Kremlin foe Bill Browder tells West: Russian money is Putin’s Achilles heelOnce the biggest foreign money managers in Russia, Bill Browder has some advice for the West: If you want to counter Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin, then go after Russian money and Russian oligarchs. Br...
Nicaraguans flood migration offices in bid to flee crisisOne evening as she watched some local kids play outside in her Managua neighborhood, Nicaraguan Mireya Alegria was shocked to see police, motorcycles and a white van carrying hooded men speed past. "T...
Erdogan takes ‘crazy projects’ to new level with Canal Istanbul dreamThe waves of the Black Sea lap peacefully on the shore of the Turkish coastal village of Karaburun outside Istanbul. Not far away, water buffalo peacefully graze on green pastures. But if President Re...
Malaysia’s Najib may face charges of money laundering, misappropriation of propertyMalaysian authorities investigating scandal-hit state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) are considering charging former prime minister Najib Razak with money laundering and misappropriation of...
Trump approves disaster aid for Hawaii’s volcano-stricken Big IslandUS President Donald Trump on Thursday approved federal emergency housing aid and other relief for victims of the six-week-old Kilauea Volcano eruption on Hawaii's Big Island, where hundreds of homes h...
Trump’s former lawyer requests restraining order against AvenattiMichael Cohen, the former personal lawyer for US President Donald Trump, asked a federal court in California on Thursday to issue a restraining order against the lawyer for adult film actress Stormy D...
Italy’s far-right interior minister says migrant rescue ship on ‘cruise’Italy's far-right interior minister Matteo Salvini has suggested that hundreds of migrants aboard a rescue convoy heading for Spain were on a "cruise", as an NGO condemned their plight as a symbol of...
FBI report says anti-Trump texts ‘cast a cloud’ over probeAs the FBI investigated both candidates running for president in 2016, two FBI employees exchanged thousands of personal texts and messages that included a running political commentary — including new...
Glimmer of hope for Romania’s faded architectural gemsIn a spa town nestled near Romania's border with Bulgaria and Serbia, Oana Chirila puts on her hard hat and gets down to work with a dozen other young architects to try to save their country's heritag...
S Korea jail sex-spy chiefs for bribing former presidentThree South Korean former spy chiefs were sentenced to jail Friday for bribing disgraced ex-president Park Geun-hye with millions of dollars from the country's intelligence agency. The trio were convi...
Kirin investigates if donations went to Myanmar’s forcesJapanese beer company Kirin is investigating whether its donations went to Myanmar's military, accused of brutal attacks against Rohingya Muslims. Amnesty International has urged Japanese authorities...
Tropical Storm Bud lashes Mexico’s Los Cabos with windsStrong winds from Tropical Storm Bud were whipping the southern end of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula, home to the popular beach resorts of Los Cabos, as locals and tourists prepared for its arriv...
House GOP unveils bill for young immigrants, $25bn for borderHouse Republicans unveiled a "discussion draft" of a sweeping immigration bill that includes a path to citizenship for young immigrants, $25 billion in border security — including advance funds for Pr...
Inside the summit: talks with ‘aliens,’ familiar frustrationPresident Donald Trump got the history-making handshake he wanted with North Korea's Kim Jong Un. Now, with the smiling snapshot a part of history, new details are emerging about the bizarre behind-th...
South Africa’s grid under pressure as electricity workers protestSouth Africa’s power grid was under pressure on Friday, with controlled blackouts possible, due to workers protesting over pay, a test of new President Cyril Ramaphosa’s efforts put the state electric...
US restaurant chain in hijab row orders diversity trainingA California restaurant chain accused of kicking out customers because they were Muslim is to offer free drinks for the end of Ramadan and undergo diversity training, campaigners said Thursday. The Ur...
Sydney Harbour Bridge climb to get ‘game changing’ makeoverOne of Australia's top tourist attractions the Sydney Harbour Bridge is set to get a "game changing" makeover with new climbs and interactive technologies, officials said Friday. Climbing the so-calle...
Trump’s move to redefine water rule threatens wetlands banksOn the western edge of the Florida Everglades sits 4 square miles (10 square kilometers) of gator-infested swampland, and a private firm is making big money selling it off. The Panther Island Mitigati...
Rohingya refugees fish in troubled waters to earn living in BangladeshSome Rohingya refugees who fled from Myanmar are finding work in the fishing industry in neighbouring Bangladesh, earning a tiny daily income and occasional share of the catch, all under the official...
UK seeks ‘closest possible cooperation’ pact with EU on security, minister saysBritain wants to cement its foreign policy and security ties with the European Union via the "closest possible cooperation agreement" and is open to participating in a European intervention force, a B...