Argentina economy; Thousands protest as peso tumbles

The International Monetary Fund has extended a $50bn bailout loan to Argentina.

Germany: Chemnitz protests against immigration policy

The violence flowed from the events on Sunday morning when a German national was fatally stabbed during an altercation with two migrants.

Yemen: Hodeidah offensive, fishermen scared to return sea

The media controlled by Yemen's Houthi rebels is reporting that 12 fishermen were killed in a Saudi-Emirati coalition air raid.

Why are the Indian authorities afraid of a 'half-Maoist'?

Ninety-percent-disabled Indian professor GN Saibaba is dying a slow death in prison, accused of having 'Maoist links'.

Rodrigo Duterte slammed after 'dangerous and distorted' rape joke

Activists accuse Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte of rolling back the women's rights movement in the country.

Situation at 'boiling point' at refugee center on Greek island: U.N.

The United Nations refugee agency urged Greece on Friday to speed up transfers of eligible asylum-seekers from Aegean islands to the mainland, saying conditions at an overcrowded Lesbos reception center were "reaching boiling point".

Italy may reallocate Autostrade concession in tender: cabinet official

The Italian government could strip a national concession from the country's biggest toll-road operator, Autostrade, after this month's deadly bridge collapse and reallocate a revised version of it in a European tender, a senior official said on Friday.

Swedish Academy members deny full return to scandal-ridden body

Three Swedish Academy members, who stepped down this year in protest over a sex scandal, said on Friday they might resume participating in some important votes at the body which decides the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Russia challenges arbitrator's jurisdiction in Ukraine oil dispute

Russia is contesting the jurisdiction of the international Permanent Court of Arbitration in a dispute with Ukraine over oil rights in the Crimea region, the Hague-based court said on Friday.

Israel sees slowdown in long-term Iranian deployments in Syria

Israel's defense minister described Iran on Friday as having slowed down its long-term force deployment in Syria, attributing this to Israeli military intervention as well as an economic crisis gripping Tehran as U.S. sanctions are restored.

Three Bulgarian ministers sacked after fatal bus crash

Bulgaria's prime minister sacked three ministers on Friday over a bus accident in which 17 people died, saying politicians needed to take responsibility for a crash that triggered a public outcry over the poor state of the country's roads.

As EU divisions deepen, Macron stakes out electoral turf

Emmanuel Macron's strategy for next year's European elections is taking shape and the French president sees it in stark terms - an open battle between anti-immigrant nationalists on the one hand and pro-EU 'progressives' on the other.

Tunisian energy minister, officials sacked over graft accusations: source

Tunisia's Prime Minister Youssef Chahed sacked the energy minister, Khaled Kaddour, and four other senior officials linked to that ministry on Friday over corruption accusations, an official source said.

Protests in Uganda after lawmakers detained at airport

Protests erupted in the Ugandan capital on Friday after police detained two lawmakers at the international airport as they prepared to travel abroad for medical care, witnesses said,

Sandy Hook Parents Ready for Trial After Jones Ruling

Alex Jones has lost the latest round of his legal battle against the parents of a murdered 6-year-old boy. A Texas judge rejected the conspiracy theorist radio host's attempt to have a defamation lawsuit from the parents of Noah Pozner, who was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school schooting,...

Mayor Who OKed Trump Blimp Gets Own Balloon

Critics of London Mayor Sadiq Khan have been given permission to fly a giant balloon over London that depicts him dressed in a bikini. Organizer Yanny Bruere has raised more than $75,000 through the Crowdfunder website for the 29-foot blimp as part of a campaign to oust Khan from...

Trump: I Can't Be Impeached, I'm Doing a Great Job

President Trump gave Bloomberg an interview Thursday that was a doozy even by Trumpian standards. Among other things, he insisted he couldn't be impeached because he is "doing a great job," defended his controversial handling of John McCain's death—and threatened to pull the United States out of the World...

EU warns against Serbia-Kosovo land swap idea

Germany warned on Friday that redrawing Serbia's border with Kosovo would fan ethnic tensions, while other EU states seeking peace in the Balkans rejected land swaps as too dangerous.

Philippines President Duterte Cracks Ugly 'Joke' About Rape And 'Pretty Women'

He suggested his hometown's high rate of sexual violence was linked to the city's number of attractive women.

The backbreaking work of Spain's exploited hotel cleaners

The lives of tens of thousands of chambermaids have been made harder with the rise of outsourcing cleaning companies.

Former PM Malcolm Turnbull resigns from Australian parliament

Former PM's resignation costs conservative government its majority less than a year before an election is due.

Australian filmmaker jailed six years for espionage in Cambodia

Ricketson was arrested and held in June 2017 after he flew a drone over an opposition rally.

Australian Catholic Church rejects compulsory abuse reporting

Authorities in Australia want to force priests to report abuse but Church says seal of confession should not be broken.

Myanmar military releases 75 child soldiers from service

Myanmar's armed forces released 75 children and young people from military service on Friday, the United Nations said, amid international outrage over alleged abuses committed by troops in the country's numerous ongoing conflicts.

Iran rejects French call for further negotiations

Iran's foreign ministry on Friday dismissed a French call for more negotiations with Tehran over the international nuclear accord and said some of France's partners are "bullying and excessive," a seeming reference to the United States.