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Echoes
May 18, 20242 min read
Taiwan lawmakers brawl in bitter dispute over parliament reforms
Taiwanese lawmakers shoved, tackled, and hit each other in parliament on Friday in a bitter dispute over reforms to the chamber
May 16, 20241 min read
Slovakia is 'on the edge of civil war' after PM Robert Fico's shooting, minister warns, as wife of 'lone wolf assassin, 71,' is taken away by police 'for her own protection'
Slovakia has been left 'on the edge of civil war', the country's interior minister has warned
May 16, 20242 min read
Five Pro-Wike Commissioners Resign From Fubara’s Cabinet
Five commissioners in Rivers State submitted their resignation letters to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, stepping down from their positions.
May 15, 20241 min read
Slovakian prime minister Robert Fico shot and rushed to hospital after ‘attempted assassination’
Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, has been injured in a shooting incident in the town of Handlova
May 15, 20241 min read
Portugal rejects far-right bid to charge president with treason over slavery reparations
Portugal's parliament dismissed a far-right proposal to charge President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa with treason for his support of reparations
May 15, 20243 min read
Jordan foils arms plot as kingdom caught in Iran-Israel shadow war
Jordan recently thwarted an alleged Iranian plot to smuggle weapons into the country, aiming to destabilize the monarchy.
May 15, 20241 min read
King Charles III unveils his first official portrait since his coronation
King Charles III has revealed the first official portrait of himself since ascending to the throne
May 15, 20242 min read
Swiss court convicts a former interior minister of Gambia for crimes against humanity
Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced Gambian former interior minister Ousman Sonko to 20 years in prison
May 13, 20241 min read
2 Americans among 20 arrested at protest over nation of Georgia's future
The Interior Ministry reported 20 arrests, including three foreign citizens—a pair of U.S. nationals and a Russian.
May 13, 20242 min read
Unhappy Vatican staff expose lack of workers’ rights in rare challenge to the Pope
A group of 49 Vatican Museums employees has filed a collective complaint with the Vatican administration, seeking improvements in benefits
May 12, 20241 min read
50,000 protest Georgia’s foreign agent bill as US sounds alarm over ‘Kremlin-style’ law
Approximately 50,000 demonstrators marched peacefully through the Georgian capital amidst heavy rain on Saturday, protesting a "foreign agen
May 10, 20241 min read
Mozambique's president says northern town under Islamist attack
President Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique announced in a televised address that the country's army is engaged in a battle against Islamist insurg
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