The death toll in last week's mass shooting in Montenegro rises to 13

Family celebrates compensation to the widow of a journalist killed during Brazil’s dictatorship

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The family of a Brazilian journalist who was tortured and killed during the country’s military dictatorship on Wednesday welcomed a court decision to grant a monthly stipend to his widow — marking a gesture of reparation in a nation still haunted by that two-decade period. The federal court in Brazil […]

Ghana opens up visa-free travel to all Africans

All African passport holders are now able to visit Ghana without needing a visa, outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo has said. He announced the plan last month but in his final state-of-the-nation address on Friday he said that the policy had come into effect at the beginning of the year. Visa-free travel within the continent has […]

Europe must finally get serious when it comes to its own defence | World News

That Donald Trump does not want to bankroll European security is not a surprise. But the stark tone of his defence secretary – saying the US cannot be “primarily focused on the security of Europe” – will still send shock waves through the alliance. Yet London, Paris, Berlin and elsewhere have no one else to […]