Saudi Arabia and Russia among 37 states backing China’s Xinjiang policy
Saudi Arabia, Russia and 35 other states have written to the United Nations supporting China’s policies in its western region of Xinjiang, according to a
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Scores of aftershocks hit Indonesia after quake kills two
Indonesia’s Moluccas islands were hit by scores of aftershocks on Monday after an earthquake killed at least two people, prompting hundreds of people to flee
Hong Kong protesters, police clash as demonstrations target Chinese traders
Hong Kong protesters clashed with police on Saturday in a town near the boundary with mainland China where thousands rallied against the presence of Chinese
U.S. service member killed in Afghanistan
A U.S. service member was killed in Afghanistan on Saturday, the NATO-led Resolute Support mission said in a statement. It gave no further details and
Air strikes on Syrian rebel enclave intensify
Air strikes targeted rebel-held cities in northwest Syria on Friday, a war monitor reported, widening bombardment of the last major insurgent enclave to areas that
Iran strikes opposition positions on border with Iraqi Kurdistan
Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards used drones and missiles to strike headquarters of a Kurdish militant group near Iran‘s border with neighbouring Iraq’s Kurdistan region, the Iranian semi-official
Britain replaces warship in Gulf, to maintain continuous presence
Britain said on Friday it would deploy the destroyer HMS Duncan warship to the Gulf to replace HMS Montrose, maintaining a continuous presence there during
UN urges Yemen Houthi court to review 30 death sentences
Thirty men were sentenced to death by Houthi authorities in Yemen this week amid credible allegations that many were tortured during three years of politically-motivated
India hands over 250 houses for Rohingya in Myanmar’s Rakhine
India has handed over 250 prefabricated houses it built in Myanmar’s Rakhine state as part of a broader effort to help tens of thousands of
Western countries rebuke China at UN for detention of Uighurs
Nearly two dozen countries have called on China to halt its mass detention of ethnic Uighurs in the Xinjiang region, the first such joint move on the
Freed Australian denies North Korean spy charges
The Australian student released last week after being detained inNorth Korea said on Tuesday Pyongyang’s accusation that he was a spy was “pretty obviously” false, but that
Hong Kong leader says extradition bill “dead”, but critics not satisfied
The extradition bill that sparked Hong Kong‘s biggest crisis in decades is dead, the territory’s leader said on Tuesday, adding that the government’s work on the legislation
Earthquake of 7.1 magnitude strikes eastern Indonesia, tsunami warning issued (Update 2)
A 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Indonesia’s Sulawesi island late on Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, prompting authorities to
Hong Kong protesters take aim at Chinese visitors to explain grievances
Thousands of protesters are expected to take to the streets in the heart of Hong Kong’s tourism district on Sunday to explain to mainland Chinese
Philippines faces call for UN investigation into war on drugs killings
More than two dozen countries formally called for a UN investigation into thousands of killings in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, activists said.
Even for a limited nuclear deal, N. Korea may settle for nothing less than sanctions relief
A new public broadside by North Korean officials against US-backed sanctions highlights the tough road ahead as negotiators prepare for talks in the wake of Sunday’s
Japan, hit by torrential rains, orders over 1 million to evacuate
Japan ordered more than one million people on the southernmost island of Kyushu to take shelter in evacuation centres and other safe areas on Wednesday as
China criticises Britain for ‘shameless’ comments on Hong Kong
China on Wednesday denounced British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt as “shameless”, saying it had made a diplomatic complaint to London after he warned of consequences
China denounces violent Hong Kong protests as ‘undisguised challenge’ to its rule
China on Tuesday condemned violent protests in Hong Kong as an “undisguised challenge” to the formula under which the city is ruled, hours after police fired
Heavy rains in India kill 30, cripples financial capital (Update)
Wall collapses in Mumbai and nearby towns, caused by the worst monsoon rains in a single day in 14 years, killed 30 people on Tuesday