Five dead, 15 injured in carbon monoxide leak at China plant: Xinhua

2018/10/05 17:31:27

Five people died and 15 were injured following a carbon monoxide leak in a thermal power plant in no...

Latvia election to test anti-Russian resolve

2018/10/05 17:28:44

Latvians are set to vote on Saturday in parliamentary elections in which the rise of an anti-establi...

India quietly seals missile deal with Russia despite U.S. warning

2018/10/05 17:17:48

India agreed a deal with Russia to buy S-400 surface to air missile systems on Friday, the two sides...

Melania Trump goes on safari in Kenya and visits an orphanage

2018/10/05 17:09:29

U.S. first lady Melania Trump read to children at an orphanage, fed a baby elephant, and went on a s...

Israeli troops kill Palestinian child and one other protester at Gaza border: medics

2018/10/05 17:03:47

Israeli forces killed two Palestinians including a child at a protest along the Israel-Gaza border o...

UNRWA concerned over plan to shut its East Jerusalem operation

2018/10/05 16:52:45

The U.N. agency that helps Palestinian refugees expressed concern on Friday over moves by the mayor ...

Hong Kong refuses visa for FT journalist who hosted independence speech

2018/10/05 16:38:18

Hong Kong has refused to renew a work visa for a Financial Times journalist who chaired a speech by ...

Nobel-awarding Swedish Academy elects new members after rape scandal

2018/10/05 16:25:10

The Swedish Academy named two new members on Friday as part of efforts to rebuild the scandal-hit in...

Congolese doctor, Yazidi activist, champions in fight against rape in war, win Nobel Peace Prize

2018/10/05 17:30:07

Denis Mukwege, a doctor who helps victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an...

Rights groups call on Saudi Arabia to ensure prominent journalist reappears

2018/10/05 17:28:19

Human rights groups are calling on Saudi Arabia to verify the whereabouts of prominent Saudi journal...

Israel's prime minister questioned again in corruption probe

2018/10/05 17:14:01

Israeli police questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the 12th time on Friday in connectio...

Turkey detains 88 for suspected links to Kurdish militants

2018/10/05 17:05:11

Turkish authorities have detained 88 people over suspected links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers P...

For women in Greek migrant camps, even showers are unsafe: Amnesty

2018/10/05 17:01:29

Women in Greek migrant camps are too scared to leave their tents at night or use communal showers, a...

Italy's Salvini attacks Juncker, hopes for change in 2019

2018/10/05 16:39:06

Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini accused European Commission President Jean-Claude Junck...

EU negotiators say Brexit deal 'very close' but details missing

2018/10/05 16:26:41

The European Union's Brexit negotiators believe a divorce deal with Britain is "very close", diploma...