Parents ask court to let them take Charlie Gard home to die
Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 17:15
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
Charlie Gard's mother returned to a London court Tuesday to ask a judge to let her and the baby's father take their critically ill son home to die. Lawyers for the family of the 11-month-old...
French leader plays peacemaker, hosting top Libyan rivals
Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 15:41
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
President Emmanuel Macron is hosting a meeting on Tuesday of the two main rival leaders of chaotic Libya, trying to play peacemaker for a country where the stakes are high for both Europe and...
Pakistan: Suicide bombing in Lahore kills 26, wounds 54
Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 08:25
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
A suicide bomber struck near a police team in the eastern city of Lahore Monday killing at least 26 and wounding another 54, many of them police officers. An outlawed Taliban faction claimed...
Israel dismantles metal detectors from key Jerusalem shrine
Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 08:22
Last update: about 10 years ago
Israel has begun dismantling metal detectors it installed a week earlier at the gates of a contested Jerusalem shrine, amid widespread Muslim protests. The removal is meant to defuse escalating...
Polish president to veto 2 bills seen as moves on judiciary
Monday, 24 July 2017, 10:51
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
Poland's president says he will veto two contentious bills that are widely seen as assaults on the independence of the judicial system and are part of a planned legal overhaul by the ruling party that...
Afghan officials say Kabul suicide bombing death toll climbs to 24
Monday, 24 July 2017, 08:14
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
A suicide bomber rammed his car packed with explosives into a bus carrying government employees in the Afghan capital early on Monday, killing 24 people and wounding 42 others, Kabul's police chief...
BBC women want wide gender pay gap fixed now, not in 3 years
Sunday, 23 July 2017, 17:29
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
Some of the BBC's most prominent female journalists and TV presenters are banding together to demand that the broadcaster fix its wide gender pay gap immediately rather than in several years as...