Oxford Islamic scholar Ramadan offered bail in France rape case

2018/11/15 20:41:42

Swiss academic Tariq Ramadan, a professor of Islamic studies accused of rape in France and who had b...

U.S. sanctions 17 Saudis over killing of journalist Khashoggi

2018/11/15 20:40:35

The U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on 17 Saudi officials on Thursday for their role in the killing ...

From fugitive to governor, a Peruvian mining foe rises again

2018/11/15 00:26:19

For most of this year, Walter Aduviri, the governor-elect of Peru's Andean region of Puno, had been ...

China appears to relax North Korea sanctions: report to U.S. Congress

2018/11/14 23:38:12

A U.S. congressional commission said on Wednesday that China appears to have relaxed enforcement of ...

Factbox: What draft Brexit deal says of Irish border and contested 'backstop'

2018/11/14 23:21:36

British Prime Minister Theresa May's cabinet on Wednesday approved a draft Brexit deal with the Euro...

Irish PM welcomes Brexit deal as one of his better days in politics

2018/11/14 22:59:56

Ireland achieved all its key priorities in Britain's withdrawal agreement with the European Union, I...

'Not enough room': migrant flows strain Mexican border shelters

2018/11/14 22:47:46

The arrival in the Mexican border city of Tijuana of the first few hundred travelers from migrant ca...

Fight against Islamic State in last Syria stronghold may end soon: U.S. envoy

2018/11/14 22:38:33

The Trump administration hopes that the U.S.-backed fight against Islamic State in its last foothold...

Canada welcomes U.S. sanctions on Saudis, weighs similar action

2018/11/15 20:41:15

Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland on Thursday welcomed U.S. Treasury sanctions on 17 Saudi...

U.S. returns 'Bells of Balangiga' to Philippines a century after clash

2018/11/15 00:46:53

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday formally returned church bells to the Philippines th...

U.S. carriers join up in East Asia for 'complex' warfare drills

2018/11/15 00:11:08

Two U.S. aircraft carriers with around 150 fighter jets are conducting "complex" warfare drills in t...

After cabinet backing, May girds for Brexit battle in UK parliament

2018/11/14 23:22:24

British Prime Minister Theresa May won the backing of her senior ministers for a draft European Unio...

In APEC host Papua New Guinea, China and the West grapple over strategic port

2018/11/14 23:15:12

When Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill flagged the possibility of China bankrolling a po...

DUP leader makes UK PM May aware of concerns in a 'frank' meeting

2018/11/14 22:59:11

The leader of the small Northern Irish party propping up British Prime Minister Theresa May ’s min...

South Korean firms to plead guilty to rigging U.S. military fuel bids

2018/11/14 22:40:36

Three South Korean companies will plead guilty to criminal charges and pay $236 million for their ro...