AP, Kabul :While President Donald Trump insists he’s bringing home Americans from “endless wars” in the Mideast, his Pentagon chief says all U.S. troops leaving...
AFP, Beijing :China’s defence minister made an uncompromising call Monday for the “reunification” of Taiwan with the mainland, telling a high level defence forum that...
Niger floods force 23,000 from their homesAFP, NiameyFloods in southeast Niger have forced 23,000 people to flee their homes since early October, officials said Saturday,...
AFP, Hong Kong :Large crowds of Hong Kongers defied a police ban and held an illegal march on Sunday, their numbers swollen by anger over...
AFP, Jakarta :Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo will kick off a fresh term Sunday, facing a wave of crises and with Jakarta under heavy security days...
The longest non-stop passenger flight touched down in Australia Sunday morning after more than 19 hours in the air, a milestone journey from New York...
AFP, Santiago :Chileans angry over social and economic issues clashed with security forces for a second day Saturday despite a state of emergency declared to...
AFP, Ankara :Turkey has agreed to suspend its Syria offensive for five days and will end the assault if Kurdish-led forces withdraw from a safe...
Reuters, Moscow :Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, warned on Friday that the world was drifting into a dangerous era of militarised politics and appealed...
AFP, Barcelona :Violent clashes escalated in Barcelona late Friday, as radical Catalan separatists hurled rocks and fireworks at police, who responded with teargas and rubber...
AP, Washington :Frayed U.S. relations with Turkey over its incursion in Syria raise a sensitive question rarely discussed in public: Should the United States remove...
High-profile cases turn spotlight on domestic violence in RussiaAFP, MoscowNatalia Tunikova’s partner pushed her towards the open balcony in their high-rise Moscow flat, before punching...
