Xi, top China party officials, make symbolic visit to Shanghai
World
October 31, 2017
Xi, top China party officials, make symbolic visit to Shanghai
Days after taking over as China’s leader in 2012, Xi Jinping led other top Communist Party officials to Beijing’s National…
Nervous Kenyans await Odinga response to Kenyatta poll victory
World
October 31, 2017
Nervous Kenyans await Odinga response to Kenyatta poll victory
Nervous Kenyans waited on Tuesday for the response of opposition leader Raila Odinga to President Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory in last…
U.S. business group worries Trump unprepared for commercial talks with China
Business
October 31, 2017
U.S. business group worries Trump unprepared for commercial talks with China
A top US business lobby in China said on Tuesday it was concerned US President Donald Trump’s administration was not…
Turkey’s Erdogan takes legal action after lawmaker calls him ‘fascist dictator’
Middle East
October 31, 2017
Turkey’s Erdogan takes legal action after lawmaker calls him ‘fascist dictator’
President Tayyip Erdogan filed a criminal complaint against a prominent opposition lawmaker on Tuesday, one of Erdogan’s lawyers said, after…
Exclusive: Koran, boots and scarves all that remain in Philippine rebel leader’s lair
World
October 30, 2017
Exclusive: Koran, boots and scarves all that remain in Philippine rebel leader’s lair
Prayer mats, chequered scarves, black fatigues, and bullet-ridden walls mark the hideout where the “emir” of Islamic State in Southeast…
Manafort indicted on conspiracy, money laundering charges: special counsel
World
October 30, 2017
Manafort indicted on conspiracy, money laundering charges: special counsel
Paul Manafort, a former campaign manager for US President Donald Trump, and an associate were indicted by a federal grand…
Jakarta closes hotel targeted by Islamists for alleged vice
Middle East
October 30, 2017
Jakarta closes hotel targeted by Islamists for alleged vice
Indonesia’s capital has shut a hotel and spa complex for alleged vice, city officials said on Monday, after Islamist groups…
Afghan Taliban say kidnapped US professor is seriously ill
Middle East
October 30, 2017
Afghan Taliban say kidnapped US professor is seriously ill
The Afghan Taliban said on Monday that Kevin King, one of two professors from the American University of Afghanistan who…
Syrian hostages who escaped Islamic State receive rapturous homecoming
Middle East
October 30, 2017
Syrian hostages who escaped Islamic State receive rapturous homecoming
Twenty six Syrian hostages who escaped from their Islamic State captors received an emotional homecoming on Sunday in the central…
Spain’s control over Catalonia to be tested on Monday as work resumes
World
October 30, 2017
Spain’s control over Catalonia to be tested on Monday as work resumes
Spain’s control over Catalonia will be tested on Monday when politicians and civil servants return to work amid uncertainty over…