Reuters, Sydney :The United States says China is destabilising the Indo-Pacific, US Defence Secretary Mark Esper said on Sunday (Aug 4), charging Beijing with predatory...
Reuters, Sangatte :French inventor Franky Zapata on Sunday succeeded in crossing the English Channel on a jet-powered hoverboard he designed, zooming over the Strait of...
AFP, Tehran :Iran has seized a “foreign vessel” in the Gulf, state media said Sunday, in what would be the third such seizure in a...
AP, Bangkok :Asia-Pacific foreign ministers called for the peaceful resolution to regional disputes at Friday’s close of an annual security meeting, which was eclipsed by...
AFP, Bogota :Illegal coca plantations in Colombia reduced slightly in 2018 but the country remains the world’s biggest producer of the primary ingredient in cocaine...
Barack Obama slashed US unemployment, protected child migrants and delivered health care to millions. But several 2020 candidates scorched the popular ex-president at their Democratic...
AFP, Moscow :The Russian opposition vowed to stage another mass rally Saturday despite increasing pressure from authorities, who arrested nearly 1,400 people at a protest...
Civilian casualties in Afghan war jump in JulyAFP, KabulCivilian casualty rates across Afghanistan jumped back to record levels last month, following a dip earlier in...
President Donald Trump’s controversial pick to be the next Director of National Intelligence, Representative John Ratcliffe, withdrew from consideration on Friday amid questions over his...
AP, Beirut :Syrian government airstrikes halted on Friday in the country’s northwest after a truce went into effect there but ground fire killed at least...
Mozambique govt, opposition Renamo sign historic Peace PactAFP,, MaputoMozambican President Filipe Nyusi and Renamo opposition leader Ossufo Momade on Thursday signed a landmark agreement aimed...
