Taiwan president calls on China to extend goodwill – newspaper
TAIPEI – Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen hascalled on China to change its thinking and extend goodwill in its relationship with the self-ruled island, according to an interview published today by a…
Hillary Clinton points to sexism, FBI director and Russia for election loss
NEW YORK – Former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says that sexism played a role in her loss to Donald Trump but FBI Director James Comey and intervention by Russia were…
N.Korea says US bomber flights push peninsula to brink of nuclear war
North Korea has accused the United States of pushing the Korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war after a pair of strategic US bombers flew training drills with the South…
German minister blames ‘weak’ army leadership after racism case
BERLIN – German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen has attacked “weak leadership” in the armed forces, provoking dismay among soldiers’ representatives, after an officer was arrested on suspicion of…
Police injured in clashes with Paris May Day protesters
PARIS – One French police officer has been seriously burnt and two others injured in clashes at a May Day demonstration in Paris in which protesters threw Molotov cocktails and other…
Swedish police make arrest in arson probe into Shi’ite mosque fire
STOCKHOLM – Swedish authorities have arrested a man brought in for questioning about possible arson on Monday after a fire damaged a Shi’ite mosque on the outskirts of Stockholm overnight,…
S.Korea says US reaffirms it will pay THAAD costs, Trump calls Asia allies
SEOUL – South Korea says the United States has reaffirmed it would shoulder the cost of deploying the THAAD anti-missile system, days after President Donald Trump said Seoul should pay…
Turkey fires 3,900 in second post-referendum purge
Turkey has expelled more than 3,900 people from the civil service and military as threats to national security, in the second major purge since President Tayyip Erdogan was granted sweeping new…
Saudi Arabia arrests 46 suspects over 2016 Medina attack
DUBAI – Saudi Arabia says it has arrested 46 members of a militant cell responsible for a deadly suicide bombing attack on the Prophet’s Mosque in the holy city of…
Iraqi commander says to complete capture of Mosul in May
BAGHDAD – An Iraqi commander expects to dislodge Islamic State from Mosul in May despite resistance from militants in the densely populated Old City district. The battle should be completed…
