Kavanaugh: Watergate tapes decision may have been wrongWASHINGTON: Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh suggested several years ago that the unanimous high court ruling in 1974 that forced President Richard Nixon to turn over the Watergate tapes, leading...
Turkey’s Erdogan to go on new Africa trip, attend BRICS summitTurkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan will make the latest in a string of trips to Africa this week, visiting South Africa and Zambia as well as attending a summit of the BRICS leading emerging economie...
Israel to reopen Gaza terminal, extend fishing on Tuesday if quiet holdsIsrael will reopen Gaza’s main commercial crossing and expand the Palestinian fishing zone off the blockaded enclave’s coast on Tuesday if a lull in cross-border tensions holds, Israeli Defence Minist...
Japan heatwave kills over a dozen, 12,000 rushed to hospitalJapan's severe heatwave killed at least 15 people and sent more than 12,000 to hospital in the first two weeks of July, official figures show as the temperature neared 40 degrees C (104 F) in many cit...
11 taxi drivers shot dead in South AfricaGunmen have shot dead 11 taxi drivers returning to Johannesburg from the funeral of a colleague in Kwa-Zulu Natal, a police spokesman said on Sunday. The drivers, who were members of the Gauteng taxi...
Algeria faces prospect of president seeking fifth termWith no clear successor to longtime President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algerians may well see their frail leader who rarely appears in public cling on for a fifth term in office. When Bouteflika came to...
Heat rises on Macron as security aide scandal upends parliamentA dismissed security aide for French President Emmanuel Macron was to face a judge Sunday over his alleged assault of a protester, a scandal which has forced the government to suspend parliamentary pr...
Cuba aims to build socialism, not communism, in draft constitutionA draft of Cuba's new constitution omits the aim of building communism, recognizes private property and opens the door to gay marriage, in a sign of changing times, although it keeps the Communist Par...
Disappearing messages, private phones test open records lawsOne app promotes itself as a way to discuss sensitive negotiations and human resources problems without leaving a digital record. Another boasts that disappearing messages "keep your message history t...
In rural Zimbabwe, the novel taste of a peaceful electionFrom a ruling party rally in the east, to opposition door-to-door canvassing in the northwest, Zimbabweans have been experiencing the novelty of a relatively free and peaceful election campaign. Sitti...
In Damascus, war amputees walk again on Syrian-made prostheticsPropped up by a mobility frame in a rehabilitation centre in Syria's capital, Abdulghani carefully inches forward on two artificial legs, as he walks for the first time in over a year. "I want to be a...
Cambodia opposition says it has been ‘cut off’ in lead up to electionIn June last year, Khoeun Virath was elected as a commune councillor in the capital of Cambodia, but months later his political party was banned and most of its leadership fled into exile - so now he...
Dozens injured in police clashes at Nepal healthcare protestDozens of protesters in Nepal have been injured in clashes with police at a demonstration in support of a hunger-striking doctor seeking better healthcare in the impoverished Himalayan country. Thousa...
Death toll in Vietnam flooding rises to 19Flash floods in Vietnam have now claimed at least 19 lives, the government said Sunday, as residents in affected areas sought safety in higher ground. Boasting a long coastline, tropical Vietnam is ba...
Iran’s Rouhani warns Trump ‘war with Iran mother of all wars’Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday cautioned US President Donald Trump about pursuing hostile policies against Tehran, saying "America should know ... war with Iran is the mother of all wars,"...
Trump aide’s ‘Russia ties’ alleged in secret US documentsThe FBI believed that a former Trump campaign advisor had ties to Russia as it sought to influence the 2016 US presidential election, top secret documents released to US news organizations revealed on...
‘Keep us in prayer’ says woman who lost nine in Missouri boat tragedyA woman whose nine family members were among the 17 people killed when a tourist duck boat capsized in a storm on a Missouri lake said on Saturday she is not sure if there is any way to recover from s...
Gunman arrested after deadly Los Angeles store hostage standoffPolice in Los Angeles arrested a man who took hostages and barricaded himself inside a Trader Joe's grocery store on Saturday, ending a three-hour standoff during which he fatally shot a woman, author...