ATHENS – Police have fired tear gas to disperse protesters outside parliament as tens of thousands of Greeks rallied in Athens to protest against a name deal with Macedonia. Central…
TLAHUELILPAN, Mexico – At least 73 people have been killed after a pipeline ruptured by suspected fuel thieves exploded in central Mexico, authorities said, as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador…
BELGRADE – More than 10,000 people have marched through Belgrade to protest against the rule of President Aleksandar Vucic and his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), demanding media freedom as a…
JAKARTA – Abu Bakar Bashir, the radical Muslim cleric and alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings, will be granted early release from jail on humanitarian grounds, Indonesia’s president said…
SHERBROOKE, Quebec – Canada’s government has dismissed China’s warning of repercussions if Ottawa banned Huawei Technologies Co Ltd from supplying equipment to 5G networks, saying it would not compromise on…
CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico – A group of Honduran migrants entered southern Mexico on Friday, joining more than 1,000 people who departed Central America in recent days headed to the United…
MELBOURNE – Australia’s wind and solar boom looks set to power through 2019 following a record year, despite grid constraints and extra scrutiny from network operators to make sure new…
MELBOURNE – A 20-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Israeli student Aiia Maasarwe in Melbourne amidst an outrage over violence against women in Australia’s second-largest city. Maasarwe,…
MELBOURNE – Liberal Minister for Women Kelly O’Dwyer says she will quit politics for personal reasons at this year’s election, adding to the list of female politicians to leave the ruling party,…
MELBOURNE – A 20-year-old man has been arrested over the killing of an Israeli university student who was walking home after a night out with friends in Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest…
SYDNEY – The opening of a year-long inquiry into Australia‘s aged-care industry has triggered falls in the share prices of nursing-home operators as investors braced for tighter regulation and a…
MELBOURNE – An Israeli woman who was killed in Melbourne city had been on the telephone to her sister when she was followed from public transport and attacked close to…
DUBAI – Vietnam‘s young guns beat Jordan 4-2 on penalties to reach the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup after the match finished 1-1 following extra time at the Al Maktoum…
BANGKOK – The demolition of about 100 homes near Ho Chi Minh City, including one owned by the Catholic Church, has pitted the church against authorities in the latest such…
HANOI – Hanoi is preparing to receive North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a state visit, two sources told Reuters, while officials and diplomats said Vietnam is keen to…
MO CAY – In the dead of night, the entire front half of shopkeeper Ta Thi Kim Anh’s house collapsed. Perched on the sandy banks of the Mekong River, it took…
HANOI – Police in Vietnam have arrested a former senior executive of BIDV, a bank that has come under scrutiny from an anti-graft campaign in the communist-ruled country, the Ministry…
HANOI – Facebook has violated Vietnam‘s new cybersecurity law by allowing users to post anti-government comments on the platform, state media said, days after the controversial legislation took effect in…
LONDON – Vietnamese villager Tran Thi Ngai was alone in her home when a South Korean soldier forced his way in and raped the then-24-year-old midwife during the Vietnam War.…
MELBOURNE – Victoria Police will be out and about to ensure Melbourne’s first Lunar New Year festival of 2019, held in St Albans, is a safe and happy one. Celebrating…
HONG KONG – Tough negotiations lie ahead over a new pact between China and Southeast Asian nations aimed at easing tensions in the South China Sea, as Vietnam pushes for…
CAIRO – Three Vietnamese tourists and an Egyptian guide have been killed and at least 10 others injured when a roadside bomb blast hit their tour bus less than 4…
SYDNEY – A 50-year-old woman will face court after police charged her with contaminating strawberries with needles, an episode that spurred one of Australia‘s biggest food scares. Australia‘s strawberry industry,…
HANOI – A Vietnamese cybersecurity law that global technology companies and rights groups have warned could undermine development and stifle innovation, will protect the country from increasing cyber threats, the…
BRATISLAVA – Slovakia has threatened to freeze relations with Vietnam over the case of a Vietnamese businessman who Germany says was kidnapped by Vietnamese agents and smuggled back home through…
A Vietnamese dissident known as “Mother Mushroom” went on hunger strike three times during her imprisonment before Hanoi released her, she said on Friday after arriving in the United States.…