Trump targets Democrats as more than 2,000 Honduran migrants resume journey to the USMore than 2,000 Honduran migrants traveling en masse through Guatemala resumed their journey toward the United States on Wednesday as US President Donald Trump sought to turn the caravan into a politi...
US says it will stop Canadian pot businessmen at borderCanada may have legalized recreational marijuana Wednesday, but executives of the country’s booming pot industry need to be aware that they are not exactly welcome south of the border in the United St...
Malaysia opposition leader arrested for corruptionMalaysia’s opposition leader was arrested Thursday on suspicion of corruption, a fresh blow to his party which was ousted at elections this year after six decades in power. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, a forme...
‘Desperate’ times for Australian government as crunch election loomsAustralia's embattled centre-right government faces a make-or-break test this weekend, with by-election voters in Sydney's wealthy beachside suburbs apparently poised to wipe out Prime Minister Scott...
US opposed to Koreas’ plan for no-fly zone over border: sourcesThe United States opposes a plan by South and North Korea to set up a no-fly zone over their heavily fortified border, the latest sign of a rift between Seoul and its top ally, two sources familiar wi...
Freed Vietnam blogger ‘Mother Mushroom’ arrives in USA dissident Vietnamese blogger known by her pen name 'Mother Mushroom' has arrived in the United States after her surprise release from prison, telling a large crowd of supporters she will "never keep...
Turkish investigators search Saudi consulate premises againTurkish investigators searched the Saudi consulate in Istanbul overnight as part of a probe into Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance, while US President Donald Trump said he did not want to abandon his Sa...
Bhutan seeks happiness in a new governmentBhutan, the Himalayan kingdom jammed between India and China, voted in a national election Thursday guaranteed to usher in a new ruling party which must boost the economy without compromising the coun...
Hindu hardliners step up campaign to block Indian temple to womenHindu hardliners blocked intersections, threatened drivers and ordered a 12-hour strike on Thursday as they stepped up their campaign to bar women from one of India's holiest temples. The Lord Ayyappa...
Afghan-style democracy faces test in legislative electionAt least 10 election candidates have been killed, thousands of polling centres closed, and many voters are likely to stay home due to the threat of militant attacks. This is democracy, Afghanistan sty...
Military men on the threshold of taking power again in BrazilMore than three decades after the end of military dictatorship, army men look to be on the threshold of returning to power in Brazil, this time through elections in a crime-ridden country whose offici...
Thousands protest corruption in Haiti, president gets shovedTens of thousands of people demonstrated against corruption Wednesday in Haiti, with some even shoving the unpopular president at a public ceremony. Police fired in the air to get President Jovenel Mo...
French finance minister cancels trip to Saudi conferenceFrance's finance minister is the latest high-level official or executive to cancelled his attendance at an upcoming investment conference in Saudi Arabia amid doubts over the disappearance of Saudi jo...
Italy, Austria at odds over South Tyrol dual-citizenshipA diplomatic row threatens to disrupt Italy's Alpine province of South Tyrol: over the question of national identity and whether some of its inhabitants should have the right to Austrian citizenship....
13 years later, guilty plea in post-Hurricane Katrina racial shootingA man has pleaded guilty in New Orleans to firing a shotgun at three black men in an act of racially motivated violence following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Roland Bourgeois (BOOH’-jwah) had been indi...