GREECE’S new left-wing finance minister says his government will not negotiate over the Greek bailout conditions with the “troika” team from the EU and IMF. Yanis Varoufakis said he was rather seeking
AFTER having used the Internet profusely for propaganda and recruitment, jihadist organisations have realised that investigators are gleaning crucial information online and are increasingly concealing their web presence, experts say. Apart from
SPAIN’S Catholic church, which has long been accused of silencing cases of priests sexually abusing children, is starting to take a hard line against offenders, spurred by Pope Francis. A judge in
HUNGARY’S maverick Prime Minister Viktor Orban has spent the past year straddling the divide between Russia and his European Union counterparts on the crisis in Ukraine. But he may soon be forced
NEW movies starring Juliette Binoche, Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett, Helen Mirren and Lea Seydoux will put women in the spotlight when they premiere at the 65th Berlin film festival starting Thursday. The
CALL it rum and cigar diplomacy: The few Americans allowed to visit Cuba are eager to finally legally bring home the communist island’s once forbidden fruits. While Washington and Havana seek to
AFTER Uruguay first moved to legalize marijuana in 2013, the approach has taken root in Latin America with several other countries now considering a revamp of their own drug laws. “Someone has
THREE soldiers and 123 Boko Haram militants were killed when the Islamist group attacked a Chadian army contingent in northern Cameroon, the Chadian military said Friday. Twelve soldiers were wounded in the
