?Carlos Tevez has wasted little time in announcing himself to the Chinese Super League and scored 35 minutes into his debut for Shanghai Shenhua. The former Manchester Utd and City striker made...
The new US administration has not yet decided what to do about the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the head of the UN atomic watchdog said Monday following talks in Washington. "The new administration of the...
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho says he "100%" wants Wayne Rooney to stay, and he expects Zlatan Ibrahimovic to extend his contract. Rooney, 31, announced last week that he is staying at Old...
This is the moment a North Korean ambassador was squashed between other passengers as he was made to fly home from Malaysia in economy class. Kang Chol was escorted through Kuala Lumpur International...
South Korea play surprise package Israel in the opening game of the World Baseball Classic on Monday, kicking off a 16-team tournament spread across four countries. Japan, who are two-time winners,...
At least six police officers were killed Monday in a surprise pre-dawn raid by ethnic minority rebels on a town in a restive region of Myanmar bordering China, an army source said. Artillery and...
North Korea launched four missiles on Monday, three of them landing in Japan's exclusive economic zone -- waters extending 200 nautical miles (370 kilometres) from its coast -- drawing strong...
China's defence budget will rise seven percent to $151 billion this year, the slowest annual percentage increase since 1991 and roughly in line with decelerating economic growth, Bloomberg News...
North Korea has launched four ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan. Three of them fell into Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) after flying some 1,000km (620 miles), in what PM Shinzo Abe...
The president of Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika has designated the Speaker of the People’s National Assembly (Lower House of Parliament) Dr Mohamed Larbi Ould Khelifa to represent him in the...
A new animated film from Iran shows the US Navy's Fifth Fleet being blown out of the water in the latest effort to build up the legend of the country's most celebrated general. Director Farhad Azimi...
China has cut its growth target this year as the world's second-largest economy pushes through painful reforms to address a rapid build-up in debt, and erects a "firewall" against financial risks....
The Chinese growth target for this year has been cut to around 6.5%, down from 6.5 to 7% last year, Premier Li Keqiang has announced. He was addressing the country’s rubber-stamp parliament, the...
China pledged more support for its military on Sunday including strengthening maritime and air defenses as it takes steps to safeguard its sovereignty, but in a highly unusual move did not give...
Dozens of people holding Chairman Mao posters protested in China's Jilin province on Sunday, calling for a boycott of South Korean goods as part of a backlash against the country's Lotte Group. The...
China will work to clear its skies by increasing investment in clean energy and punishing polluters, Premier Li Keqiang said Sunday in comments aimed at mollifying public anger over chronic smog....
China will firmly oppose Taiwan "separatism", Premier Li Keqiang declared Sunday, following tension with US President Donald Trump over the island, and said Hong Kong independence moves would "lead...
China's premier warned Sunday that the world's second-largest economy faces "grave challenges", signalling a further deceleration as he announced a trimmed 2017 GDP growth target of "around 6.5...
Thousands of politicians from across China have converged on Beijing for the country's annual legislative meetings known as the "lianghui" or "two sessions". The gathering provides a glimpse into the...
China on Sunday trimmed its 2017 GDP growth target to "around 6.5 percent" as the world's second-largest economy, already expanding at the slowest pace in a quarter-century, faces an array of...
