world news One suspect in Toronto restaurant bombing 'may be a woman,' police say Police at first suspected both people responsible for the mayhem in MIssissauga were men. 29/05/2018
world news South Korea hustles to prevent war on its doorstep President Moon Jae-in and his allies have expressed confidence a meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un will happen soon. 29/05/2018
world news High-school hostage standoff follows shooting in Belgium; 3 dead A message on the the city's official Twitter account said "children from local schools are safe and sound." 29/05/2018
world news Euthanasia and doctor-assisted suicide are on the table in Portugal A series of left-leaning governments, as well as the Catholic Church's waning influence, have opened the door to deep cultural changes. 29/05/2018
world news Dozens of mortar shells fired from Gaza in largest barrage since 2014 One of the projectiles landed near a kindergarten shortly before it opened, local media reported. 29/05/2018
world news Italy's political pandemonium is remarkable even by Italian standards "The next elections could become a de facto referendum on Italy remaining in the eurozone," one economist said. 29/05/2018
world news Migrant rescues child dangling from balcony, gets new life in France "I did it because it was a child," 22-year-old Mamoudou Gassama was quoted as saying. "I climbed. … Thank God I saved him." 28/05/2018
View Spanish, not English, is the most all-American language | View The language we speak is an increasingly common way to discriminate against American Latinos, and a totally ahistorical one. 28/05/2018
world news Gun-loving Iceland hasn't had a shooting murder in more than a decade While the remote island is the size of Kentucky and has a population similar to St. Louis, Missouri, Icelanders say the U.S. can learn from their gun laws. 28/05/2018
world news Assad may have withheld some of his chemical arsenal, watchdog says "Many Western countries are worried that the Syrian government continues to possess some of the precursors of sarin." 28/05/2018
world news US delegation holds talks with North Korean officials in DMZ Planning seemed to move ahead for the on-off-perhaps-on-again summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. 28/05/2018
world news China calls U.S. warships in South China Sea 'a provocation' The Defense Ministry said the ships "undermined strategic mutual trust" and "damaged peace, security and good order in relevant waters." 28/05/2018
world news Colombians vote for new president with peace deal, economy at stake The two leading candidates have presented dramatically different visions for both Colombia's economic model and the future of its divisive peace process. 27/05/2018
world news Buddhist priest leads Japan's battle against banks backing nuclear, coal power In the wake of Fukushima, Tomonobu Narita is at the forefront of a movement to withdraw money from banks that back environmentally harmful energy projects. 27/05/2018
world news An Olympic baseball diamond was home. Now it's a memory. Many migrants who reached Greece in the hope it would be an entry to the rest of Europe are now being forced to accept that their journey may end there. 27/05/2018
world news Ireland ends abortion ban as 'quiet revolution' transforms country Ireland's Prime Minister described the result as the culmination of a "quiet revolution" in what was once one of Europe's most socially conservative countries. 26/05/2018
world news Korean leaders hold surprise second summit as Trump says Kim talks could go ahead The two leaders met at the demilitarized zone on the Korean border. 26/05/2018
world news Saudi arrests of female activists come amid prince's wider crackdown "Some Western observers have been happy to turn a blind eye," said Jane Kinninmont, deputy head of the Middle East and North Africa program at Chatham House, a London think tank. 26/05/2018
world news Netherlands, Australia hold Russia liable for downing MH17 "It is time for Russia to acknowledge its role in the shooting down of MH17 and to cease its callous disinformation campaign," the U.S. State Department said. 25/05/2018
world news A shadowy Israeli firm is accused of trying to undermine the Iran deal An NBC News investigation reveals a business intelligence company with governmental contracts and a special department for politically motivated work. 25/05/2018
world news Trump hints axed summit with Kim Jong Un might be back on "The opportunity is not lost. It is just delayed," one U.S. general said. "It may have been too early to celebrate. It is also too early to quit." 25/05/2018
world news Iran sets deadline for Europe's 'Plan B' to nuclear deal "I am personally maybe not optimistic but ... I am trying my best to come to a conclusion," a senior Iranian official told Reuters. 25/05/2018
world news Many travel #hometovote as Ireland casts ballots on abortion Abortion is currently only permitted in Ireland if a woman's life is in danger, including the risk of suicide. 25/05/2018
View Trump's North Korea withdrawal was erratic, bombastic and predictable The president's break-up letter to Kim Jong Un was a plot twist any reality television watcher would've seen coming. 25/05/2018
world news N.Korea says it's still willing to 'sit' with the U.S. regardless of cancellation "We are willing to give the U.S. the time and opportunity with our big and open heart," a top Foreign Ministry official said. 25/05/2018
world news U.S. effort to stabilize Afghanistan a $5 billion failure, says watchdog A new report from a government watchdog says the 15-year rebuilding effort has largely failed 24/05/2018
