Five people have been killed in a blast at a fireworks factory in Sicily.
A Canadian law firm has filed a $500 million class-action lawsuit against Monsanto and its owner Bayer. It says they've been acting with reckless disregard for the safety of Canadians by selling weed killer Roundup. According to the firm Diamond & Diamond, there are currently more than 60 individuals named as plaintiffs, but it says...
Snapchat is aiming to lure more users on to its photo-sharing app with a new filter that allows people to change the age of their appearance.
Forces loyal to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar said they shot down an Italian drone in western Libya, flying in a zone under their control, AFP reported. “We shot down the Italian drone with an anti-aircraft missile, north of Tarhouna,” the rear base of Haftar's forces, southeast of Tripoli, said Haftar's spokesman Ahmad al-Mesmari. “We are...
Sri Lanka's newly-elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has sworn in as prime minister his brother and former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, capping a victorious return to power of the siblings credited with a military victory over Tamil rebels – but also implicated in human rights violations.
Impeachment investigators are set to hear from two key witnesses who grew alarmed at how US President Donald Trump and others in his orbit were conducting foreign policy in Ukraine.
An international airport on Russia's Sakhalin Island, located north of Japan, may be turned into a major flight connection hub, allowing passengers to travel to Asia and the Americas. “We're currently discussing the creation of the hub with businesses and some air companies, to cluster passengers in our Yuzho-Sakhalinsk and offer flights to China, Japan,...
