US to urge pressure against North Korea at Asia talksThe US will urge the international community to keep up sanctions pressure against North Korea at a security forum in Singapore this week, as concerns mount that Pyongyang has made little progress tow...
Thailand deports Mozambican fugitive in sweep on foreign villainsThailand has extradited a Mozambican fugitive wanted for a string of kidnaps for ransom and murders, police said Wednesday, as a crackdown deepens on foreign gangsters using the Southeast Asian countr...
Israel warns Iran of military response if it closes key Red Sea straitIsrael would deploy its military if Iran were to try to block the Bab al-Mandeb strait that links the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday. Last week, Saudi...
Australia defends ties to toppled Malaysian regimeAustralia’s foreign minister Wednesday defended her country’s ties with Malaysia’s former graft-ridden government after Canberra was accused of being complicit in alleged corruption by harbouring a fu...
Three killed as Zimbabwe troops, protesters clash after voteZimbabwe police said three people were killed in Harare on Wednesday as soldiers dispersed stone-throwing opposition supporters who accused the ruling party of trying to rig Monday's presidential elec...
Zimbabwe’s ruling party wins majority in parliament, opposition questions pollThe presidential candidate for Zimbabwe's main opposition accused the ruling ZANU-PF of trying to steal the general election on Wednesday after official figures gave President Emmerson Mnangagwa's par...
Trump predicts Iran talks ‘pretty soon’US President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that talks with arch foe Iran were imminent, but the idea has been criticized in Tehran, with the country's foreign minister warning that "PR stunts won't w...
Bukola Saraki: Nigerian politician with big ambitionsAs the leader of Nigeria's Senate, Bukola Saraki is third in the political hierarchy behind President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. But he has long been seen as having his sights...
US says remains provided by North Korea likely AmericanOSAN AIR BASE, South Korea (Reuters) - More than 50 boxes handed over by North Korea to the United States last week appear to hold human remains from the 1950-1953 Korean War and are likely American,...
Heavy security as DR Congo ex-warlord ‘heads home’ to contest voteFormer warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba of the Democratic Republic of Congo said he was headed Wednesday for Kinshasa to throw his hat into the ring for a December presidential election after spending 11 yea...
Ukraine in focus as Manafort trial in US heads to second dayThe political consulting work that President Donald Trump's onetime campaign chairman Paul Manafort did to earn $60 million in Ukraine is expected to take the spotlight on Wednesday on the second day...
All survive crash of Mexican jetliner, some walk from wreckAn Aeromexico jetliner taking off in a blustery storm smashed down into a nearby field but skidded to a stop virtually intact, and all 103 people aboard were able to escape advancing flames before fir...
US judge blocks release of 3D gun blueprints amid uproarA US judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the online publication of blueprints for 3D-printed firearms, in a last-ditch effort to stop a settlement President Donald Trump's administration had reached...
Trump criticised for not leading effort to secure electionsAs alarms blare about Russian interference in US elections, the Trump administration is facing criticism that it has no clear national strategy to protect the country during the upcoming midterms and...
One-party rule ‘terrible setback’ for Cambodia: opposition chiefThe co-founder of Cambodia's disbanded opposition has decried the landslide victory of Hun Sen's ruling party in an uncontested poll as a "terrible setback", urging a campaign of non-cooperation with...
China to join naval war games off Australia despite strained tiesChina’s navy will join 26 countries in military exercises off Australia’s north coast this month, but not live-fire drills, Australia’s defense minister said on Wednesday at a time of strained ties be...
UN agency worker among 15 killed in eastern Afghanistan attackAn employee of the United Nations’ migration agency was among at least 15 people killed in an attack in Afghanistan’s eastern city of Jalalabad, the UN said on Wednesday. Tuesday’s assault on the depa...
Families of 9/11 victims look to seize Iran assets in BritainAn English court has cleared the way to consider whether it will allow the families of some of those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States to make a claim on Iranian assets in Brit...