‘Purple Rain’ superstar Prince, 57, dies at U.S. studio complex
Prince performs during the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. May 19, 2013. (Photo: Reuters) Prince, the innovative pop superstar whose…
US says China’s intentions in South China Sea raise tension and questions
US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) is greeted by rector of Hanoi Social and Humanity University Pham Quang Minh during his visit to Vietnam in Hanoi. (Photo: Reuters/…
Syrian refugees flown out by pope start new life in Rome
Nour Essa, 30, from Syria, sits next her son Riad, 2 at Sant’Egidio community in Rome, Italy. (Photo: Reuters) ROME – For Nour Essa, one of the Syrian refugees…
Jame Phan given minimum of 14 yrs sentence for Sydney murder
Armed robber Jame Phan has been sentenced to at least 14 years’ jail for the murder of a south-west Sydney fruit shop worker and a string of other crimes, despite…
In Vietnam, outrage and optimism as party thwarts democratic experiment
Teacher Do Viet Khoa plays with his dog at his hometown in Thuong Tin, outside Hanoi, Vietnam. (Photo: Reuters) School teacher Do Viet Khoa loves dogs, even though a puppy…
PM launches new cyber security campaign
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announces the federal government’s Cyber Security Strategy at the Australian Technology Park in Sydney. (Photo: Reuters/Dean Lewins/AAP) Australia has set out a far-reaching cybersecurity strategy,…
Brisbane mother, TV crew held in Lebanon released
A policeman escorts Australian Sally Faulkner (R), the mother of the al-Amin children, and Australian reporter Tara Brown, upon their release from Lebanon’s Baabda Prison for women, Lebanon. (Photo: Reuters)…
Vietnamese refugee wins 2016 Pulitzer prize for fiction
Vietnamese refugee and professor at the University of Southern California, Viet Thanh Nguyen, has won this year’s Pulitzer Prize in fiction for his 2015 novel “The Sympathiser.” Nguyen’s debut book…
93% of Great Barrier Reef hit by coral bleaching
Oliver Lanyon, Senior Ranger in the Great Barrier Reef region for the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, takes photographs and notes during an inspection of the reef’s condition. (Photo: Reuters)…
Communist Laos appoints new president, prime minister
Laos’ Vice President Bounnhang Vorachit casts his ballot during the Communist Party Congress in Vientiane January 21, 2016. (Photo: Reuters/Stringer) BANGKOK – Laos’s National Assembly has appointed Communist…
