France's government will force Paris rubbish collectors to return to work after a days-long strike against pension reforms has left many streets in the capital piled with stinking waste.. Around 7,600 tonnes of rubbish were piled on the streets of Paris by Wednesday, according to city hall figures.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on Thursday to meet Germany's leaders, who are expected to urge him to reconsider disputed legal reforms that have prompted Israel's president to warn of the threat of "civil war".. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, speaking in Tallinn on the eve of Netanyahu's visit, said he planned to raise the reforms with the Israeli prime minister when they meet later Thursday.
Honduras has decided to switch diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China, describing it as an economic necessity.. - Despite switching diplomatic recognition to Beijing in 1979, Washington remains Taiwan's main ally.
An Indonesian court jailed a policeman for 18 months on Thursday over negligence contributing to one of the worst stadium disasters in the history of football but victims' families criticised the trial as two other officers walked free.. The man jailed on Thursday, Hasdarmawan -- who like many Indonesians goes by one name -- was a commander for East Java police's mobile brigade unit.
On a night in early March, arsonists attacked a brewery owned by the French drinks giant Castel in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic.. That meeting occurred just days before the Castel brewery attack on the night of March 5.
The International Organization for Migration has an antiquated way of approaching its mission and desperately needs renewal, the UN agency's second-in-command with designs on the top job told AFP. Amy Pope, the IOM deputy head acknowledged it was "a bit awkward" to be running to unseat her boss Antonio Vitorino.. Pope insisted that her decision to run against her 66-year-old boss -- only the second non-American to run IOM in its seven-decade history -- was not about putting Washington's pick back in charge.
As they left Antakya, Turkey's earthquake-shattered home of ancient civilisations, its anguished residents scribbled farewell messages on the ruins: "We'll come back" and "Don't lose hope.". - Rush to rebuild - Framed by mountains running between the Mediterranean Sea and Turkey's border with Syria, Antakya was home to Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Persian, Arab and Ottoman empires over more than two millennia.
United States prosecutors met Stormy Daniels on Wednesday as they decide whether to charge ex-president Donald Trump over hush money paid to the porn star before the 2016 election, her lawyer said.. Daniels' lawyer Clark Brewster said on Twitter that his client met prosecutors at the request of the district attorney's office.
Greek unions on Thursday begin a 24-hour walkout with demonstrations planned in major cities to voice outrage over last month's train disaster, which claimed 57 lives.. The tragedy has exposed decades of safety failings in Greek railways and has put major pressure on the conservative government ahead of national elections.
Lagos was key to Bola Tinubu's victory last month in Nigeria's presidential election, but the megacity could on Saturday cause a stir by voting for an opposition governor. . The "centre of excellence" as Lagos is known in Nigeria, is Bola Tinubu's fiefdom.
