UK PM May cautions: support my Brexit deal or face no dealBritish Prime Minister Theresa May has warned rebels in her party that unless they support her potential Brexit deal with the EU then they will face a no deal. The United Kingdom is due to leave the E...
Mattis in Macedonia to counter ‘Russian influence’ against name changeUS Defence Secretary Jim Mattis arrived in Skopje Monday to back a 'yes' vote at this month's referendum on Macedonia's name change and counter what he called "Russian influence" against the move. On...
Ruby rush brings ‘hell’, not riches, to Mozambique villageNearly a decade after rubies were first found in northern Mozambique, the discovery has proven a poisoned chalice, says traditional local ruler Cristina Joaquim. Instead of riches and reward, what cou...
Australian voters like new PM, poll shows, but not enough to save governmentAustralia's centre-right government remains on track for a heavy defeat at elections due by May 2019, an opinion poll showed on Monday, even though new Prime Minister Scott Morrison posted a strong pe...
Merkel has decided German spy chief must go — reportChancellor Angela Merkel has decided that Germany's domestic intelligence agency chief must go because she thinks he has meddled in day-to-day politics, newspaper Die Welt cited coalition sources as s...
Praying for miracles, rescuers seek signs of life after Philippine typhoon landslidesHopes of finding survivors in the rubble of a huge landslide in the Philippines faded on Monday as rescuers in a remote mountainous region struggled to reach dozens of people feared trapped, two days...
Forced to fight as soldiers and taking casualties, Afghan police demand reformsAfghanistan's poorly armed and underpaid police are usually on the frontlines against Taliban militants and they lost 90 men defending the strategic city of Ghazni last month, underlining chronic weak...
Mexico marks twin anniversaries of deadly quakesMexico marks the anniversaries Wednesday of two deadly earthquakes: one that devastated the country last year, claiming 369 lives, and another that killed more than 10,000 people on the same date in 1...
Israel court halts expulsion of French-US academic seized at demoAn American-French law professor arrested while protesting against the demolition of a Palestinian village in the West Bank says an Israeli court has revoked a deportation order against him. Frank Rom...
Thousands in anti-Ortega protest in Nicaragua capitalThousands of demonstrators marched Sunday through Nicaragua's capital Managua to demand the resignation of President Daniel Ortega and the liberation of hundreds detained during months of deadly gover...
Washington set to replace US military commander in S KoreaWashington is set to replace the commander of US forces in South Korea amid a rapid diplomatic thaw on the peninsula, even as denuclearisation of the North stalls. The US stations 28,500 troops in the...
Over 28% of Japanese population officially old: governmentMore than 28 percent of Japan's population is now officially classified as elderly according to government data, the highest rate in the world as the first wave of postwar baby boomers enter old age....