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Sweden parties agree to form govt with far-right backing
Three Swedish right-wing parties will build a minority government with the unprecedented backing of the far-right Sweden Democrats, the four parties said Friday, immediately unveiling plans to construct new nuclear reactors as well as crack down on crime and immigration.
Erdogan tells government to start work on Russian gas hub
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan backs the Kremlin's idea of creating an international gas hub in Turkey and wants his government to quickly present implementation plans, Turkish media reported Friday.
UK finance chief rushes home to face budget storm
UK finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng dashed home Friday from Washington for crisis talks with Prime Minister Liz Truss, with both their jobs on the line as their budget plans unravel.
Ireland examines neutrality stance after Ukraine war: minister
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is forcing Ireland to rethink its long tradition of military neutrality, the country's European Affairs Minister Thomas Byrne has told AFP.
Appetite for 'de-Russification' builds in Ukraine
At a bookshop in Kyiv, 33-year-old Yulia Sydorenko was dumping an entire collection of old books -- some gifts from childhood friends -- that have recently lost their appeal.
Joy and worry for Venezuelans as US shuts land border
Jose was reunited with his wife and four-year-old child in the United States minutes after Washington shut its southern border to Venezuelans.
100 years of the BBC: key moments
The BBC celebrates its centenary on October 18, after 100 years of technological innovation, ambitious programming -- and controversy.
BBC marks 100 years facing questions about its future
On November 14, 1922, the clipped tones of the BBC's director of programmes, Arthur Burrows, crackled across the airwaves.
Two unions reach compromise with oil giant in French strikes
Two French unions announced a tentative pay rise agreement with oil giant TotalEnergies early Friday following emergency negotiations to end a three-week strike that has emptied the country's petrol stations and sparked a wider backlash to the rising cost of living.
Burkina Faso poised for political change after coup turmoil
Political parties, social and religious groups and representatives of the security forces gather Friday to chart the next phase in Burkina Faso's future after the country's latest coup.
Five dead in North Carolina shooting, suspect captured
A shooting Thursday in North Carolina's capital Raleigh left at least five people dead, including an off-duty police officer, officials in the southeast US city said, adding that a suspect had been captured.
Bolsonaro finds strong support in Rio's 'Brazilian Miami'
Posh-looking drivers in expensive cars are honking their horns on a beachfront avenue in Rio de Janeiro, blaring their approval at a vendor selling green-and-yellow Brazilian flags outside President Jair Bolsonaro's former home.
US pushes allies to assemble patchwork air defenses for Ukraine
The United States is pressing allies to hastily build for Ukraine a patchwork air defense network using NATO-compatible equipment -- some ultra-modern, others older -- to protect strategic targets from Russian strikes.
North Korea fires missile, flies fighter jets near border
North Korea on Friday fired a short-range ballistic missile, conducted an artillery barrage, and flew fighter jets close to the South's border in another show of force that the US has warned could culminate in a nuclear test.
Mali bus blast kills at least 11 people: hospital source
An explosion on a bus in central Mali killed at least 11 people and injured 53 others on Thursday, according to a hospital source.
Ukrainian recruits learn to survive and be 'lethal' from British Army
Faces streaked in mud, Ukrainian soldiers charge across a plain, brandishing rifles as smoke drifts from an explosion.
US stocks rebound after disappointing inflation data
Wall Street stocks finished a topsy-turvy session with strong gains Thursday following disappointing inflation data, while the pound rallied and the yen hit a new multi-decade low.
G20 struggles for harmony again, as US-Saudi spat emerges
The G20 closed talks in Washington on Thursday without issuing a joint communique, as a growing US-Saudi feud created new tensions in a group already divided over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Turkey introduces jail terms for 'fake news'
Turkey's parliament on Thursday approved a tough pre-election law that could see reporters and social media users jailed for up to three years for spreading "fake news".
Mexico says lives saved as US pledges more action on gun smuggling
The United States promised Thursday to do more to combat arms smuggling with Mexico, which said that early efforts have succeeded in denting the country's long dire homicide rate.
NKorea fires missile, sends fighter jets near border
North Korea on Friday test-fired a short-range ballistic missile and flew nearly a dozen fighter jets close to the border with the South -- the latest in a series of military provocations that have sent tensions soaring on the Korean peninsula.
US Capitol riot probe votes to subpoena Trump to testify
Lawmakers probing the 2021 attack on the US Capitol voted Thursday to subpoena former president Donald Trump to testify on his involvement in the violence, in a major escalation of its sprawling inquiry weeks before it is due to wind up.
US and Saudi Arabia clash in public over oil cut, Russia
The United States and Saudi Arabia traded bitter barbs Thursday over last week's OPEC+ oil output cut, with Washington accusing Riyadh of knowingly boosting Russian interests.
Blast kills at least 9 on bus in Mali: police, local source
An explosion killed at least nine people on a bus in central Mali on Thursday, a region regularly rocked by jihadist violence, according to police and local sources.
N. Korea launches ballistic missile into sea: Yonhap
North Korea on Friday test fired a short-range ballistic missile and flew nearly a dozen fighter jets close to the border with the South, Yonhap news agency reported – the latest in a series of military provocations that have sent tensions soaring on the Korean peninsula.
Trump planned 2020 victory speech 'no matter what': Capitol riot probe
Lawmakers investigating Donald Trump's involvement in last year's US Capitol insurrection offered fresh evidence Thursday that the defeated president had planned to declare victory in the 2020 election -- regardless of the outcome.
Swedish academy expels Russian conductor Gergiev over Ukraine
Russian conductor Valery Gergiev has been expelled from his position as a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music for his reluctance to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the academy said Thursday.
US and S. Arabia clash in public over oil cut, Russia
The United States and Saudi Arabia traded barbs Thursday over last week's OPEC+ oil output cut, with Washington accusing Riyadh of knowingly boosting Russian interests.
Meet Simone Tebet, kingmaker in Brazil's presidential runoff
A little-known woman senator has emerged as kingmaker in Brazil's knife-edge presidential runoff.
Braving rocket attack, Iraqi MPs elect new state president
Despite a rocket attack on Baghdad's Green Zone, Iraqi lawmakers Thursday elected a new president in hopes of ending a year of political gridlock and violence in the war-scarred nation.
Africa's longest oil pipeline takes shape in Niger
Chinese and Nigerien workers haul giant steel pipes over mounds of earth as heavily armed soldiers keep guard.
Ukraine could extradite Russians to ICC: prosecutor
Ukraine could extradite Russian war crimes suspects to the International Criminal Court (ICC) even though Moscow is not a member, the tribunal's prosecutor said on Thursday.
Stocks slump after key US inflation data
Equities fell sharply on Thursday after data showed US inflation jumped more than expected in September.
Far-right veteran elected Italian Senate speaker
Ignazio La Russa, who was elected speaker of the Italian senate Thursday, is a veteran of the far-right who collects fascist memorabilia as a hobby.
Italy parliament in rocky step towards new government
Italy's parliament met for the first time Thursday since the far-right won elections last month, a rocky first step in the process of forming a government, with tensions running high.
'Shelf-life of a lettuce': Truss's nightmare on Downing Street
British Prime Minister Liz Truss has had the shortest of political honeymoons since taking over from Boris Johnson.
UK PM faces fresh political woes after difficult MPs meeting
Embattled British Prime Minister Liz Truss faced fresh woes on Thursday after a prominent Conservative party insider said some of her own MPs were considering a push to replace her with two former rivals.
Cologne's mega mosque to start calling Muslims to prayer
Germany's largest mosque will for the first time broadcast the call to prayer on Friday after city authorities in Cologne gave the go-ahead for a pilot project, under strict limits.
Protest-hit Iran accuses US of 'destablisation' plot
Iran's president Thursday accused arch-enemy the United States of seeking to destabilise the Islamic republic, which has been rocked by nearly a month of women-led protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini.