A friend of imprisoned Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo said yesterday that he doubts the government’s claims that the ailing dissident is too sick to leave the
Iran yesterday signed a USD5 billion agreement with France’s Total SA and a Chinese oil company to develop its massive offshore natural gas field, the first
Scandal-hit Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces one of his biggest tests since coming to power in late 2012, after his ruling party lost to an upstart
With a landmark goods and services tax (GST) now rolling out across India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to turn his focus to job creation
A dispute between the children of late Singaporean leader Lee Kuan Yew has damaged the country’s reputation and could dent public confidence in the government if it
The leader of the militants who laid siege to a southern Philippine city is suspected to be hiding in a mosque there, the Philippines’ defense
Fearful that Thailand’s new labor rules will get them into trouble, tens of thousands of migrant workers are returning to neighboring Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos, causing hardship to
President Donald Trump crowned his weekend rage against the news media with a mock video that shows him pummeling a man in a business suit —
A bus carrying German senior citizens on vacation crashed into a truck yesterday on a highway in Bavaria and burst into flames, killing 18 people and
With the fight for Mosul in its final stage yesterday, Islamic State militants sent female suicide bombers hidden among fleeing civilians, while Iraqi forces and the U.S.-led
French President Emmanuel Macron vowed yesterday to lift a state of emergency that has been in place since 2015, but also to harden permanent security
A Chinese rocket launch failed on Sunday evening due to abnormality during the flight following what appeared to be a successful liftoff, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
Israeli commandos have rescued 100 hostages, mostly Israelis or Jews, held by pro-Palestinian hijackers at Entebbe airport in Uganda. At about 0100 local time (2200GMT), Ugandan
Russia’s dress rehearsal for the World Cup is over, and it looks comfortable in the spotlight. When FIFA’s Gianni Infantino sat with Russian President Vladimir
At first glance Portuguese football has never been healthier: The national team is the champion of Europe, star player Cristiano Ronaldo has been voted the
QATAR Arab nations isolating Qatar extended a deadline yesterday for the energy rich country to respond to their demands by another 48 hours, allowing its top diplomat to
Officials have opened the 41st annual UNESCO World Heritage Committee’s conference in Poland. The meeting will run through July 12 and debate contentious issues like Palestinian motion
New Union for Macau Development (NUDM), led by lawmaker Angela Leong, has announced its political platform for the 2017 Legislative Assembly (AL) election. According to
The second edition of the Wushu Masters Challenge will take place from August 10 to 13. The four-day challenge will include a wide range of activities, such as lion
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