UN: Afghan and international forces kill more civilians than insurgentsAfghan and international forces had killed more civilians than insurgents in the first three months of the year, the UN announced Wednesday, the first time the deaths caused by the government and its...
Sri Lanka police carry out controlled explosion near cinemaSri Lankan police carried out the controlled explosion near Savoy Cinema in Colombo on Wednesday. There were no explosives in the vehicle, police said. The Deputy Defense Minister Ruwan Wijewardene co...
Amnesty urges Lebanese parliament to help end domestic worker abuseAmnesty International on Wednesday urged Lebanon to end what it described as an “inherently abusive” migration sponsorship system governing the lives of tens of thousands of foreigners working in priv...
New Zealand offers residency to families of mosque victimsNew Zealand opened a two-year window Wednesday for people directly affected by the Christchurch terror attacks to apply to stay permanently in the country. The special visa category "recognises the im...
Sri Lanka detains new suspects in frantic hunt for bombersSri Lankan security forces detained 18 new suspects in the Easter bombings that killed more than 350 people, as the government admitted Wednesday that "major" intelligence lapses had led to a failure...
Six years after Bangladesh factory disaster, rights groups issue ‘grim’ warningSix years after one of the world's most devastating factory disasters led to international safety monitoring in Bangladesh, campaigners are warning of "grim consequences" if such oversight is abandone...
Ex-PM wins Solomons run-off, sparking riotsThe election of veteran politician Manasseh Sogavare as the new prime minister of the Solomon Islands sparked violent protests in the capital Honiara Wednesday, with riot police deployed in a bid to m...
Brazil court reduces ex-president Lula’s sentenceA Brazilian appeals court on Tuesday reduced leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's 12-year sentence for bribery and money laundering. In a unanimous decision, the four judges on the Sup...
North Korea’s Kim arrives for summit with PutinNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in the Russian city of Vladivostok on Wednesday for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin aimed at mustering international support while nuclear talks...
Japan apologizes to forced sterilization victimsJapan’s government apologized Wednesday to tens of thousands of victims forcibly sterilized under a now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law and promised to pay compensation. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshih...
Rescuers battle to find bodies in Myanmar mudslideRecovery teams in Myanmar fought against a huge lake of sludge on Wednesday in their search for bodies after a landslide engulfed more than 50 jade miners -- the latest fatal accident in a notoriously...
New Zealand and France announce bid to counter violent extremism onlineNew Zealand and France will bring together global leaders at a Paris summit next month aimed at stopping social media being used to organise and promote terrorism, the countries' leaders announced Wed...
Democratic presidential candidates divided over impeaching TrumpA group of Democratic presidential candidates were divided on Monday over whether Republican President Donald Trump should be impeached, reflecting a broader split in the Democratic Party over how to...
Myanmar’s top court rejects final appeal by jailed Reuters journalistsMyanmar's top court on Tuesday rejected the appeal of two Reuters reporters sentenced to seven years in jail for breaking the Official Secrets Act, in a landmark case that has raised questions about t...
New earthquake hits Philippines a day after deadly tremorA new powerful earthquake hit the central Philippines on Tuesday, a day after 6.1 quake hit the country’s north and killed at least 11 people. The US Geological Survey put the magnitude of Tuesday’s q...
Japan drops ‘maximum pressure’ approach to North Korea relationsJapan on Tuesday dropped the push to apply “maximum pressure” on North Korea from its official foreign policy, an apparent softening of Tokyo’s position as major powers engage with Pyongyang. In last...
Women’s temple ban debate rages in India flashpoint voteVoters in a flashpoint constituency in southern India went to the polls Tuesday after a campaign dominated by the fallout from the controversial decision to allow women to enter a Hindu temple. The di...
Ruling party, longtime leader back loyalist for Kazakh presidencyKazakhstan's ruling party nominated a loyalist to the country's longtime leader as its presidential candidate on Tuesday, setting the stage for a smooth handover of power in the Central Asian nation....
Mexico flags US border delays as harmful to both countriesMexico's Foreign Ministry said on Monday that speeding up the flow of goods on the US border is a matter of urgency and that slowdowns are detrimental to both economies, after bottlenecks have held up...
Colombia mudslide death toll rises to 28The number of dead from a mudslide that buried houses in southwestern Colombia has risen to at least 28, rescue authorities said on Monday. Eleven more bodies were found during a rescue operation in R...
Sri Lanka detains Syrian in blast investigation as death toll rises to 321Sri Lankan police detained a Syrian among 40 people being questioned about the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels, government and military sources said on Tuesday, as the toll from the coord...
Chinese people love peace, Xi says as major naval parade kicks offThe Chinese people love peace and countries should not threaten each other with the use of force, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday as he kicked off a large-scale naval parade marking 70 years sinc...
Wit and grit: Algeria’s sizeable youth lead fight for changeThey’re on the peaceful front line of the protest movement that toppled Algeria’s longtime ruler, facing down water cannons with attitude, memes — and fearless calls for shampoo. Oil-rich Algeria is o...
Council of Arab Interior Ministers calls for cooperation to alleviate suffering of terrorism victimsNot only does the harm caused by terrorist crimes affect innocent victims, it also leaves their families and communities with psychological and social pain, the Secretary-General of the Council of Ara...
US puts up $10m reward for Hezbollah informationThe US on Monday offered a $10 million reward for information that would disrupt the finances of Lebanon’s Shiite militant movement Hezbollah. The State Department said it would give the money to anyo...
Trump says Congress ‘can’t impeach’ himUS President Donald Trump said Monday that Congress "can't impeach" him over the findings of the Mueller report into Russian election meddling and his alleged attempts to hamper the investigation. Def...
Security issues dominate Tshisekedi’s first tour of DR Congo after electionBefore his disputed electoral victory in December, DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi promised the people of troubled North Kivu province that he would crack down on rebel and militia groups that ter...