Unpredictable election makes Ukraine’s friends waryUkraine's Western backers fear the country's next president may prove unwilling or unable to accelerate reforms they have spent five years investing in, whoever it turns out to be. The election due on...
Dozens of Bangladeshi migrants trafficked to Vanuatu stuck in limboDozens of Bangladeshis who say they were trafficked to Vanuatu with the promise of jobs are stuck in limbo and struggling to survive while awaiting justice and the option of returning home. About 101...
Saudi Arabia joins Arab anger over ‘theft of occupied Golan Heights’Saudi Arabia joined Arab states on Tuesday in condemning a decision by the United States to recognize the occupied Golan Heights as Israeli territory. Breaking decades of international consensus, US P...
Mexico demands apology for colonial ‘abuses,’ Spain hits backThe 500-year-old wounds of the Spanish conquest were ripped open afresh on Monday when Mexico’s president urged Spain and the Vatican to apologize for their “abuses” — a request Madrid said it “firmly...
Millions of women still landless despite global push for equalityThroughout rural areas in Zimbabwe, for example, widows routinely find themselves harassed and exploited by in-laws claiming the property their husbands left behind Millions of women worldwide are sti...
Thousands of kids homeless six months after Indonesia quake-tsunamiThousands of children are living in makeshift shelters six months after a devastating earthquake and tsunami pounded the Indonesian city of Palu, aid agencies said Tuesday, as authorities wrestle with...
South Korea’s new unification minister seeks ‘creative solution’ to North Korea-US stalemateSouth Korea's nominee for unification minister said on Tuesday he will seek a creative solution so that North Korea and the United States can meet again soon. Inter-Korean relations are in limbo since...
‘Reckoning’ looms for news media as Russia probe clears TrumpDonald Trump's inner circle piled in Monday on the US news media, which was plunged into soul-searching over coverage of a two-year probe that failed to show collusion between the president's 2016 cam...
Congress faces long road ahead in fight over Mueller documentsLawmakers seeking Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report are likely to face a protracted legal battle that will turn on President Donald Trump's right to keep communications with his advisers private...
Russia, China tell UN they sent home over half of their North Korean workers in 2018Russia sent home nearly two-thirds of some 30,000 North Koreans working there during 2018 and China repatriated more than half, but did not specify a figure, according to unpublished reports by Moscow...
In Turkey, small sums spell success as Syria kids go back to schoolLike many students of her age, 16-year-old refugee Fatmeh dreams of becoming a doctor. And a modest monthly sum of less than 10 euros could make all the difference. Originally from the Syrian city of...
Pentagon authorizes $1 bn for Trump’s border wallActing Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan said Monday he had authorized $1 billion to build part of the wall sought by President Donald Trump along the US-Mexico border. The Department of Homeland Securi...
Australia threatens social media execs with jail over terror imagesAustralia warned social media giants Tuesday that executives could be jailed if they fail to quickly remove extremist material from their platforms. Prime Minister Scott Morrison met with a number of...
Israel, Hamas trade blows as Gaza tensions simmerGaza militants fired rockets into southern Israel and Israeli aircraft carried out strikes in the Hamas-ruled territory overnight Tuesday, though the level of violence appeared to abate after Palestin...
Seven arrested in Hindu girls marriage caseSeven people suspected of involvement in the alleged kidnapping, underage marriages and forced conversion of two Hindu girls have been taken into police custody in Ghotki. The suspects in custody incl...
Rivals voice suspicions as Thailand’s pro-army party leads election raceTwo major political parties raised doubts on Monday about the results of Thailand's general election after a party linked to the military took a surprise lead in the popular vote that suggested the co...
Democrat Gillibrand calls Trump ‘coward’ as she launches 2020 bid outside his NY hotelDemocratic US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand delivered a fiery repudiation of US President Donald Trump on Sunday at the doorstep of one of his most famous properties, making it clear she will not pull he...
NZ PM announces royal commission inquiry into Christchurch attackNew Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Monday a royal commission, a powerful form of public inquiry, into the events leading up to a March 15 attack on two mosques in Christchurch that...
Iran to cement ties with Lebanon, Hezbollah despite US pressureIran said on Sunday it would expand its ties with Lebanon in spite of the "provocative and interventionist" call by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for Beirut to choose sides, Iranian state televisi...
Mozambicans turn to prayer as cyclone deaths riseWorshippers gathered at battered churches in the Mozambican port of Beira on Sunday, praying for divine protection as the death toll crept up from a cyclone and floods around southern Africa. "We aske...
Comoros opposition say presidential vote marred by irregularitiesOpposition candidates said Sunday's presidential poll in Comoros was marred by irregularities including barring of independent monitors and marking of ballot papers before voting began, charges reject...
North Korea returns to inter-Korean liaison officeNorth Korea has returned its staff to an inter-Korean liaison office, Seoul said Monday, just days after unilaterally withdrawing from the joint facility. The office in the Northern city of Kaesong wa...
Mueller finds no Trump-Russia conspiracy but some questions left unansweredSpecial Counsel Robert Mueller found no evidence of collusion between US President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia in the 2016 election, but left unresolved the issue of whether Trump obstructed ju...
Analysis: Why Trump’s legal woes go beyond the Mueller reportThe closure of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 US election does not mark the end of legal worries for President Donald Trump and people close to him. Othe...
Mali leader sacks generals, disbands vigilantes after massacreMali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita sacked and replaced two generals and disbanded an anti-jihadi vigilante group on Sunday, a day after gunmen massacred 134 Fulani herders in the country's troubl...
Prince Charles becomes first British royal to visit CubaPrince Charles and his wife Camilla landed in Havana on Sunday for the first official trip by the British royal family to Communist-run Cuba even as Britain's top ally the United States seeks to isola...
Mexican president says state was main violator of human rightsMexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Sunday the state had in the past been the main violator of human rights in the country, as he blamed violence and disappearances on his predecesso...
Russian air force planes land in Venezuela carrying troops — reportsTwo Russian air force planes landed at Venezuela's main airport on Saturday carrying a Russian defense official and nearly 100 troops, according to media reports, amid strengthening ties between Carac...
Erdogan says Turkey will take issue of Golan Heights to UNTurkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey will take the issue of the Golan Heights to the United Nations. In an interview with broadcaster TGRT Haber, Erdogan said US President Donal...