Tunisian ship rescues 100 Europe-bound migrants from dinghy
TUNIS, Tunisia — A Tunisian navy frigate rescued 100 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa early Tuesday as their inflatable dinghy foundered in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Merkel, Macron back efforts to improve WHO as meeting opens
GENEVA — French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday were among leaders rallying around efforts to strengthen the World Health...
EXPLAINER: What was behind a jet’s diversion to Belarus?
The diversion of a Ryanair flight to Lithuania by Belarus, leading to the arrest of an opposition journalist who was a passenger, has sparked...
UK bars Belarus airline after plane forced to land in Minsk
LONDON — Britain on Monday barred Belarus’s national airline and instructed U.K. aircraft to avoid Belarussian airspace after a Ryanair passenger jet was forced...
Max Mosley, racing boss who took on UK tabloids, dies at 81
LONDON — Former Formula One boss Max Mosley, who campaigned to change British media laws after tabloid stories about his sex life, has died...
Syrian blames Israel for mysterious attacks on oil tankers
DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria’s foreign minister blamed Israel for mysterious attacks over more than a year targeting oil tankers heading to Syria, saying they...
Bad reputation: British Museum takes new look at Rome’s Nero
LONDON — The British Museum’s new exhibition on the Roman Emperor Nero opens with a piece of fake news from the ancient world.
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Belarus president signs tough new law on media restrictions
KYIV, Ukraine — The authoritarian president of Belarus on Monday signed a law sharply restricting news media activities and allowing them to be shut...
Spain offers to speak for Morocco at EU amid migration spat
MADRID — Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Monday that Spain is an ally of Morocco, and Madrid will defend both countries' common interests at...
Former banker Guillermo Lasso becomes president in Ecuador
QUITO, Ecuador — Former banker Guillermo Lasso was sworn in as president of Ecuador on Monday, saying he will escalate efforts to vaccinate people...
