DUBAI – Iran will not accept any extension of sanctions beyond 10 years, an official said on Wednesday, in the latest attempt by its pragmatist...
PYONGYANG – According to South Korea’s Yonhap news agency North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un is preparing to launch a new, long-range rocket, possibly in October, having completed...
TOKYO – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says China’s aggressive maritime activities in the East China Sea are among the major threats to the country’s...
DONETSK – A German reporter investigating the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine has published a new video allegedly shot by local...
PYONGYANG – North Korea’s first mock elections since Kim Jong-un took control in December 2011 were held over the weekend and saw a 99.97 percent...
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the creation of a new reserve armed force as part of steps to improve training and...
AORDOS – A Spokesman for two of the nine foreign tourists being detained by Chinese authorities for allegedly watching terror propaganda videos last week were...
TEHRAN – Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saturday that a historic nuclear deal reached with world powers earlier this week won’t have any...
BERLIN – German lawmakers gave their go ahead on Friday for the euro zone to negotiate a third bailout for Greece, heeding a warning from...
A year to the day after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine, an Australian news organization released a video purporting to show pro-Russian...
BEIJING – China’s Ministry of National Defense has released a statement saying, Japan’s approval of “unprecedented” legislation to expand its military role risked unsettling the...
ATHENS – Greece’s citizens awoke with a political hangover on Thursday after parliament approved a stringent bailout program, thanks to the votes of the pro-European...
ALMOLOYA – Mexico’s most prized prisoner paced his cell, first to the latrine, then the shower, then the bed. At every turn around the tiny...
TOKYO – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made another pitch on July 15 for security bills which would beef up Japan’s military, as he pushed...
VIENNA – A group of six nations led by the United States said they had reached a historic accord on Tuesday to significantly limit Tehran’s nuclear...
WASHINGTON DC– Defense Secretary Ash Carter has ordered a six-month study aimed at formally ending one of the last gender- or sexuality-based barriers to military...
PARIS – French President Francois Hollande used his Bastille Day message to the French on Tuesday to call for a strengthening of the 19-nation euro...
BEIJING – Dozens of Chinese lawyers including some of the country’s more prominent “rights defenders” have been detained or questioned over the past few days in...
CHINA – More than 1 million people were evacuated in eastern China as Typhoon Chan-Hom made landfall Saturday afternoon. The storm’s powerful winds knocked out...
MANILA – Daniel Cabrera a Nine-year-old homeless Filipino boy touched hearts around the world after he was photographed doing his homework in the dim light...
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