Iran has started prosecuting a French man arrested last year on espionage charges, lawyer Saeid Dehghan wrote on Twitter Monday, naming the detainee as Benjamin Briere. The man, whose detention since May 2020 in Iran has been confirmed by Paris, also faces charges of spreading “propaganda against the system” of the Islamic republic, wrote Dehghan. […]

The United States (US) White House on Monday suggested former president Donald Trump shouldn’t be waiting for an “engraved invitation” to join the public campaign encouraging Americans to take Covid-19 vaccines. President Joe Biden’s press secretary, Jen Psaki, noted that all other living former presidents, including Democrat Barack Obama and Republican George W. Bush, have […]

The Netherlands began three days of socially-distanced voting Monday in one of the first major tests of a European government’s coronavirus policies, with Prime Minister Mark Rutte expected to win another term in office. Bike-through voting centres and polling booths in railway stations and even a miniature theme park opened to the public, with the […]

Eurozone finance ministers on Monday said they would not tighten spending given the continuing pandemic in Europe, but warned that soaring debt levels would have to be eventually fixed. Meeting by videoconference, the 19 ministers from countries that use the single currency agreed that pulling back on the spending too soon could have very negative […]

President Joe Biden faced mounting pressure Monday from Republicans over his handling of a surge in migrants — including thousands of unaccompanied children — arriving at the US-Mexican border. While successive administrations have dealt with seasonal spikes in migration, Biden’s critics claim he has driven the latest uptick by taking a softer stance on the […]