The assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist, which Tehran has blamed on Israel, risks not only sharpening tensions across the region but also severely complicating plans by US President-elect Joe Biden to resume dialogue with the Islamic republic, analysts said Saturday. Iran has accused arch-foe Israel of seeking to sow “chaos” by killing 59-year-old Mohsen […]

One of Togo’s main opposition figures was arrested Saturday for “attacking the security of the state”, a government prosecutor said. The West African country of eight million is led by President Faure Gnassingbe, who took over in 2005 following the death of his father Gnassingbe Eyadema, who ruled for 38 years. Brigitte Adjamagbo-Johnson’s arrest in […]

The US state of Pennsylvania’s supreme court dismissed another legal challenge to the election by supporters of President Donald Trump on Saturday, further reducing his already near-impossible odds of overturning the results. A Republican lawsuit had sought to invalidate mail-in ballots in the battleground state that President-elect Joe Biden won by about 81,000 votes — […]

More than 130,000 people joined demonstrations across France on Saturday against police brutality and controversial new security law. Protests took place in cities across France including Paris, Strasbourg, Marseille and Lyon. Isolated riots broke out in Paris, where 46,000 people marched, according to AFP news agency, citing the French Interior Ministry. Protesters erected barricades in […]

Britain and France signed an agreement on Saturday to beef up the police presence in the English Channel in a bid to stop more migrants from illegally making the crossing. Twice as many police will be deployed on the French coast to detect migrants at sea, according to an agreement signed by British Home Secretary […]