South Koreans vote for new leader, look set for record turnout
SEOUL – South Koreans have headed to voting stations to elect a new leader, with a potential record turnout suggesting voters are eager to move on from a corruption scandal…
Jakarta’s Christian governor jailed for blasphemy against Islam
Jakarta’s Christian governor has been found guilty of blasphemy against Islam and sentenced to two years in jail after a trial that was seen as a test of religious tolerance in…
Macron wins French presidency, to sighs of relief in Europe
PARIS – Emmanuel Macron has been elected French president with a business-friendly vision of European integration, defeating Marine Le Pen, a far-right nationalist who threatened to take France out of…
North Korea detains another American citizen, KCNA reports
SEOUL – North Korea says it has detained another US citizen on suspicion of “hostile acts” against the state, which would make him the fourth American to be held by the…
Reporters barred from China event seeking investment in Kushner project
SHANGHAI – Organisers have barred journalists from a publicly advertised event in Shanghai to attract Chinese investment in a US real estate project linked to the family of President Donald…
Sanders defends Trump’s praise of Australian healthcare system
WASHINGTON – US Senator Bernie Sanders said on Saturday that President Donald Trump was right to call Australia‘s universal healthcare system better than the US system. Sanders, a self-described democratic…
Macron is opinion polls favourite as France elects new president Sunday
PARIS – After a tumultuous election campaign filled with scandal and surprises, French voters will decide on Sunday whether a pro-European Union centrist or an anti-EU, anti-immigration far-rightist will lead…
Nigeria exchanges 82 Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram for prisoners: presidency
Boko Haram militants have released 82 schoolgirls out of a group of more than 200 whom they kidnapped from the northeastern town of Chibok in April 2014 in exchange for…
Three thousand migrants rescued in the Mediterranean: coast guard
MILAN – Around 3,000 migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean on Saturday as they tried to reach Europe, Italy’s coast guard said in a statement. The people were picked up…
“Mother” should not be used to describe a bomb, Pope says
MILAN – Pope Francis has criticised the naming of the US military’s biggest non-nuclear explosive as “the Mother of All Bombs”, saying the word “mother” should not be used in…
