Fear, love and loathing for Sri Lankan ‘father of the nation’Air pollution in New Delhi hit hazardous levels Thursday after a night of free-for-all Diwali fireworks, despite Supreme Court efforts to curb the smog-fuelling partying. Major monuments including the...
Delhi suffers toxic smog hangover after Diwali firework frenzyHaving crushed the Tamil Tigers' rebellion, ex-president and skilled political operator Mahinda Rajapakse is nothing short of a messiah for many Sri Lankans. But ahead of his possible second coming, o...
Defiant Trump blames media, fellow Republicans for House lossesThe day after his party lost its lock on the US Congress, President Donald Trump walked into a White House press conference ready for political combat, name-checking Republicans who he blamed for losi...
Trump ousts Sessions, vows to fight Democrats if they launch probesPresident Donald Trump forced out his attorney general on Wednesday and threatened to fight back if Democrats use their new majority in the US House of Representatives to launch investigations into hi...
White House bars CNN reporter after verbal duel with TrumpThe White House on Wednesday suspended the press pass of a CNN reporter who sparred with Donald Trump at a news conference, during which the president branded him the "enemy of the people." A visibly...
Cambodian strongman Hun Sen defends promoting sonsCambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen lashed out at critics Thursday for questioning high-level appointments bestowed on the strongman's children, denying that the promotions were part of a strategy to "st...
Disappointed Haitian migrants return home from ChileChile's military on Wednesday returned to their home country a first group of destitute Haitian migrants as part of a broader repatriation plan. The 184 migrants that landed in Port-au-Prince expresse...
Buddha and bronzer: The Japanese monk who loves make-upAs make-up artist Kodo Nishimura sashays into a room in Tokyo balanced on pin-thin heels, he could hardly look less like a practising Buddhist monk. Immaculately made-up, sporting smoky eyeshadow, fal...
Australian political leader faces harassment allegations months from electionThe opposition leader of Australia's most populous state was on Thursday embroiled in a #MeToo row after a female reporter released a statement detailing alleged inappropriate behaviour, four months a...
CPJ journalist group says two staff detained in TanzaniaTwo staff members of the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), who were detained and had their passports confiscated by Tanzania immigration officials, were released on Thursday, Sout...
Caribbean islands vote to retain London-based appeal courtA centuries-old London body will continue to have the final say on the administration of justice in two Caribbean ex-colonies after referendums to replace it with a regional court failed to reach the...
Seoul says N Korea asked to delay Pompeo talks: reportNorth Korea asked the United States to delay planned high-level talks in New York this week, Seoul's top diplomat said Thursday, a day after Washington abruptly announced the meeting's postponement. T...