Asia
Five N. Koreans Sail Across Tense Border To S. Korea
Five North Koreans in a small boat crossed the sea border into South Korean waters Saturday, a Coast Guard official...
Foreigners Banned As Singapore Holds Gay-Rights Rally
Thousands of Singaporeans dressed in pink packed a city park on Saturday for a gay-rights rally under tight security...
South Africa’s Sanlam Offloads Shares In Enterprise Group
Enterprise Group Limited (Enterprise Group) has informed the Ghana Stock Exchange that South Africa’s largest insurer...
Art and Punchbags In Hong Kong At Colourful Post-Xi Protest
Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters marched through summer rain brandishing colourful art and props in Hong...
Apple Opens First Store In Taiwan
Apple opened its first store in Taiwan on Saturday with more than a thousand shoppers flocking to the site located in...
Hong Kong Marks 20 Years Since Handover To China
The Chinese president has sworn in the new leader of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam, as the territory marks 20 years since its...
US Returns Looted Royal Seals To S.Korea
South Korean President Moon Jae-In is returning from an official visit to Washington with two ancient royal seals...
China’s Xi Warns Against ‘impermissible’ Challenges In Hong Kong
China's President Xi Jinping said Saturday Hong Kong was freer than ever before but warned against "impermissible"...
Gunfire Cuts Short Celebrations At Recaptured Mosul Mosque
Iraqi soldiers snap victorious "selfies" and pose with a captured Islamic State group flag at the Mosul mosque where...
Turkey Urges ‘respect of Qatar’s Rights’ To Solve Gulf Crisis
Turkey on Friday said the rights of Qatar must be respected as it hosted the defence minister of Ankara's main Gulf...
Trump, Erdogan Hold Phone Call On Qatar Crisis
US President Donald Trump, shown in this photo from Tuesday, told Erdogan that all sides in the Qatar dispute should...
Iraq PM Thanks Top Shiite Cleric For Role In Anti-IS War
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi Friday thanked Iraq's top Shiite cleric for his role in the war against jihadists,...
Pakistan Beefs Up Security In Tribal Northwest
Pakistan is beefing up security in the tribal northwest, the military said Friday, after days of protests over twin...
Israeli Plane Hits Syrian Army In Latest Golan Exchange
An Israeli warplane struck a Syrian army post on Friday, the Israeli military said, hours after stray fire from Syria's...
Call To Close Al-Jazeera ‘unacceptable Attack’ On Free Speech
The UN voiced outrage Friday at the demand from Gulf countries that Qatar-based broadcaster Al-Jazeera shut down,...
China, US Ties Sour Over N.Korea, Taiwan
Relations between China and the United States soured on Friday as Beijing fumed over US arms sales to Taiwan and US...
New Chinese Border Road Raises ‘security’ Concerns
India condemned a new road that China is building on their Himalayan border on Friday, saying it raises "serious...
Last Christians of Israeli-Controlled Golan Heights Endure
When about a hundred Arab Christians recently attended the small church at Ein Qiniye in the Israeli-occupied Golan...
Beijing’s South China Sea Outposts Nearly Set For Missile…
Three of Beijing's outposts on contested South China Sea reefs are close to being ready for the deployment of military...