US judge blocks Trump move rescinding immigrant programmeA US judge late Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump from ending an Obama-era program that protected from deportation migrants who entered America illegally as children. The ruling came hours after...
Myanmar prosecutor seeks Official Secrets Act charges against two Reuters reportersf YANGON: Myanmar prosecutors sought charges on Wednesday against two Reuters reporters under the Official Secrets Act, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 14 years, the reporters' lawyer said....
S Korea’s Moon willing to hold summit with Kim Jong-UnSouth Korean President Moon Jae-In said Wednesday he would be willing to sit down with the North's leader Kim Jong-Un, as the international community welcomed an agreement for Pyongyang to send its at...
US jails increasingly setting aside cellblocks for veteransALBANY: The military veterans playing cards in the Albany County jail wear the same orange uniforms as everyone else, with "INMATE" printed down the legs. But their service offers one distinct privile...
At Vietnam’s biggest corruption trial, some sceptical viewsHANOI/LOS ANGELES: Vietnam is gripped by its highest profile corruption trial in memory, but some spectators are questioning whether the Communist Party elite in the dock were charged because of infig...
Dem senators’ report warns of Russian meddling across EuropeWASHINGTON: A sweeping new report by congressional Democrats warns of deepening Russian interference throughout Europe and concludes that even as some Western democracies have responded with aggressiv...
China says no major oil spill after Iran tanker collisionChinese authorities battling a blaze aboard an Iranian oil tanker said Wednesday no major spill has been detected, but an explosion had forced firefighting vessels temporarily to suspend work. One bod...
Japan wants to raise issue of detained Reuters reporters with MyanmarTOKYO: Japan wants to raise the matter of two Reuters reporters detained in Myanmar with the Myanmar government at appropriate opportunities, including a visit by Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono t...
President of Turkmenistan bans black cars from his capital cityAshgabat: Black cars are being impounded in Turkmenistan's capital because the country's president considers white to be lucky, local media have reported. For the last few weeks, dark-coloured vehicle...
Australia swelters through one of hottest years on recordAustralia sweltered through its third-hottest year on record in 2017 despite the lack of a warming El Nino weather phenomenon, official figures showed Wednesday. Seven of the vast continent's 10 warme...
Militants’ bombs kill Philippine soldier, wound civiliansMilitants who pledge allegiance to the Islamic State group have killed a soldier and wounded three civilians in bomb attacks in the southern Philippines, the military said Wednesday. Security forces o...
Israeli forces in manhunt for attackers who killed settlerIsraeli forces set up roadblocks and deployed around a major Palestinian city in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday in a manhunt for attackers who shot dead an Israeli settler. Raziel Shevah, a 35-ye...
Chinese law at Hong Kong rail station prompts legal battleHong Kong's imposing new harbourfront rail terminus promises a high-speed link with China but for some the station represents an existential crisis for the city, with nothing less than its cherished f...
Iran firm says there may be survivors from tanker crashTEHRAN: The Iranian company whose oil tanker burst into flames after a collision in the East China Sea says there is still hope of finding survivors as 31 crew members remain missing and rescue effort...
Nepali woman suffocates in ‘menstruation hut’A young Nepali woman has died of suspected smoke inhalation while she was banished to a shed for menstruating under an ancient tradition banned more than a decade ago, police said Wednesday. Many comm...