One of Greece’s worst-ever rail disasters, which claimed at least 43 lives, was due to “tragic human error”, the country’s prime minister has said. PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke after visiting
Most house owners in Dhaka have connected their sewage discharge pipes to the surface drains of the City Corporation instead of sewage management networks. This results in severe pollution to
Huge rallies have been held in several Mexican cities against what protesters say are government attempts to undermine the electoral authorities. The biggest was in Mexico City, where organisers say
North Korea’s latest missile launches are a demonstration of the country’s avowed ability to use nuclear force against South Korea and the mainland U.S. How immediate is that threat? North
Two weeks after a deadly earthquake struck Syria, only a trickle of UN aid has entered the rebel-held northwest of the war-ravaged country, with the slow pace sparking outrage and
Cambodia’s leader Hun Sen has shut down one of the country’s last independent media outlets – just months before the country’s election. VOD, or the Voice of Democracy, had published
On Tuesday evening, Joe Biden delivered his third address to Congress – marking the halfway point in his first term in office. It’s a pivotal moment for the president, and
The political career of Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s most recent military ruler who has died aged 79, was defined by its extremes. After seizing power in a 1999 coup, Musharraf went
When Antony Blinken landed at Ben Gurion airport on Monday he said he had arrived at a “pivotal moment”. By the end of his two-day visit, it is clear he
Driver Tharaa Ali takes her seat at the helm of a high-speed train ferrying pilgrims to Mecca, a beneficiary of conservative Saudi Arabia’s bid to employ its booming female workforce.