US destroyers sail in disputed South China Sea amid trade tensionsTwo US warships sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Monday, a US official told Reuters, a move likely to anger Beijing at a time of tense relations between the world’s two b...
Top Pentagon official in Afghanistan amid push for peaceThe Pentagon’s top official made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Monday to meet with US commanders and Afghan leaders amid a push for peace with the Taliban. Pat Shanahan, the recently installe...
After criticizing vote, US charts careful course on BangladeshBangladesh faced widespread international criticism over the conduct of recent elections, but the United States looks set for business as usual as it sees strong common interests with Prime Minister S...
Catalan separatist trial gives Spanish far right global platformFar-right Spanish party Vox is on track to get a global soapbox as it takes part in the much-hyped trial of Catalan pro-independence leaders as a "popular prosecutor" -- a Spain-specific legal mechani...
UN says grain stores in Yemen’s Hodeidah ‘at risk of rotting’The UN special envoy to Yemen on Monday said the urgency of accessing grain stores trapped in a frontline position in the port city of Hodeidah was increasing as the food was "at risk of rotting". The...
Climate change seen as top threat, but US power a growing worry — pollClimate change is the top security concern in a poll conducted by the Washington-based Pew Research Center, followed by Islamist terrorism and cyber attacks while respondents in a growing number of co...
Facebook expanding fact-checking in India before electionFacebook Inc said on Monday it is expanding its fact-checking network in India ahead of the country's general election due by May, taking another step to quell the spread of misinformation in its bigg...
‘We don’t know where Khashoggi’s body is,’ claims Saudi foreign ministerRiyadh does not know the location of dissident Jamal Khashoggi’s body, despite having detained the Saudi team that murdered him, a high-ranking foreign affairs official in the kingdom said in an inter...
Undercover spy exposed in New York was one of manyWhen mysterious operatives lured two cybersecurity researchers to meetings at luxury hotels over the past two months, it was an apparent bid to discredit their research about an Israeli company that m...
Canadian extremist says Daesh foreign fighters ‘hung out to dry’A Canadian extremist detained in Syria told AFP on Sunday he has been “hung out to dry” by the Daesh group like other foreign fighters and appealed to his government for help. Mohammad Ali, 28, was ca...
Trump administration unveils order to prioritize and promote AIUS President Donald Trump on Monday will sign an executive order asking federal government agencies to dedicate more resources and investment into research, promotion and training on artificial intell...
Australian government set for crushing election defeat — pollAustralia's conservative government is facing a huge electoral defeat as it heads into the final sitting of parliament ahead of a national election expected in May, a widely watched poll found on Mond...
How Greece’s PM hopes to solve his election riddlePrime Minister Alexis Tsipras has been implementing his re-election strategy to the letter over the past six months, steering Greece out of a humiliating bailout and resolving a decades-old dispute wi...
Australia signs $50 bln submarine contract with France after two-year squabbleAustralia signed a production contract with French shipbuilder Naval Group on Monday for a fleet of 12 new submarines, worth A$50 billion ($35.5 billion), ending a two-year wrangle that cast doubt ove...
I Coast’s Ouattara says ‘someone must be responsible’ for poll deathsIvory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara has refused to comment on the acquittal on crimes against humanity of his predecessor Laurent Gbagbo at the International Criminal Court while insisting inves...
Thai junta chief decries coup conjecture as ‘fake news’Thailand's junta chief on Monday dismissed rumours of an impending coup as "fake news", as speculation ricocheted across a kingdom unsettled by the ill-fated political union between a princess and a p...
Junqueras: Affable, inscrutable leader of Catalan separatismIt's been a tumultuous few years for Oriol Junqueras, the Catalan professor who became vice-president of a regional government that tried to break away from Spain and who is now preparing to take cent...