COPENHAGEN, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Denmark summoned the US charge d'affaires for talks Wednesday after reports of attempted interference in Greenland, a Danish autonomous territory which US President Donald Trump wants to control. Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has repeatedly said America needs the strategically located, resource-rich island for security reasons, and has refused to rule out the use of force to secure it. The vast majority of Greenland's 57,000 people want to become independent from Denmark, but do not wish to become part of the United States, according to a January opinion poll. Danish public television on Wednesday reported that at least three US officials close to Trump have been observed in Greenland recently...
Denmark's foreign minister has summoned the top US diplomat in Copenhagen over Danish intelligence reports that US citizens have been conducting covert influence operations in...
COPENHAGEN, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksenon Wednesday apologised to more than 4,500 Greenlandic victims of a forcedcontraception campaign run by...
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The sweat-and-salsa-infused nightlife that was once the beating heart of Ecuador's largest city, Guayaquil, has fallen silent, with...
ABIDJAN, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Sixty people have officially submitted bids to run for president of Ivory Coast in October elections, including two leading...
NAIROBI, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Prominent Kenyan activist and staunch government critic Boniface Mwangi announced Wednesday he would run for president in 2027, just...
ISTANBUL, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A groom died of his injuries after beinghit by celebratory gunfire after his own wedding in northern Turkey, localmedia...
EL KHIAM, Lebanon, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Lebanese state media said US envoy Tom Barrack cut short a visit to the south on Wednesday...
BERLIN, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The German cabinet on Wednesday signed off steps to boost recruitment for the country's armed forces and strengthen military...
VENICE, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Protesters against Israel's invasion of Gaza held a banner saying "Free Palestine" and "Stop the Genocide" outside the Venice...
MOSCOW, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The Kremlin on Wednesday said it was against European countries sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine and pushed back against...
BEIJING, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - China said Wednesday that it would not participate in denuclearisation talks with the United States and Russia, after President...
KABUL, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - At least 25 people were killed and 27 injuredwhen a bus overturned in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, authorities toldAFP,...