Xi vows battle against pollution to boost ecological advancementBEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping said the country will fight a good battle against pollution and push ecological civilization to a new level during a tone-setting meeting on environmental protect...
India Supreme Court called in for third time in angry state battleIndia’s opposition Congress party went to the Supreme Court for the third time in three days Saturday in a bid to thwart Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nationalist party taking control of a key southe...
Iran says EU promising to salvage nuclear deal despite Trump moveThe European Union’s energy chief tried to reassure Iran on Saturday that the bloc remained committed to salvaging a nuclear deal with Tehran despite US President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the a...
Mongolian president urges Malaysia to reopen 2006 model murder caseMongolia’s president has urged new Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to reopen investigations into the murder of a Mongolian model near Kuala Lumpur in 2006, a move that could put more pressur...
Russia unveils world’s first floating nuclear power stationRussia on Saturday unveiled the world´s first floating nuclear power station at a ceremony in the port of the far northern city of Murmansk where it will be loaded with nuclear fuel before heading to...
In run-up to Venezuelan vote, more soldiers dissent and desertArrests for rebellion and desertion are rising sharply in Venezuela’s armed forces, a mainstay of President Nicolas Maduro’s Socialist government, amid discontent within the ranks at food shortages an...
White House pushes ahead with Mideast peace planThe Trump administration is aiming to roll out its much-hyped but long-delayed Middle East peace plan next month amid signs it may further alienate the Palestinians by slashing millions of dollars in...
US trying to move forward after quitting Iran nuclear dealAfter leaving the Iran nuclear deal, Washington wants to move forward by offering to build a "coalition" to counter the multiple "threats" posed by the Tehran regime -- but Europeans intent on saving...
Cuba mourns after 107 killed in airliner crashCuba begins two days of national mourning Saturday for victims of the crash of a state airways plane that killed all but three of its 110 passengers and crew. President Miguel Diaz-Canel said an inves...
‘It was terrifying’: Students reel from latest US school shootingEvan San Miguel, a freshman at Santa Fe High School, said he was in his art class early Friday when a fellow student burst in and yelled "Surprise!" Then the shooting started. "It was terrifying, terr...
Going back in time on Portugal’s ‘presidential train’Built in 1890, this train once carried Portugal's kings and presidents, not to mention other guests like Elizabeth II or Pope Paul VI, before it was taken off the rails in 1970. Now, after a one-milli...
Afghan cricket stadium attack leaves 8 dead, 45 woundedEight people were killed and 45 wounded in a series of explosions targeting a cricket match in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, officials said Saturday, the first attack since the holy month of R...
Rights groups condemn Saudi women activists’ arrestsInternational rights groups have condemned the arrests this week of seven prominent Saudi Arabian women’s rights activists who previously campaigned for the right to drive, which the deeply conservati...
Cleric Moqtada Sadr wins Iraq election but forming government far offThe final results of Iraq's elections confirmed Saturday a breakthrough for nationalist cleric Moqtada Sadr, who was in the lead, ahead of internationally favoured prime minister Haider al-Abadi. But...
Congo says 3 new Ebola cases confirmed in large cityThree new cases of the often lethal Ebola virus have been confirmed in a city of more than 1 million people, Congo's health minister announced, as the spread of the hemorrhagic fever in an urban area...
Two weeks on, Hawaii residents look for ‘normalcy’ amid ash, lavaTwo weeks after fountains of lava and poisonous gas from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano forced hundreds of people to flee their homes in the middle of the night, things were only getting worse for residents...
Latest shooting revives US arms control debateThe shooting at a Texas high school has revived the perennial hot-button issue of arms control in the United States, and the ease with which weapons can be purchased. In order to shoot 10 people dead...
Malaysia’s ex-PM Najib rails at police, wife warns of ‘public trial’Malaysia's scandal-hit former leader Najib Razak and his wife hit out at the media and police on Saturday, after investigators seeking evidence of corruption were filmed seizing box loads of jewellery...
Trump: Justice Department planted spy in 2016 campaignPresident Donald Trump accused the Justice Department of trying to frame him by planting a spy in his 2016 campaign — an allegation his own lawyer said might not be true. Promoting a theory that is ci...
Greek village ‘lost for words’ over news of Texan teen gunmanThe family of the Texan teen gunman were "quiet, peaceable people" who never raised eyebrows in the Greek village where his father spent his youth, residents said on Saturday. Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 17...