South Korea’s suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol will not attend the first hearing in his impeachment trial, local media reported on Sunday. Yoon would not attend due to concerns for his safety, the Yonhap news agency reported, citing the president’s lawyer. On Tuesday, the Constitutional Court is scheduled to formally begin the impeachm

The army in Sudan says it has captured a key city in the country’s east, one of its biggest gains yet in an almost two-year-long war against rebel forces. Footage on social media showed people celebrating in the streets as army soldiers entered the city of Wad Madani. The leader of paramilitary group the Rapid […]

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Two trams collided in Strasbourg in eastern France on Saturday, injuring dozens of people, though none critically, firefighters said. The collision happened in the afternoon in a tunnel near the city’s central train station. An additional 100 people, though uninjured, were assessed for shock or stress, said René Cell

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is calling for limiting the involvement of Chinese companies in Germany’s seaports and digital infrastructure. After a debate among delegates at a national party conference in Riesa, a town in the eastern state of Saxony, the AfD adopted the demands for inclusion in the party election manifesto. 

The Vatican has given the green light for gay men to become priests – as long as they remain celibate. In an unexpected adjustment to practice in the Catholic Church, the new guidelines from Italian bishops will allow gay men to enter seminaries. Although the Vatican had not explicitly prohibited gay men from entering the […]