Hundreds protest in Denmark against new ban on face veils in public
COPENHAGEN – Hundreds of Danes have rallied in Copenhagen in protest at a new ban on the wearing of face veils in public, accusing the government of infringing on women’s…
US detects new activity at N.Korea factory that built ICBMs: source
US spy satellites have detected renewed activity at the North Korean factory that produced the country’s first intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States, a senior US official…
India sparks fear by excluding 4 million from citizens’ list in Assam
MUMBAI – India says it has excluded more than 4 million people from a draft list of citizens in the border state of Assam who could not produce valid documents,…
Hundreds head down Indonesia volcano slopes after quake terror
JAKARTA – Hundreds of trekkers have headed down Mount Rinjani on Indonesia‘s Lombok, a day after a powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the tourist island, terrifying the climbers as boulders tumbled…
Trump threatens US government shutdown over immigration
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would allow the federal government to shut down if Democrats refuse to back his demand for a wall at the Mexican…
Cambodia’s ruling party claims victory in much-criticised election
PHNOM PENH – Cambodia’s ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) said on Sunday that it had won a general election that rights groups said was neither free nor fair due to…
Powerful quake kills 14 on Indonesian tourist island Lombok
SEMBALUN – A powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake has struck the popular tourist island of Lombok in Indonesia killing 14 people and sending villagers fleeing from their beds into open fields…
Cambodia blocks some independent news media sites: rights group
PHNOM PENH – Cambodia has blocked the websites of some independent media, a human rights group said, just two days before a general election in which Prime Minister Hun Sen faces…
Trump denies knowing of 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Russians
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump has denied knowing about the 2016 meeting his son Donald Trump Jr. and other campaign staff held at Trump Tower with a group of…
Migrants land on Spanish beach, flee as tourists look on
TARIFA – More than 30 illegal migrants, pursued by a police boat, have landed their packed dinghy on a Spanish beach then scattered into the surrounding sand dunes and woodland.…
