debuted their football season with a win. Read more Former UN chief Kofi Annan was ‘a guiding force for good’ Former UN secretary general and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan died Saturday in Switzerland at the age of 80 after a short illness. His calm dignity and moral rectitude… Read more French unions fret over new Canadian CEO for Air France Several French unions have expressed dismay over the choice of former Air Canada executive Benjamin Smith to head Air France-KLM, citing the need for a CEO to defend “our… Read more President demands safe roads as Genoa death toll rises Italy's president demanded guarantees Saturday that all the nation's roads are safe following the Genoa highway bridge collapse, after he comforted mourners at a state funeral… Read more On The Observers Calais NGOs accuse police of intimidating volunteers Read more Pakistan cricket star Imran Khan sworn in as PM Imran Khan was catapulted to global fame as a World Cup cricket champion, but the man known in the West as a celebrity playboy has become prime minister of Pakistan as a… Read more Mali's opposition leader rejects runoff result Mali's opposition leader on Friday rejected the announcement that President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was the winner of a presidential runoff in this West African nation, saying he… Read more Pakistan: Imran Khan, from the cricket field to politics When Pakistanis go to the polls to choose a new prime minister on May 11th, one candidate could seriously shake up the race. Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who led the… Read more Worst floods in a century kill scores in India's Kerala The worst floods in a century in the Indian state of Kerala have killed 164 people and forced more than 200,000 into relief camps, officials said on Friday, with the toll… Read more Bridge maintenance: Not sexy, but necessary The collapse of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa, Italy highlights the challenges of maintaining aging infrastructure and the importance of proper inspection and upkeep. Read more Read more articles