‘We don’t need their prize’: Myanmar defiant as Amnesty pulls Suu Kyi awardMyanmar authorities and citizens leapt to the defence of Aung San Suu Kyi Tuesday after Amnesty International stripped her of its top award over indifference to atrocities committed against Rohingya M...
At least 13 undeclared missile bases identified in North Korea — US think tankA US think tank said on Monday it had identified at least 13 of an estimated 20 undeclared missile bases inside North Korea, underscoring the challenge for American negotiators hoping to persuade Pyon...
Fewer foreign students coming to United States for second year in row — surveyThe number of international students entering US colleges and universities has fallen for the second year in a row, a nonprofit group said on Tuesday, amid efforts by the Trump administration to tight...
Co-author defends UN migration pact as opposition swellsThe Swiss diplomat who helped negotiate a United Nations migration pact has defended the accord against mounting criticism, saying it helps small countries like Switzerland defend their interests. The...
9,000 young learners attend Children’s Literature FestivalMore than 9,000 children, including those from 10 schools for children with special needs, attended the seventh Children Learning Festival (CLF) here at the Government Muslim High School. According to...
US VP’s wife champions art therapy in JapanKaren Pence, the US vice president's wife, announced Tuesday a $54,000 US grant to a teacher at Tsukuba University in Japan for the study of art therapy, a little-known mental health profession she ha...
After 17 years, many Afghans blame US for unending warWhen US forces and their Afghan allies rode into Kabul in November 2001 they were greeted as liberators. But after 17 years of war, the Taliban have retaken half the country, security is worse than ev...
First of ‘Bali Nine’ drug mules to return to Australia — media reportThe first of a group of nine Australians convicted for trying to smuggle heroin out of Indonesia in 2005 will be released from a Bali jail later this month, Australia's national broadcaster reported o...
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny barred from leaving RussiaKremlin critic Alexei Navalny was stopped from leaving Russia on Tuesday, a move he said was designed to prevent him from attending the finale of a legal case he filed at Europe's top human rights cou...
‘Treasured sword’ – N Korea seen as reliant as ever on nuclear arsenal as talks stallAmid signs that negotiations between North Korea and the US are stalling, analysts say Pyongyang still sees its nuclear arsenal as a key tool in securing its national safety and winning concessions fr...
Shrinking Sea of Galilee has some hoping for a miracleIt was not so long ago when swimmers at Ein Gev would lay out their towels in the grass at the edge of the Sea of Galilee. Today, they put up their parasols 100 metres (yards) further down, on a sandy...
Rohingya flee camps fearing forcible return to MyanmarRohingya Muslims are fleeing Bangladeshi refugee camps to avoid a controversial drive to repatriate them to Myanmar later this week, where the UN says conditions are still not conducive to their retur...
May faces cabinet as Brexit deadline loomsPrime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday faced her divided ministers as negotiators scrambled to secure a divorce agreement with the European Union and anxiety mounted over the risk of a no-deal Brexit....
Deadliest fire in California history kills 42 peopleThe death toll from a huge blaze in northern California rose to 42 on Monday, making it the deadliest wildfire in state history. Thousands of firefighters spent a fifth day digging battle lines to con...
Incoming House members prep for do’s and don’ts on the HillDon't hire someone you can't fire, like the son of a campaign donor or the child of the mayor. No matter what you may have said about changing Congress during the campaign, hire enough Hill veterans t...
More races go to Democrats, including Senate seat in Ariz.No, it wasn't a blue wave. But a week after the voting, Democrats are riding higher than they thought on election night. As vote counting presses on in several states, the Democrats have steadily chal...
Former coup leaders battle for control in Fiji electionTwo men who led different military coups in Fiji are battling for control of the island nation in a general election on Wednesday. Opinion polls indicate Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama is poised to...
Myanmar’s neighbours to call for ‘accountability’ in Rakhine crisis — draft statementSoutheast Asian nations will call for those responsible for atrocities in Myanmar's Rakhine state to be held "fully accountable", according to a statement prepared for a regional summit, reflecting a...
El Chapo’s US drug trial set for opening statementsProsecutors and defense lawyers are set to deliver opening statements Tuesday in the New York trial of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, one of the world's most notorious criminals accused of spending a quar...
Beijing wants S China Sea code finished in three yearsA rulebook to settle disputes in the hotly contested South China Sea should be finished in three years, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday, insisting his nation does not seek "hegemony or expa...
US security chief Bolton vows to ‘squeeze’ IranUS National Security Advisor John Bolton vowed Tuesday to "squeeze" Iran "until the pips squeak", a week after a tough new round of sanctions came into force. President Donald Trump has dramatically i...
Carpenter erects wooden crosses in honor of shooting rampage victimsMourners returned on Monday to the scene of a shooting rampage at a bar in the Los Angeles suburb of Thousand Oaks, where a Chicago-area carpenter erected wooden crosses dedicated to each of the 12 vi...
Pence, Abe agree on North Korea sanctions, new trade talksUS Vice President Mike Pence and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday reaffirmed the need to keep sanctions on North Korea to achieve its denuclearization as they showcased their bilateral al...
Australian driver who rammed pedestrians found guilty of six murdersAn Australian man who drove a car into dozens of pedestrians on a busy shopping street in central Melbourne last year, killing six people, was found guilty of murder and reckless conduct by the Victor...
Turkey’s Erdogan says Khashoggi recordings ‘appalling’, shocked Saudi intelligencePresident Tayyip Erdogan said recordings related to the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, which Turkey has shared with Western allies, are "appalling" and shocked a Saudi intelligence officer who listened t...