Новости за 20.12.2018

Africa's second largest country, Democratic Republic of Congo, is rich in raw materials and minerals but cursed by deadly violence, insurgencies, graft and poverty.

The multitude of mini-parties that make up France’s splintered left have more in common than they wish to admit. But getting their squabbling leaders to sit together at the same table is no mean feat.

Democratic Republic of Congo’s election board has postponed a presidential vote scheduled for Sunday until Dec. 30 after a fire destroyed voting materials.

At least eight people have been killed while taking part in Sudanese protests against economic hardship, and especially higher bread prices, officials said on Thursday.

British actress Carey Mulligan speaks to Eve Jackson about her new film "Wildlife", why she has had to defend her character and how refreshing it is to play a flawed female role.

London Gatwick Airport was forced to suspend all flights Thursday due to drones flying over the airfield, causing misery for tens of thousands of stuck passengers just days before Christmas.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday declared victory over the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria and ordered the withdrawal of US ground troops from the country. Britain and France, however, say the fight against jihadists in Syria is not yet over.

European Union officials have agreed to ban some single-use plastics, such as disposable cutlery, plates and straws, in an effort to cut marine pollution.

The French government signed late on Wednesday an agreement with three police unions aimed at defusing anger among police officers after weeks of protests by the disruptive Yellow Vest movement.

Auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn could soon be freed on bail after a Japanese court Thursday rejected prosecutors' request to extend his detention, in a move nearly as unexpected as his sudden arrest.

After a century of failed attempts, the US Senate finally passed legislation Wednesday that makes a federal crime of lynching, the racism-driven extrajudicial killings that came to symbolize America's stained past.

Both candidates in Madagascar's presidential election have claimed victory in the fierce battle for power in the Indian Ocean island.

Almost 700 clergymen in Illinois have been accused of child sexual assault, a far greater number than the Catholic Church had previously disclosed, the Midwestern US state's top prosecutor revealed Wednesday.

Moroccan prosecutors investigating the murder of two female Scandinavian hikers on Wednesday said that the killings were suspected of being an act of Islamist terrorism.

Amid an ongoing Israeli operation to find and destroy a Hezbollah cross-border tunnel network, the Lebanese Shia militia poses a greater threat than ever to the Jewish state, strengthened by growing support from Iran and combat experience in Syria.