Economy & Business
Iraq welcomes first European flight to Baghdad in 35 years
A flight operated by Greece’s Aegean Airlines touched down in Baghdad on Tuesday, the first European passenger plane to land in the ...EU indefinitely freezes hundreds of billions in Russian funds
By Lorne Cook, AP The European Union on Friday indefinitely froze Russia’s assets in Europe to ensure that Hungary and Slovakia, both ...Bulgaria faces turmoil after protests topple government
Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov resigned on Thursday after tens of thousands of Bulgarians joined protests across the country the night before, demanding ...U.S.–Venezuela tensions rise after Coast Guard seizes sanctioned oil tanker
By Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart, Steve Holland and Marianna Parraga Reuters The U.S. has seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast ...Greek farmers clash with police in protests over delayed EU farm subsidies
Greek farmers clashed with police on Sunday during protests in central and northern regions over the delayed payment of European Union subsidies ...Trump says US land action against alleged drug trafficking networks in Venezuela will start ‘very ...
US President Donald Trump said Thursday that efforts to halt Venezuelan drug trafficking “by land” would begin “very soon,” further ratcheting up ...Several international airlines cancel their flights in Venezuela after US warning
Three international airlines canceled their flights departing from Venezuela on Saturday, the day after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration warned major airlines of a ...Cuba struggles to ease power cuts amid reduced fuel supplies from Venezuela, Mexico
By Marianna Parraga and Dave Sherwood Reuters Cuba’s imports of crude and fuel in the first 10 months of the year fell ...Leaving border camps for orchards, Myanmar refugees join Thai workforce
Tun Min Lat climbs a bamboo ladder in the longan orchards of eastern Thailand, moving from tree to tree as he plucks ...Around 30 people killed in Congo copper mine incident, officials say
Around 30 people were killed at a semi-industrial copper mine in southeastern Congo on Saturday after a bridge collapsed, the country’s artisanal ...














