After weeks of confusion and consternation, Rome’s mayor told the Vatican newspaper that Rome Caritas would benefit not only from the coins tourists throw in the Trevi Fountain, but from coins tossed in any of the city’s historic water features.
Caritas was informed in late December that it would no...
At least 15 people have been killed after a military cargo plane crashed in Iran amid severe weather.
A flight engineer survived and was taken to hospital, the army said in a statement carried by the semi-official Fars news agency.
Reports said a fire engulfed the Boeing 707 immediately after it...
The wife of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn has written a letter to Human Rights Watch, a global advocacy group, criticizing her husband’s long detention and Japan’s criminal justice system as unfair and harsh.
“My husband’s is a case study in the realities of this draconian system,” Carole Ghosn wrote...
Poland’s counterintelligence agency has arrested and charged an employee of Chinese tech giant Huawei over spying allegations.
According to Polish TV broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP), Huawei’s sales director and an ex-security agent were arrested on Tuesday by officers of the country’s Internal Security Agency, charged with espionage.
The Huawei employee is...
On 15 January, British MPs are due to give their verdict on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal, which has already been branded a failure and lost cause by cross-party politicians.
The European Union (EU) is apparently plotting to thwart a Brexit deal and spark chaos across the UK, according...
Talks between President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats aimed at ending a partial government shutdown collapsed in acrimony and disarray Wednesday, with Democrats accusing the president of walking out and Trump calling the meeting “a total waste of time.”
The breakdown in talks left no end in sight for the...
At least five people have been killed and several others injured after a car ploughed into a crowd outside primary school in northeastern China.
The driver of the vehicle was taken into custody following the crash in the city of Huludao in Liaoning province on Thursday, state broadcaster CCTV said.
Security...
The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Justice has announced that, as of Sunday, women will receive text message notification from the court when their marital status changes.
Under current law men in Saudi Arabia can obtain a divorce with a verbal statement verified in court while women must provide both a...
