TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia has been engulfed by huge protests triggered by a proposed law that critics see as a threat to media freedom and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union. Here is a look at the bill and the protests it has ignited: FORMER SOVIET REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA SEES RULING PARTY … Read more
Hundreds of people laid flowers and lit candles on Friday to commemorate the victims of Serbia’s first-ever school shooting a year ago that left nine children and a school guard dead and six people wounded. A somber, silent queue formed on a rainy day outside the Vladislav Ribnikar Elementary School in central Belgrade where a … Read more
The son of Sudan’s army chief, Abdel Fattah Burhan, has died in hospital on Friday two months after he was severely injured in a motorcycle accident in the Turkish capital, Ankara, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported. Mohammed Fattah Burhan Rahman was being treated at an Ankara hospital since the March 6 accident in which his … Read more
Colombia has become the latest Latin American country to announce that it will break diplomatic relations with Israel over its military campaign in Gaza, but the repercussions for the South American nation could be broader than for other countries because of longstanding bilateral agreements over security matters. Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday described Israel’s … Read more
For the first time, China has publicized what it claims is an unwritten 2016 agreement with the Philippines over access to South China Sea islands. The move threatens to further raise tensions in the disputed waterway, through which much of the world’s trade passes and which China claims virtually in its entirety. A statement from … Read more
Heavy rains in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state have resulted in 31 confirmed deaths, with the toll expected to rise. More than 70 people remain missing, and approximately 17,000 have been displaced. The state’s civil defense reported that nearly half of its 497 cities have been affected. Heavy rains battering Brazil’s southernmost state of … Read more
Berlin’s government is offering to give away a villa once owned by Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler’s propaganda minister. Stefan Evers, Berlin’s finance minister, proposed giving the villa as a gift to end the debate on what to do with the site. Previous attempts to transfer ownership to federal or state authorities have failed. Berlin’s government … Read more
A High Court judge ruled on Friday that the U.K. government’s approval of a plan to meet climate targets lacked evidence of deliverability. The plan outlined the U.K.’s aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by two-thirds of 1990 levels by 2030 and achieve net zero by 2050. The judge criticized the plan for being vague … Read more
The Georgian prime minister has rejected U.S. criticism of “foreign agents” law, calling it false and reminiscent of past meddling. The proposed law requires organizations with over 20 percent foreign funding to register as agents. Protests against the legislation have been ongoing in Tbilisi, with the EU and U.S. advising against its enactment. Georgian Prime … Read more