Indonesian rescuers struggle against heavy rain to reach tsunami-hit villages

2018/12/26 11:32:19

Indonesian rescue teams on Wednesday struggled to reach remote areas on the western coast of Java am...

Vote delayed in three Congo opposition districts, won't count toward presidential result

2018/12/26 11:05:10

Democratic Republic of Congo will delay polling in Sunday's elections in three cities until March, o...

France drops charges against Rwandan officials

2018/12/26 10:44:14

Investigative magistrates in France have dropped charges against nine Rwandan officials investigated...

China tries rights lawyer in case Amnesty denounces as a sham

2018/12/26 10:15:34

The subversion trial of a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer in what Amnesty International called...

Russia, Belarus fail to agree on financial compensation for Minsk: Kremlin

2018/12/26 09:35:39

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko failed to agree on ...

Koreas' bid to reconnect rail, road links clouded by sanctions issue

2018/12/26 08:12:15

The two Koreas on Wednesday launched a project to reconnect rail and road links severed since the 19...

Blast at chemical plant in China's Xinjiang kills three: report

2018/12/26 04:01:19

A blast at a chemical plant in China's northwestern Xinjiang autonomous region has killed three peop...

Syrian air defenses intercept 'hostile targets' near Damascus

2018/12/25 22:10:18

Syrian air defenses intercepted "hostile targets" near Damascus, Syrian state media reported on Tues...

Sherpa widows to climb Everest to inspire single women

2018/12/26 11:05:36

The widows of two sherpa climbers, who died on Mount Everest, will try to climb the world ’s highe...

Syria state media says Israeli planes attack targets near Damascus

2018/12/26 10:49:46

Israeli war planes attacked with missiles unspecified targets near Damascus, the Syrian capital, on ...

Qatar sends 24 armored vehicles to Mali

2018/12/26 10:16:42

Qatar has airlifted 24 armored vehicles to Mali, in a move it said would help the countries of the A...

Russia asks West to try to calm its Kerch Strait tensions with Ukraine

2018/12/26 10:13:57

Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday it hoped Western countries would not take par...

Kremlin does not rule out Putin attending Davos forum

2018/12/26 09:21:29

The Kremlin does not rule out the participation of President Vladimir Putin in the World Economic Fo...

Leading Chinese Marxist student taken away by police on Mao's birthday

2018/12/26 07:31:06

Chinese police detained a well-known Marxist at a top university on Wednesday, a witness said, on th...

China blames unemployed man for bus hijacking in which eight killed: Xinhua

2018/12/26 02:56:20

Police have detained an unemployed man who hijacked a bus in southeastern China after a dispute with...