June 18, 2015 - Page 6

Polls opened in Denmark on Thursday in an election that was too close to call, after a three-week campaign focusing on immigration and the economy. Politicians of all stripes campaigned until the

France’s Socialist government faces a parliamentary vote of no confidence Thursday over a key package of reforms designed to energise the country’s sluggish economy. The conservative opposition proposed the motion after Prime

Burundi’s government said Thursday it had agreed “in principle” to the deployment of African Union military observers and human rights experts to monitor key elections following weeks of political unrest. But Burundi

Police in India said Thursday they had arrested the main suspect in the rape of an elderly nun that sent shockwaves through the country’s Christian community. The nun, who is in her

Chad’s military said Thursday it had carried out airstrikes on Boko Haram positions in neighbouring Nigeria to avenge twin suicide bombings in Chad’s capital that were blamed on the jihadists. Citing the

A suspected arson attack damaged a revered Christian shrine in northern Israel overnight, police said Thursday, as a church adviser pointed the finger at Jewish extremists. The Church of the Multiplication at

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was convinced it was still possible to reach an accord with Greece on its crippling debt crisis, ahead of crunch EU talks Thursday. “It remains the

Moscow will extend its embargo on European Union agricultural products but is unlikely to go further if the EU extends sanctions as expected, economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev said Thursday. “We’ll just keep

An arrest warrant was issued Thursday for an Australian-trained doctor who appeared in an Islamic State propaganda video which urges other medical professionals to join the jihadists, police said. Tareq Kamleh was