Massive blast rips through Havana hotel

Havana, May 6 (AFP/APP): Rescuers searched for victims Friday after a powerful explosion ripped through a hotel under refurbishment in central Havana, with no casualties immediately reported. Shortly after 11:00 am, a cloud of dust and smoke billowed from the Saratoga Hotel after the blast […]

Two dead in shooting at Dutch ‘care farm’

The Hague, May 6 (AFP/APP): Two people were shot dead and two wounded on Friday at a “care farm” in the Netherlands for people with mental or social issues, police and local media said. Dutch police said they arrested a man and recovered a firearm […]

Armenia opposition demands PM resign over Karabakh

Yerevan, May 2 (AFP/APP): Opposition parties in Armenia on Monday staged protests to demand Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resign over his policy on the long-contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Arch-foe Caucasus neighbours Armenia and Azerbaijan have been locked in a dispute since the 1990s over the […]

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