Restaurant serves up healthy helpings for the homeless

It is early evening at a restaurant in central Madrid and Jose Silva sits down for a meal of rice, meatballs and vegetables as waiters flit from one table to another.

Castro vows to defend brother's legacy in tribute

Cuban President Raul Castro pledged on Saturday to uphold his brother Fidel's socialist revolution at a massive rally in honor of the late leader before his burial on Sunday.

Duterte fighting drugs 'the right way', says Trump

US president-elect Donald Trump told Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte that Manila was conducting its deadly drug war "the right way", Duterte said on Saturday, in stark contrast to the criticism he received from President Barack Obama.

Far-right on cusp of power in election showdown

Austrians returned to the polls on Sunday in a bitterly fought marathon election, which could propel the European Union's first far-right president to power and boost the anti-establishment tide sweeping many countries.

Nation mourns soccer team crash victims

A downpour drenched thousands of mourners in the Brazilian city of Chapeco on Saturday as they grieved over 50 caskets flown overnight to the stadium of the local Chapecoense soccer team, which was all but wiped out in an air crash on Monday in Colombia.

IN BRIEF (Page 11)

Up to 40 feared dead in party blaze

Firefighters say two-story warehouse was a 'death trap' with no sprinklers or smoke detectors

Body parts found after plane search

Indonesian rescuers on Sunday recovered body parts in the sea where a police plane with 13 people aboard is believed to have crashed the previous day.

Crown prince formally becomes new monarch

Thailand's new king on Friday made his first public appearance since ascending the throne the previous day, ending a period of uncertainty since the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej on Oct 13.

Families prepare to receive the dead

Families are preparing to receive the bodies of the victims of this week's air tragedy in Colombia as experts develop a clearer picture of how things went so terribly wrong with a charter flight that slammed into a mountainside.

Trump nominates retired general to lead Pentagon

US president-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday that he has picked the tough-talking retired general James Mattis to be his defense secretary.

EU report highlights ongoing IS threat

The Islamic State group is likely to carry out new attacks in the European Union in the near future, probably targeting countries that are members of the US-led coalition fighting the extremist organization in Syria and Iraq, EU police agency Europol said in a report published on Friday.