Geography of Asia
Lebanon Dam Planned Atop Fault Line Stirs Fears
Lebanon's government says a dam planned for a valley near Beirut is vital to tackle chronic water shortages, but the...
Bangladesh Attack Cafe Thrives A Year On, But Fears Persist
As the chatter of customers and the smell of warm bread fill the Holey Artisan Bakery it is easy to forget the scenes...
Israel Forces Hit Syria Army After New Stray Fire
Israel hit a Syrian regime position on Wednesday night after stray mortar fire from the war-torn country struck the...
Asians Stuck In Saudi After Qatari Bosses Ordered Out
Asian migrants working as domestic staff and farmers are stranded in Saudi Arabia -- potentially illegally -- after...
Qataris Hire Swiss Lawyers To Sue Gulf ‘siege’ States
A top Qatari human rights group said Wednesday it will employ Swiss lawyers to seek compensation for those impacted by...
Ethiopia Asks For Extension of Saudi Amnesty Deadline
Thousands of Ethiopians are still stuck in Saudi Arabia after a 90-day amnesty for undocumented migrants expired on...
Obama On Temple Sojourn During Indonesia Holiday
Barack Obama took his wife and daughters to the ancient Borobudur temple on Java on Wednesday on a family vacation to...
Mattis Says Assad Took Trump’s Chemical Warning ‘seriously’
US President Donald Trump's warning to the Syrian government not to carry out a chemical weapons attack appears to have...
30 Civilians Dead In Air Strikes On IS-Held Area of Syria
Most of the Syrian town of Deir Ezzor province is controlled by the jihadists and it has been the target of air strikes...
Qatar Says Garcia Report ‘vindicates’ 2022 World Cup Bid
Qatar World Cup organisers said on Wednesday that the surprise publication of FIFA's Garcia report "vindicated the...
Qatar Slams Saudi Refusal To Negotiate
Qatar on Wednesday condemned Saudi Arabia's refusal to negotiate the demands of the kingdom and its allies for ending a...
Hong Kong’s Vital Statistics
As Hong Kong prepares to mark 20 years since it was handed back to China by colonial power Britain, we take a look at...
Saudis Say Demands ‘non-Negotiable’ As Qatar, US Officials Meet
Saudi Arabia reiterated Tuesday that its demands on Qatar were not negotiable, as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson...
UN Envoy Optimistic Over Syria Talks In July
The UN envoy for Syria said Tuesday he hoped that talks set to begin next week in Astana would help create favorable...
US Court Halts Deportations of Iraqi Nationals
A US judge has halted deportations of all Iraqi nationals -- some slated for removal as early as Tuesday -- on the...
Macron, Trump Vow ‘joint Response’ If Chemical Attack In Syria
US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron agreed during a telephone call Tuesday on the need...
US Suspects Chem Weapons ‘activity’ At Syria Base Used In Attack
The US warning that Syria may be preparing another chemical weapons attack was based on suspect activity at the launch...
Syria’s Assad Visits Russian Airbase
President Bashar al-Assad toured a Russian airbase in western Syria on Tuesday in his first official visit to Moscow's...
China Lowers Number of Missing In Landslide To 73
The number of people missing from a huge landslide that buried a mountain village in southwest China last weekend has...