WASHINGTON, D.C. – Blunt, ignorant and confused are some of the criticisms voiced by allies on U.S. policy toward Iran. But none sees the Trump administration...
BEIJING – China has expanded its ban on Wikipedia to block the community-edited online encyclopedia in all available languages, the BBC reports. An earlier enforced ban...
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian police said Monday they have detained four men who were planning to assassinate “’high-profile targets” and bomb places of worship and entertainment...
JAKARTA – Indonesian President Joko Widodo said Thursday he has won re-election after receiving an estimated 54% of the vote, backtracking on an earlier vow to...
UTRECHT – Police in the Netherlands have arrested a Turkish born Muslim suspected of shooting dead three people and wounding five on a tram in the...
SYRIA – An Islamic State fighter detained in Syria urged Italy on Saturday to let him come home to start a new life, saying he had...
CARACAS – In a desperate move to raise funds Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro has removed approximately 8 tons of gold from Venezuelan central bank’s vaults, legislator...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the Trump Administration continues to squeeze and isolate the Venezuelan regime led by socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro with even more sanctions and...
BANGKOK – When the Thai Armed Forces, led by General Prayut Chan-o-cha, seized power in a bloodless coup five years ago, it promised to bring...
BANGKOK – Thai immigration Chief, Maj-General Surachate Hakpal along with Pol General Torsak Sa-ardpak have told a press briefing that a police task force has arrested...
WASHINGTON D.C. – Trade conflict between the world’s two largest economic powers already is inflicting collateral damage and threatens to do yet more harm to...
BANGKOK – The 18 year-old Saudi teen who made her desperate plea for asylum after landing at Bangkok airport has been placed “under the care” of...
BANGKOK – Alexandra Sheichuk’s journey to exorcise the demons of drug addiction brought her 12,000 kilometers from her Canadian home to a Thailand monastery renowned...
PARIS – World leaders with the power to make war but a duty to preserve peace solemnly marked the end of World War I’s slaughter 100...
MINDANAO – Despite Islamic State’s failure last year to establish a caliphate in the southern Philippine city of Marawi, foreign militants continue to flock to the...
DUBAI – Saudi Arabia dismissed on Saturday accusations that Jamal Khashoggi was ordered murdered by a hit squad inside its Istanbul consulate as “lies and baseless...
ALIAGA, Turkey – The Trump Administration has secured the release of American pastor Andrew Brunson, who flew out of Turkey late Friday after a Turkish court...
As other Southeast Asian countries saw their positions unchanged or up in a survey of expats, Thailand and the Philippines went in the opposition direction. This...
BANGKOK – The arrival of Chinese tourists this year are expected to drop for the first time in a decade, with the plunge causing the country’s...
LONDON – Life expectancy in Europe continues to increase but obesity and the growing proportion of people who are overweight risks reversing this trend, the...