By Anadolu Agency A suspect wielding a knife who injured several people at the Gare du Nord train station in Paris on Wednesday has been neutralized, the interior minister confirmed. “An individual injured several people this morning at the Gare du Nord. He was quickly neutralized,” Gerald Darmanin said on Twitter. He thanked the police

This booking photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Robert Fratta, a former suburban Houston police officer on death row. Fratta was set to be executed on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, for hiring two people to kill his estranged wife nearly 30 years ago. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP, File)

By Anadolu Agency Germany’s capital Berlin and eastern regions are facing gasoline shortages and high fuel prices, as Russian oil has no longer been flowing to Europe since Jan. 1. The PCK refinery in Schwedt, in the eastern German state of Brandenburg, which was previously supplied exclusively with Russian pipeline oil, is only running at

By The Associated Press An appeals court in Greece has ordered the release of a Somali migrant who had been sentenced to life in prison for people smuggling, in a case that has drawn international attention to draconian border protection laws in the European Union country. Mohammad Hanad Abdi was sentenced to 142 years in

Photo via @beyonce on Instagram By Face2Face Africa During a recent event in Ghana, Dave Chappelle reportedly revealed that the first rapper to hit billionaire status, Jay-Z, owns properties in the West African nation. As previously reported by Face2Face Africa, the renowned and award-winning comedian arrived in Ghana last Tuesday ahead of the hugely successful

A poster promoting Britain’s Prince Harry’s book “Spare” is displayed in a shop window, ahead of its official release date, with Windsor Castle reflected, in Windsor, Britain, January 9, 2023. Photographer Toby Melville By Reuters Some 150 years ago, the acclaimed constitutional writer Walter Bagehot wrote that the British monarchy needed reverence and mystery. “We

Workers measure the windows at Planalto Palace the day after it was stormed by supporters of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. The protesters also stormed Congress and the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) By The Associated Press Brazilian authorities vowed Monday to protect democracy and punish thousands of

Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson speaks during the annual Society and Defence Conference in Salen, Sweden, January 8, 2023. TT News Agency/Henrik Montgomery via Reuters By Reuters Sweden is confident that Turkey will approve its application to join the NATO military alliance, but will not meet all the conditions Ankara has set for its support,

Mohamad Hanad Abdi from Somalia arrives at a court in Mytilene, on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. The Somali migrant serving life in prison for people smuggling appeared in court Monday to appeal his sentence, in a case backed by a group of European Parliament members who say he

Supporters of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro demonstrate against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, outside Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, January 8, 2023. Photographer Ueslei Marcelino By Reuters Supporters of Brazil’s far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday invaded the country’s Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court, in a grim echo of the U.S.