US, Cuba to meet on mystery ‘health attacks’ in HavanaUS and Cuban officials will meet later today in an effort to determine the method and motive behind mystery incidents in Havana that have injured American diplomats. The meeting comes amid widespread...
Israel reopens its sole people crossing with GazaIsrael reopened its only crossing for people with the Gaza Strip on Thursday, more than a week after shutting it following a destructive Palestinian protest. The reopening follows several days of rela...
Protests dash Iraqi PM’s chances of new term, hit US hopes of shaping governmentViolent protests in the Iraqi city of Basra have all but ended US-backed Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's chances of winning a second term and shattered Washington's hopes of shaping the next governme...
Hurricane Florence still poses grave threat despite weaker windsHurricane Florence, growing in size despite its weakening winds on Wednesday, crept closer to the US East Coast as disaster mobilizations expanded south from the Carolinas into Georgia to counter the...
Gunman kills five people in California, then himselfA man went on a shooting rampage in California on Wednesday, killing five people including his wife, before taking his own life. The shooting at multiple locations in Bakersfield in central California...
S Korea says progress of nuclear talks a ‘daily concern’South Korea's foreign minister said Thursday that making progress on denuclearisation talks with North Korea is a "daily concern", as she called for fresh momentum at a joint Korean summit next week....
‘Spiderman’ migrant hero becomes French citizenThe migrant hero nicknamed "Spiderman" for saving a child hanging off a balcony by scaling a Paris apartment block with his bare hands has become a French citizen, according to a government decree. Ni...
Suu Kyi defends court decision to jail Reuters reportersMyanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday robustly defended the jailing of two Reuters journalists who were reporting on the Rohingya crisis, as she hit back at global criticism of a trial widely seen as...
Q&A: Idlib battle a climactic end to Syria rebellion?The Syrian army, backed by allies Iran and Russia, is preparing for a military offensive to retake the country's last major rebel stronghold —the province of Idlib. The battle could bring an end to a...
Maldives opposition urges government to ease visa rules for mediaThe main Maldives opposition party said on Wednesday that President Abdulla Yameen's government must ease "draconian" visa measures limiting the number of foreign journalists coming to cover a preside...
Lawyer of former Malaysian PM Najib charged with money launderingThe lawyer of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was charged with money laundering on Thursday by anti graft agents looking into how billions of dollars went missing from state fund 1Malaysia...