Residents told to ‘get out now’ as Florence takes aim at CarolinasHighways clogged with people fleeing North and South Carolina early Wednesday as monstrous Category 4 Hurricane Florence rumbled toward the eastern US as the biggest storm there in decades. While many...
Trump’s US loses role as Mideast peace mediatorTwenty-five years ago, then US president Bill Clinton looked on as Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shook hands on the White House lawn, sealing the Oslo accor...
Rising European life expectancy undermined by obesity: WHOLife expectancy in Europe continues to increase but obesity and the growing proportion of people who are overweight risks reversing this trend, the World Health Organization warned Wednesday. In its E...
Brazil’s Lula quits presidential race, Haddad to run insteadBrazil's jailed ex-leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva tapped his runningmate Fernando Haddad on Tuesday to replace him on the ballot in next month's presidential election, bowing out of the race after h...
Russia’s Lavrov condemns US ‘sanctions-first’ diplomacyRussia's top diplomat Sergei Lavrov condemned US foreign policy on Wednesday, stoking tensions between the two powers by accusing Washington of imposing sanctions before it enters negotiations. Moscow...
New joint liaison office will ‘advance inter-Korean relations’North and South Korea will open a joint liaison office this week to improve cross-border communications and exchanges, Seoul said Wednesday. The office is a significant move in thawing relations betwe...
Death toll in Afghan suicide attack soars to 68The death toll from a suicide attack on Afghan protesters has soared to 68, officials said Wednesday, as violence flares across the country ahead of elections and a key Islamic holy day. The bombing o...
Kurds, Christians split over Syria school curriculumKurdish authorities in Syria's diverse northeast are facing swelling anger from the area's Syriac Christians after shutting down more than a dozen schools run by the ancient minority. At the heart of...
Destroyed Gaza airport symbolises grounded peace hopesThe opening of the Palestinians' first airport, in the presence of US president Bill Clinton, was a symbol of the hopes for independence and peace kindled by the Oslo accords. But 25 years after Israe...
Australian govt to face pivotal vote in ex-PM’s seat on Oct 20Australia's centre-right government will face a by-election in deposed prime minister Malcolm Turnbull's seat on Oct. 20 and could lose its parliamentary majority if voter anger in opinion polls is ca...
Airline removes nuts after Sri Lanka president’s rageSri Lanka's national airline said Wednesday it has stopped serving cashews after the country's president flew into a rage over nuts served to him on a flight to Colombo. "Returning from Kathmandu, I w...
Japan disasters highlight vulnerable infrastructureFlooded runways, thousands of passengers stranded and a tanker smashing into an access bridge: last week's typhoon in Japan highlighted the vulnerability of Kansai Airport which serves a region with a...
EU lawmakers move against Hungary over rule of lawEuropean Union lawmakers voted on Wednesday to launch action against the Hungarian government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban for allegedly undermining the bloc's democratic values and rule of law. Hun...
Japan’s Abe confirms China visit this yearShinzo Abe confirmed Wednesday his plans to visit China this year in what would be the first trip to the country by a Japanese prime minister since 2011, the latest sign of warmer ties between the two...