China launches first domestically-built aircraft carrier China on Wednesday launched its first domestically built aircraft carrier, which will join an existing one bought second-hand, amid rising tensions over North Korea and worries about Beijing's assertiveness in the South China Sea. State media has quoted military experts as saying the carrier, […]
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Hong Kong police arrest two disqualified lawmakers: party Hong Kong police on Wednesday arrested two disqualified pro-independence legislators for unlawful assembly over an effort to force their way into a Legislative Council meeting in November, their political party said. Yau Wai-ching, 25, and Baggio Leung, 30, were picked up at […]
ASEAN statement to go easy on Beijing over South China Sea dispute Southeast Asian nations would adopt a softer than usual tone about South China Sea disputes at a leaders' summit on Saturday in Manila, and exclude references to militarization or island-building, according to a draft of the chairman's statement. […]
Fight for power takes new forms as Kenyan elections approach A crowd of elated young men danced outside the market in Kenya’s southern Kisumu city, waving the crisp new 200 shilling ($2) notes that a local politician was distributing from behind a dusty speaker that pounded out music. Shoppers paid […]
Death toll in Venezuela's unrest rises to 26 Two Venezuelan men died on Tuesday from gunshots at political demonstrations, bringing to 26 the number of fatalities around this month's protests against President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government. The state prosecutor's office said Orlando Medina, 23, was gunned down on a street […]
Taiwan bans eating dog and cat meat Taiwan bans eating dog and cat meat:- Taiwan has outlawed the consumption of dog and cat meat, as the island's legislature on Tuesday passed a landmark amendment to its animal protection laws, according to island's official Central News Agency (CNA). "Taiwan's progressive ban […]
Turkish interior minister says Diyarbakir blast was terrorist attack An explosion at a police compound in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir that killed three people was the result of a terrorist attack, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Wednesday. Officials had previously said that Tuesday's blast in the biggest […]
Swedish police arrest man over truck attack which killed four Swedish police arrest man over truck attack which killed four:- Swedish police have arrested a man they suspect drove a beer delivery truck which rammed into a crowd in central Stockholm on Friday, killing four people and wounding 15 in […]
Russia sends warship to region amid feud with US A Russian frigate armed with cruise missiles was heading to the Mediterranean in an apparent show of force a day after the first direct military strike by the US against the Syrian regime. Russian state media reported that the frigate, the […]
U.S. fires missiles at Assad airbase, escalating tensions with Russia U.S. fires missiles at Assad airbase, escalating tensions with Russia:- The United States on Friday fired dozens of cruise missiles at a Syrian airbase from which it said a deadly chemical weapons attack was launched this week, an escalation of […]
