Protests in Mexico on anniversary of journalist Valdez’s murderMexico is marking one year since the killing of acclaimed journalist Javier Valdez on Tuesday with protests and calls for the murder not to go unpunished, like so many others. Valdez, the co-founder o...
Safety, verification questions hang over North Korea’s plan to close nuclear siteShutting down North Korea's nuclear test site is trickier than it might seem. A botched tunnel collapse could spread radioactive debris. Nuclear material might be buried, but accessible enough to be d...
Trump’s Mideast policies fuel global worries for the regionPresident Donald Trump's prospects for brokering the Mideast peace "deal of the century" plunged ever deeper as the US Embassy in Jerusalem opened amid bloodshed in Gaza. The day fueled global concern...
Female journalists in Japan join forces to fight sexual harassmentFemale journalists in Japan said Tuesday they were teaming up to fight sexual harassment in the media, believed to be widespread in a country where the #MeToo movement has been slow to take off. A tot...
Prosecutors seek media ban on trial of Papal aide PellThe trial of top Papal aide Cardinal George Pell for alleged historic sexual offences could be held in secret after prosecutors on Tuesday sought a blanket ban on media coverage. Pell's case returns t...
Two Koreas to hold talks as North prepares to shut test siteNorth Korea and South Korea agreed on Tuesday to hold high-level talks on Wednesday to discuss steps needed to uphold the pledge to denuclearise the Korean peninsula, South Korea's Unification Ministr...
Soros foundation quits Hungary over govt’s ‘repressive’ policiesThe foundation run by US-Hungarian billionaire George Soros said Tuesday it was closing its operations in Hungary and relocating to Germany in response to the "repressive" policies of Viktor Orban's g...
Malaysia’s 92-year-old PM says he’ll stay in office for 1-2 yearsNew Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday he will remain in office for one or two years and that Anwar Ibrahim, the jailed reformist he had vowed would replace him, will be release...
The week that Malaysian leader Najib’s world fell apartAs results poured in from polling stations around Malaysia on the night of May 9, with one parliamentary seat after another falling to the opposition, a stunned Prime Minister Najib Razak stared defea...
With few options, Iran, Europe try to save nuclear dealEurope and Iran sought a united front on Tuesday to save the nuclear deal US President Donald Trump abandoned last week, with Britain warning against regime change and Tehran expressing hope it could...
Europa’s plumes make Jupiter moon a prime candidate for lifeA new look at old data is giving scientists a fresh reason to view Europa, a moon of Jupiter, as a leading candidate in the search for life beyond Earth, with evidence of water plumes shooting into sp...
Ecuador replaces finance minister amid economic woesEcuador's President Lenin Moreno on Monday replaced the country's finance minister for the second time in as many months, amid economic woes that have prompted major cuts to the state apparatus. The p...
Myanmar anti-war protester says police to lay more charges against himMyanmar student activist Zayya Lwin said on Tuesday that police planned to press additional charges against him after he was detained on the weekend following a peace rally and criticised police at a...