Iran deal, Saudi murder: turbulent year shakes up Middle EastA murdered Saudi journalist. A scrapped Iran nuclear deal. The two events alone have undone years of diplomacy in the Middle East, testing old alliances and shaking up the regional balance of power, a...
Young Russian fashion designers take inspiration from historyIn her workshop in a Moscow attic, Maria Andrianova is using a sewing technique she learnt from elderly women in the forested Karelia region of northwestern Russia. "For me, sewing is a way to learn a...
Japan says 10 med schools altered admissions, some kept out womenA Japanese government investigation sparked by a row over medical school admissions has found improper practices at 10 institutions, including four that tried to keep women out, a report said Friday....
UN authorises Syria aid deliveries for another yearThe UN Security Council on Thursday approved a one-year extension of humanitarian aid deliveries across war-scarred Syria. The move came despite reluctance from Russia, which called to amend the perio...
Girl dies after being detained by US Border Patrol: Washington PostA 7-year-old girl from Guatemala died of dehydration and shock hours after she was taken into US Border Patrol custody, the Washington Post reported on Thursday. The girl and her father had been detai...
Research shows dramatic impact of Australian shark cullsAustralian researchers believe they have detected a dramatic decline in shark numbers over the last half century, findings that could challenge the use of culls as a way of responding to attacks. The...
Senate rebukes Trump, Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi, Yemen warIn back-to-back votes against Saudi Arabia, the Senate delivered an unusual rebuke of President Donald Trump's response to the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and signaled new skepticism from Capi...
Islamic State not defeated, just transforming: expertsEven as the last pockets of resistance in eastern Syria hold their ground, the Islamic State group is shapeshifting into a new, but no less dangerous, underground form, experts warn. Also known as ISI...
Himalayan nation Nepal gets first modern train tracksThe competition between two Asian giants, India and China, for influence over tiny Nepal is yielding a bonanza in the form of the Himalayan mountain nation's first modern railway — and possibly more t...
Strasbourg Christmas market gunman shot dead by French policeThe gunman who killed three people at a Christmas market in Strasbourg was shot dead by French police on Thursday as the Islamic State jihadist group claimed him as one of its "soldiers". More than 70...
Some see ‘devil’s work’ as Ukrainian Church prepares to split with RussiaUkrainian security service officers raided the Orthodox Christian cathedral in this northwestern town this month, saying it suspected its Russia-aligned clergy of spreading religious hatred. But Archp...
Australia warns citizens ahead of expected Jerusalem moveAustralia on Friday warned citizens to take care while travelling in neighbouring Muslim-majority Indonesia, ahead of an expected but contentious move to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Prime...
Security, free speech in focus as Seoul braces for possible visit from N Korea’s KimSpeculation that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will soon visit Seoul for the first time has sparked debate in South Korea over how to allow citizens to express often strongly held views while preven...
Lebanese wary as Israel destroys Hezbollah border tunnelsAs Israeli excavators dug into the rocky hills along the frontier with a Lebanese village, a crowd of young Lebanese men gathered to watch. The mood was light as the crowd observed in real time what I...
Bitcoin bomb threats sweep US, Canada, but lack credibilityA rash of bomb threats were emailed on Thursday to hundreds of businesses, public offices and schools across the United States and Canada demanding payment in cryptocurrency, but none of the threats a...
UN climate summit set for tense finale as nations sound alarmUN talks aimed at averting catastrophic climate change are set to wrap up in Poland Friday after two weeks of heated disputes between rich and poor nations that saw countries most at risk plead for ac...
Seven-year-old Guatemalan girl dies in US custody: reportA seven-year-old Guatemalan girl died in American custody after being detained by US border police in New Mexico, The Washington Post reported on Thursday. The girl who illegally crossed the border fr...
US-backed forces retake IS hub in east Syria: monitorKurdish-dominated forces backed by air strikes by a US-led coalition retook full control of a key jihadist hub in eastern Syria on Friday, a war monitor said. The Syrian Democratic Forces secured Haji...
Brazil orders arrest of ex-leftist militant wanted in ItalyA judge in Brazil on Thursday ordered the arrest of an Italian wanted in his country for four murders attributed to a far-left group in the 1970s. Cesare Battisti was ordered detained for the purpose...
Police in Maldives investigate ex-president over suspected ‘illicit’ dealsPolice in the Maldives have summoned former president Abdulla Yameen for questioning as part of investigations into deals he made during his tenure, many of them involving Chinese infrastructure proje...
Trump meets Christie as some advisers urge Kushner for chief of staff: sourcesPresident Donald Trump on Thursday met with former New Jersey governor Chris Christie and considered him a top contender for the job of White House chief of staff, a position some advisers urged him t...