2019-04-08

USA

Trump says Uganda must find kidnappers of freed tourist. Uganda responds.

A Ugandan government spokesman responded that there are more gun deaths in the U.S. than kidnappings in Uganda.

08/04/2019

USA

Trump labels Iran's Revolutionary Guard a terror group

The move is expected to further isolate Iran and could have widespread implications for U.S. personnel and policy in the Middle East and elsewhere.

08/04/2019

USA

At the center of Trump's Homeland chaos, Stephen Miller is the lone survivor

Analysis: The hard-edged young White House policy aide has survived all his rivals, and Trump's central 2020 campaign issue now belongs to him.

08/04/2019

World News

Fiat to pool with Tesla to reduce emissions average and avoid EU fines

EU emissions reduction targets get much tougher next year with average emissions for a carmaker's fleet limited at 95 grams per kilometre.

08/04/2019

Israel

Euroviews. Bibi fatigue: How the Israeli election became a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu ǀ View

This is a race between two competing perspectives: Those who have Bibi fatigue and those who see Netanyahu as indispensable to the nation.

08/04/2019

United Arab Emirates

UAE & Saudi Arabia to give $200m in aid to Yemenis of all backgrounds

UAE and Saudi Arabia to give $200m in aid to Yemenis of all backgrounds

08/04/2019

USA

Under Trump, more leaks—and more leak investigations

There were 120 leak referrals for possible prosecution in 2017 and 88 in 2018, up from 37 in 2016 and 18 in 2015, according to a top intelligence watchdog.

08/04/2019

USA

Car bomb in Afghanistan kills three U.S. service members

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

08/04/2019

United Kingdom

May and Merkel meet as UK parliament passes Brexit delay law

The UK prime minister will also travel to Paris on Tuesday on a last-ditch mission to argue for another Brexit extension.

08/04/2019

USA

Trump administration moves to undercut MLB's deal with Cuba

The administration is moving to reverse an Obama-era ruling that allowed Cuban baseball players to sign with major league teams in the U.S.

08/04/2019

USA

U.S. Secret Service director is out, latest casualty in DHS shakeup

The departure comes the day after the head of the Department of Homeland Security resigned under pressure.

08/04/2019

USA

'Self-driving' spacecraft may help save Earth from deadly asteroid strikes

European Space Agency's "Hera" craft would visit asteroid 65803 Didymos and its tiny satellite.

08/04/2019

Romania

Romanian ex-priest, ex-president and sports pros battle in EU election

One's just been excommunicated, another coached a national football team and a third was president of a neighbouring country, Romania's EU election candidates are a colourful bunch.

08/04/2019

USA

US designates Iranian military force as foreign terrorist organisation

"This action will significantly expand the scope and scale of our maximum pressure on the Iranian regime," the White House said in a statement.

08/04/2019

Ireland

Barnier: EU stands 'fully behind Ireland' on Brexit

The EU's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, said the EU would stand "fully behind Ireland" whatever the outcome

08/04/2019

World

Raw Politics in full: Salvini flop and violence in Libya

Watch Monday night's full episode of Raw Politics

08/04/2019

World News

EU introduces ethics guidelines for artificial intelligence

But will it be enough?

08/04/2019

Russia

Russia's 'whale jail' set to close after international outcry

Russia's 'whale jail' set to close after international outcry

08/04/2019

Europe News

The Brief: populist pitch vs political reality

The attempt to unite nationalists groups might prove futile, as diverging interests and their leaders' clashing personalities have so far prevented them from teaming up.

08/04/2019

No Comment

Animal rights activists arrested in Australia after traffic protest

Australian police arrested 38 animal rights activists on Monday (April 8) after they blocked peak hour traffic in Melbourne in protests to mark the first anniversary of a film, Dominion, about factory farming.

08/04/2019

USA

Democratic candidates slam Netanyahu ahead of Israeli elections

The Israeli prime minister was branded as a "racist" after he suggested annexing Jewish settlements on the West Bank.

08/04/2019

Libya

Assault on Tripoli is 'in public's interest', says Libyan rebel group

"European countries fear for civilians' safety but I can assure that our first concern is the civilians," a spokesman for the Libyan National Army told Euronews after the rebel group launched a military offensive to take Tripoli from the UN-recognised government.

08/04/2019

Libya

EU Foreign Ministers seek unity on Libya crisis

France under pressure to condemn Haftar's assault on Tripoli as EU seeks unity on Libya crisis.

08/04/2019

Uzbekistan

Watch: Students plant trees to save what's left of the Aral Sea

The rivers that feed the sea were diverted in a Soviet project to boost cotton production in the arid region.

08/04/2019

No Comment

Animals evacuated from neglected Gaza zoo

An international welfare group evacuated dozens of animals languishing in a ramshackle Gaza zoo on Sunday to sanctuaries abroad, in the fourth and largest such rescue mission in the beleaguered, war-torn Palestinian enclave.

08/04/2019

No Comment

Venezuela drinking water crisis increased

The Waraira Repano National Park in the Venezuelan capital has become the provider of drinking water for the people of Caracas. For many years the park was a recreational space for the inhabitants of the city. Nowadays it has been transformed into a public bathroom.

08/04/2019

No Comment

Rwanda honours those killed in genocide that began 25 years ago

Rwandan President Paul Kagame and a number of visiting dignitaries attended a memorial ceremony on Sunday (April 7) to commemorate the lives of 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutus murdered during the Rwandan genocide, a three-month-killing spree that began 25 years ago.

08/04/2019

No Comment

Protesters, police clash in Nantes on 21st round of 'yellow vest' demos

Police fired tear gas at "yellow vest" demonstrators on Saturday (April 6) in the western French city of Nantes in another weekend of anti-government protests.

08/04/2019

France

Urgent reduction of taxes a key conclusion of French national debate

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said he recognised the need to "quickly reduce taxes" in a presentation of the Great National Debate takeaways.

08/04/2019

USA

Trump has for months been urging administration to reinstate child separation policy

A senior administration official said they believe Trump is convinced that family separation has been the most effective policy at deterring asylum seekers.

08/04/2019