AFP, Hong Kong :Hong Kong police on Saturday slammed an “illegal” blockade of its headquarters after a 15-hour siege by anti-government demonstrators calling for the...
AP, Beijing :Chinese President Xi Jinping offered encouragement for North Korea’s focus on economic development in a speech in Pyongyang, turning to a topic Beijing...
Agencies :Donald Trump approved but then scrapped strikes against Iranian targets on Thursday, The New York Times reported, after Iran shot down a US drone...
UK police arrest 44 in sex abuse inquiryReuters, London British police said on Friday they had arrested 44 people as part of an investigation into...
AFP, Putrajaya, Malaysia :Malaysia has launched legal action to recover about $65 million stolen from scandal-hit state fund 1MDB, much of it from groups connected...
AFP, Riyadh : Saudi Arabia has sought to move on from the scandal triggered by journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, but a UN expert’s report implicating...
AP, New Delhi :If China has panda diplomacy, India has yoga. Prime Minister Narendra Modi successfully lobbied the United Nations to designate June 21 International...
India creates new ministry to tackle growing water crisisAP, New Delhi India’s government has created a new ministry to respond to a growing water crisis,...
AP, Istanbul :Shortly upon the release of a UN report regarding Jamal Khashoggi’s killing, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said that late journalist’s...
AFP, Moscow :Russians are set to ask President Vladimir Putin about growing poverty at home and tensions abroad during an annual televised phone-in Thursday, which...
AFP, Beijing :Former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei pleaded guilty at a trial in China on Thursday to accepting $2.1 million in bribes – a remarkable...
