Japan’s top court orders Okinawa to allow a divisive government plan to build US...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Supreme Court on Monday dismissed Okinawa's rejection of a central government plan to build U.S. Marine Corps runways on the...
China’s Xi will skip G20 summit in India during a period of soured bilateral...
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is apparently skipping this week’s Group of 20 summit in India as bilateral relations remain icy.Instead, Premier...
France’s waning influence in coup-hit Africa appears clear while few remember their former colonizer
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — When Gabon’s longtime leader was detained in the latest coup in Africa last week, France condemned the takeover but did...
1st Africa Climate Summit opens as hard-hit continent of 1.3 billion demands more say...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The first African Climate Summit is opening as heads of state and others assert a stronger voice on a global...
Dozens of graft charges against Malaysian deputy premier are dismissed deep into his trial
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian court on Monday dismissed 47 corruption charges against Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi at an advanced...
Upward of 20,000 Ukrainian amputees face trauma on a scale unseen since WWI
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — The small band of soldiers gather outside to share cigarettes and war stories, sometimes casually and sometimes with a degree...
UAE creates federal authority for ‘commercial gaming’ as casino giants flock to Gulf Arab...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has created a federal authority to potentially run a national lottery and what it...
South Korea’s Yoon to call for strong international response to North’s nukes at ASEAN,...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president says he’ll tell world leaders about the need to faithfully enforce U.N. sanctions on North Korea...
A senior Ennahdha opposition official has been placed under house arrest in Tunisia
PARIS (AP) — Tunisia’s opposition Islamist party Ennahdha said that one of its senior officials has been placed under house arrest by authorities in...
Guatemala’s electoral authority blocks the suspension of President-elect Arévalo’s political party
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s top electoral authority said Sunday it blocked the suspension of President-elect Bernardo Arévalo’s Seed Movement, at least temporarily giving...