Four Turks kidnapped in Nigeria, police launch rescue operation

2019/07/21 14:56:03

Four Turkish nationals have been kidnapped in western Nigeria and police are conducting a rescue ope...

Seizure of British-flagged tanker 'clear violation of international law': UK Chamber of Shipping

2019/07/21 14:49:23

The seizure of a British flagged tanker by Iran is in "clear violation of international law" because...

Japan undecided on response to U.S. plan for Mideast maritime coalition: PM Abe

2019/07/21 14:19:52

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Sunday he had not yet decided on how to respond to an exp...

Iran says it seized British tanker, denies U.S. brought down drone

2019/07/20 08:12:46

Iran said it had seized a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday but denied Washington...

UK's Hunt says Iran may be on 'dangerous path' after seizing tanker

2019/07/20 08:11:33

British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said on Saturday that he was worried that Iran had taken a "dan...

Suspected Japanese arsonist is ex-convict who believed studio stole his novel: media

2019/07/20 06:00:05

(Corrects this July 19 story to show that incident with neighbor was this month, not last month, in ...

U.S. should reject 'prejudice' on China religious rights: state media

2019/07/20 01:52:08

The United States should reject "prejudice" and respect facts instead of vilifying China's record on...

Ahead of U.S. deadline, Mexico minister has fulfilled migration enforcement pledge

2019/07/20 01:22:05

Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Friday that Mexico has followed through on its commi...

Stena Bulk has asked to visit crew of seized tanker

2019/07/21 14:49:59

Stena Bulk, the British operator of a tanker seized by Iran, has made a formal request to visit the ...

Hong Kong police fire tear gas to disperse protesters in fresh wave of clashes

2019/07/21 14:46:05

Hong Kong police fired tear gas to disperse protesters late on Sunday in the latest wave of violence...

British warship warned Iranian forces against seizing tanker

2019/07/21 14:17:37

A British warship radioed an Iranian patrol boat to warn against interfering with the Stena Impero a...

Iran says UK-flagged tanker 'ignored distress call,' taken to Bander Abbas

2019/07/20 08:12:46

Iran has taken a British-flagged oil tanker it seized in the Strait of Hormuz to Bandar Abbas port, ...

'I don't have words': Boss of torched Japan studio mourns bright, young staff

2019/07/20 06:30:28

Many victims of an arson attack on a Japanese animation studio were young with bright futures, some ...

Britain says Iran seizes two oil tankers in Gulf, Iran says captured one

2019/07/20 05:09:32

Britain said Iran seized two oil tankers in the Gulf on Friday and told Tehran to return the vessels...

Trump offers to help ease tension in Japan-South Korea dispute

2019/07/20 01:25:48

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday offered to help ease tensions in the political and economic di...