Asia
Kim Killing One Week On
A week since news broke that the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un had been assassinated, a clearer...
Taiwan ‘White Terror’ Brought Back To Life For Gamers
As the 70th anniversary of a bloody political purge in Taiwan looms, a new horror video game set during the island's...
China Move Puts Onus On US In N. Korea Impasse
China´s snap decision to halt North Korean coal imports -- a key economic lifeline for Pyongyang -- has a broader...
National Service Defaulters Urged To Register This Year
The National Service Scheme (NSS) has urged persons who have undertaken their mandatory one-year service yet to...
Oil Exporter Saudi Starts Hunt For Solar, Wind Firms
The world's biggest oil exporter on Monday took the first step towards a goal of generating 9.5 GW of energy through...
Malaysia Recalls Envoy From North Korea
Malaysia has stepped up diplomatic measures against North Korea in an escalating row over the killing of Kim Jong-nam,...
Israel Arrests Arab Citizen For Plotting IS Attacks
Israel's Shin Bet security service said on Monday it had arrested an Arab Israeli on suspicion of aiding the jihadist...
Saudi Seeks Death For Suspect In Germans’ Shooting
Prosecutors in Saudi Arabia are seeking the death penalty for a suspect accused of opening fire on German diplomats, a...
British Museum Training Iraqi Experts To Save Mosul Heritage
As Iraqi forces fight to take back Mosul from the Islamic State group, archaeologists trained by the British Museum are...
Afghan Villagers Flee Pakistani Cross-Border Firing
Hundreds of Afghan families have been displaced by cross-border rocket and artillery fire by Pakistani troops, an aid...
Four Russian Military Dead In Syria IED Blast
Four Russian military personnel were killed and two injured when their vehicle was targeted with explosives in central...
Women Named To Head Saudi Bourse, Major Bank
Women have been named to head Saudi Arabia's stock exchange and a major bank, the institutions announced, despite the...
Pirates Kill Vietnamese Sailor, Kidnap Six Others
Pirates have attacked a Vietnamese-flagged cargo ship off the southern Philippines, killing one seaman and abducting at...
Le Pen In Lebanon For First Head of State Meeting
France's far-right leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen on Monday met for the first time with a foreign head...
Women Reveal the Horrors They Endured As ISIS Sex Slaves
Women have revealed the horrors they endured at the hands of ISIS sex slaves - despite being Sunni Muslims just like...
The Hopeful 100-Days In Office of President Nana Akufo-Addo
By Cletus D Kuunifaa The first hundred days of any presidency could be measured by the successes and accomplishments as...
Rockets From Sinai Hit Israel, No Casualties
At least two rockets fired from Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Monday hit southern Israel, causing no damage, the army...
Cambodia PM Empowers Court To Dissolve Rival Parties
Cambodia's parliament passed a law Monday giving judges sweeping powers to dissolve political parties, a move seen as a...
Israeli PM Netanyahu On Historic Asia Trip
Benjamin Netanyahu will become the first Israeli Prime Minister to visit Australia on Wednesday on a historic Asia trip...