Trump continues to paint immigrants as criminalsWASHINGTON: President Donald Trump is continuing his habit of painting immigrants as criminals, highlighting gang connections, calling family reunification a national security threat and bemoaning the...
South Africa’s Zuma clings on in face of uncertaintySouth Africans were facing political uncertainty on Wednesday after the ruling ANC party cancelled a meeting that could have removed embattled President Jacob Zuma from office. Zuma is under growing p...
World’s biggest rocket soars towards Mars after perfect launchThe world’s most powerful rocket, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, blasted off Tuesday on its highly anticipated maiden test flight, carrying CEO Elon Musk’s cherry red Tesla Roadster toward an orbit near Mars....
Kim Jong-Un’s sister to visit South Korea in historic firstThe sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un will visit the South this week for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Seoul said Wednesday — the first member of its ruling family ever to do so. Kim Yo-Jon...
US to unveil ‘toughest sanctions ever’ on North Korea: PenceWashington will soon unveil its “toughest and most aggressive sanctions” ever against North Korea, US Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday after talks with Japan’s prime minister in Tokyo. He also...
Canada sells 16 helicopters to Philippines after drug war rowThe Philippines has bought 16 new Bell helicopters from Canada for about US$235 million to strengthen its fight against Islamic militants and other domestic insurgencies, defence officials said Wednes...
Palestinian shot dead after stabbing IsraeliA Palestinian stabbed a security guard at the entrance to an Israeli settlement and was shot dead on Wednesday, the army said, in the latest violence in the occupied West Bank. The guard was lightly w...
Rescuers scour toppled buildings after Taiwan quake kills fiveRescue workers pulled survivors and bodies from buildings tilting precariously in the Taiwanese city of Hualien Wednesday, after an overnight earthquake killed at least five, injured more than 200 and...
Maldives ex-president says top court judge ill-treated in prisonMALE/COLOMBO: The exiled former president of the Maldives on Wednesday accused authorities of ill-treatment of a supreme court judge thrown into prison following the imposition of emergency in the Ind...
ASEAN hopes to expedite code of conduct on South China SeaSINGAPORE: The Association of South East Asian Nations is hoping to expedite negotiations on a code of conduct with China for the South China Sea but it is not realistic to expect an agreement within...
China’s timeless mom-and-pop investors ‘endure’ as stocks gyrateMuch of China’s stock trading is conducted remotely via high-tech systems in banks and brokerages or on mobile phones, but the country’s masses of mom-and-pop investors still cling to older ways. In s...
Chinese police don high-tech glasses to nab suspectsChinese police are sporting high-tech sunglasses that can spot suspects in a crowded train station, the newest use of facial recognition technology that has drawn concerns among human rights groups. I...
‘Fake’ doctor accused of infecting 46 Indians with HIVIndia is investigating claims an unlicensed doctor infected at least 46 people with HIV by re-using syringes, the latest case to expose the paucity of healthcare in the country of 1.25 billion. Police...
