Pence decries violence against Rohingya in open remarks to Suu KyiUS Vice President Mike Pence criticised Myanmar's military for the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in a meeting with the country's leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday, and said he was keen to hear th...
Sri Lanka parliament sacks Rajapakse, leaving power vacuumSri Lanka's parliament on Wednesday voted out the bitterly disputed government of former strongman Mahinda Rajapakse, removing one controversial figure but leaving the country in a power vacuum. The i...
In rural France, Macron seeks remedy for ‘healthcare deserts’When Joelle Dupas falls ill, she goes to a medical centre in her home town in rural western France where all 12 doctors have come out of retirement. The 66-year-old tried for months to find a doctor a...
Heavy rain delays some voting as drenched Fijians go to the pollsFijians went to the polls on Wednesday for only the second time since a 2006 coup, with former military strongman Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama confident of winning a second term even as heavy rain...
Deadly ‘megafires’ the new normal in CaliforniaParadise, California had long prepared for wildfires but only in its worst nightmares did it imagine the kind of "megafire" that last week destroyed most of the town and is becoming a common occurrenc...
Vietnam’s top telecom bosses face arrest over loss-making TV dealVietnam on Wednesday issued arrest warrants and placed two top telecom bosses under investigation for suspected involvement in a loss-making private TV deal, authorities said, as a crackdown on graft...
NASA wants people on Mars within 25 yearsDeadly radiation from the cosmos, potential vision loss, and atrophying bones are just some of the challenges scientists must overcome before any future astronaut can set foot on Mars, experts and top...
Ceasefire sets in after worst flare-up in years between Hamas, IsraelChildren in Israel's south were heading to school early Wednesday as an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire took effect, putting an end to a brief yet intense flare-up with Gaza. The truce, announced Tuesday...
Democrat Harder upsets California GOP US Rep DenhamFirst-time candidate Josh Harder defeated four-term Republican US Rep. Jeff Denham Tuesday in California's farm belt, giving Democrats their fourth pickup of a GOP House seat in California. Harder, 32...
First supply trip to space since Soyuz failure poised to launchA US spaceship loaded with supplies for the International Space Station is poised to launch Thursday, marking the first such trip since a Soyuz rocket carrying three people failed last month. At the l...
Academics slam communist party’s rebuke of Vietnam publisherMore than 80 international scholars have upbraided Vietnam's Communist Party for condemning a prominent book publisher whose titles criticised socialism, a no-go zone in the Marxist country. Vietnam i...
New Zealand to send body-recovery team into death mineBody-recovery specialists will enter a New Zealand mine where 29 men died in a 2010 explosion, officials said Wednesday after years of heated debate about retrieving the workers' remains. The blast at...