AFP, WASHINGTON: If current tallies hold, Donald Trump will have won the US presidential election while losing the popular vote, making him the second straight Republican commander-in-chief to do so—and likely raising calls for electoral reform. Results were still trickling in on Wednesday as…

AFP, JERUSALEM: Donald Trump’s shock election as president will likely result in a US tilt towards Israel that puts a Palestinian state even further…

AFP, ATHENS: Assailants on a motorcycle threw a grenade at the French embassy in Athens Thursday, slighting wounding a police officer on duty, police said. Greece’s anti-terrorism police are investigating the attack, which happened at around 5am (0300GMT) on one of the city’s main avenues…

AFP, WELLINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry congratulated President-elect Donald Trump Thursday and said he aimed to hand over power “without missing a beat” on important foreign policy issues. Kerry said the Republican had emerged victorious from a “momentous” election.…

AFP, PARIS: A refugee shelter with beds for 400 single men opened Thursday in northern Paris, part of an ongoing drive to take asylum-seekers off French streets after the demolition of the Calais “Jungle” . The centre in a disused railway yard near Gare du Nord station will take in 50-80…

AFP, NUSA DUA, Indonesia: A Chinese security official was elected president of Interpol Thursday for the first time, sparking criticism from activists who say Beijing uses the agency to track down dissidents abroad. Vice Minister of Public Security Meng Hongwei was chosen as the new head of the global…

AFP, ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday hailed the founder of modern Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk on the 78th anniversary of his death but added the country’s influence should go well beyond the borders of the state he created. Ataturk, who died on November 10, 1938, founded…