International

AFP, Taipei :Taiwan’s ruling party began electing a new chairman on Sunday – a post vacated by President Tsai Ing-wen after a recent electoral mauling...

Reuters, Washington :U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Democrats would pass new legislation to try to reopen parts of the government next week after talks...

The Washington Post :Jeanne Calment died in 1997 in the southern French town in which she was born, and her death drew a flurry of...

AP, Beirut :The planned U.S. troop withdrawal opens up a void in the north and east of Syria, and the conflicts and rivalries among all...

PeopleA former adviser for President George W. Bush has laid out one possible – and fast-approaching – end to the presidency of Donald Trump: He...

The Washington Post :A newly diverse House of Representatives has passed a rule that, for the first time in 181 years, allows head coverings to...

AFP, Beijing :China has tested its most powerful non-nuclear weapon, dubbed the “Mother of All Bombs” by official media in areference to a US munition...

AFP, Thiruvananthapuram :Twin arson and bomb attacks rocked southern India Saturday, continuing a violent backlash that followed the entry of two women into a Hindu...

Reuters, Shanghai :China’s armed forces must strengthen their sense of urgency and do everything they can to prepare for battle, President Xi Jinping told a...

AP, Cairo :U.S. television network CBS says Egypt’s president has told it in an interview that his country and Israel, with whom it fought four...