Hong Kong: Chinese President Xi Jinping said yesterday China would work to ensure a “far-reaching future” for Hong Kong’s autonomy, but he faces...
Hong Kong: Chinese President Xi Jinping said yesterday China would work to ensure a “far-reaching future” for Hong Kong’s autonomy, but he faces...
Hong Kong: President Xi Jinping arrived in Hong Kong on Thursday to mark 20 years since its return to China by Britain, with...
ROME: Italy's leader pressed his European Union allies Thursday to take in more migrants, saying the relentless arrival of tens of thousands on...
HAMBURG: Summits of world leaders are usually highly choreographed affairs that leave little to chance. They are held in locations that are easily...
Abuja: Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari faced a fresh call to quit Thursday, nearly two months after he left the country on indefinite sick...
MOSUL, Iraq: After eight months of grinding urban warfare, Iraqi government troops on Thursday captured the ruined mosque in Mosul from where Islamic...
Baghdad: The Iraqi military announced on Thursday that special forces had recaptured the iconic Mosul mosque where jihadist chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made...
New Delhi: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condemned murder in the name of protecting cows, which are worshipped by the country's...
MOSCOW: Russia's defence ministry snapped back on Thursday over comments by British Secretary of Defence Michael Fallon who mocked Moscow's aircraft-carrying cruiser and...
WASHINGTON: Visa applicants from six Muslim-majority countries must have a close U.S. family relationship or formal ties to a U.S. entity to be...
Ulan Bator: Mongolia's first-ever presidential runoff has been brought forward by two days to July 7 due to a traditional sporting festival, the...
WARSAW: A trip to Poland by U.S. President Donald Trump next week may feel like a diplomatic coup for the right-wing government, but...
JAKARTA: From white water rafting in Bali to visiting temples on Java, former U.S. President Barack Obama's private family holiday is being closely...
PROVIDENCE, R.I.: A Syrian doctor says he won't return to the United States to finish his studies at Brown University because of the...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Protests were held in cities across India on Wednesday against a wave of attacks on Muslims by mobs that accuse them...
BAGHDAD: An Iraqi zoo showed off a rare white lion cub to mark the animal’s first birthday this week, as officials revealed that...
New Delhi: Authorities in a deeply conservative Indian state were accused Wednesday of reinforcing entrenched gender discrimination after describing veiled women as the...
Shanghai: An elderly passenger who threw coins at the engine of a plane at a Shanghai airport for good luck will not face...
