Interrupted repeatedly by President Donald Trump in their presidential debate on Tuesday (local time), an exasperated Joe Biden resorted to insults and name-calling against an opponent who built his political…
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s King Sultan Abdullah will not be granting an audience to anyone for a week as he is under observation at a hospital, a palace official has…
HONG KONG – Pro-democracy Hong Kong politicians have staged a brief protest in the city’s legislature to call for the release of 12 activists arrested by Chinese authorities at sea…
WASHINGTON- The Trump administration will ban WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok from US app stores starting Sunday night (local time), a move that will block Americans from downloading the Chinese-owned…
GENEVA – The United Nations agreed on Friday to step up monitoring of reported right abuses during Belarus’s crackdown on protests, angering Minsk and its ally Moscow and raising the…
LONDON – Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney has quit her role as Britain’s special envoy on media freedom in protest at the country’s intention to breach international law over Brexit-related…
TAIPEI/BEIJING – Taiwan scrambled fighter jets on Friday as 18 Chinese aircraft buzzed the island, crossing the sensitive midline of the Taiwan Strait, in response to a senior US official…
BANGKOK – Thai protest leaders say they expect the biggest anti-government demonstration in years this weekend and have vowed to reiterate their calls for reforms of the monarchy despite official…
HONG KONG/SYDNEY – One of the 14 foreign judges on Hong Kong’s highest court has resigned due to concerns over a sweeping new national security law imposed by Beijing on…
BRUSSELS – Leaders of Europe’s coronavirus-stricken travel and tourism industries have appealed to the EU’s chief executive to press governments to end quarantine requirements and instead embrace coordinated restrictions and…