Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed constitutional amendments that abolish direct presidential elections and extend his tenure. According to a government notice issued Tuesday, the …
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto have sealed a major defense deal, allowing Jakarta to acquire Indian BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles. The …
Heavy police deployments in Kenya and Tanzania have suppressed planned protests on Tuesday. July 7 is significant for both countries. In Kenya, it commemorates the 1990s struggle for multiparty …
Judge dismisses Prince Harry's privacy invasion lawsuit against publisher of Daily Mail.
Explosions rocked Damascus as France's President Emmanuel Macron meets with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa. Syria's Interior Ministry says that at least 18 people have been wounded. The blasts …
Syrian and French presidents agree to reappoint ambassadors after more than a decade.
A government-appointed county commissioner in South Sudan’s oil-rich Jonglei State has been killed by opposition forces, the government says. Fighting in Jonglei has intensified, with an unknown …
Asian shares have retreated despite a rebound for AI stocks that lifted benchmarks on Wall Street. The Kospi in South Korea closed down 4.9% after plunging 8% earlier in the day. Tokyo's Nikkei lost …
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte, who's facing an impeachment trial, says she expects to be “bloodied but unbowed” by the process. She faces charges including threatening the president. …
A landslide in northwestern China has killed five people and left 12 others trapped. The disaster buried 33 people in Nanhe township of Longnan city in Gansu province shortly before 7 a.m. Tuesday. …
A debate over use of traditional Chinese symbols has cropped up after a court ordered a Chinese tea chain to pay the French luxury brand Louis Vuitton $1.5 million over copyright infringement claims. …
Virtual taekwondo is gaining popularity as a structured competitive discipline in Southeast Asia. Co-developed by World Taekwondo and Refract Technologies, the sport combines VR technology with …
China's navy has test-launched a long-range ballistic missile from a nuclear-powered submarine, showcasing its growing nuclear deterrence capabilities. The launch Monday has drawn protests from the …
Authorities say dozens of militants overnight attacked a police post overnight in insurgency-hit southwestern Pakistan, triggering an intense gunbattle that killed nine police officers and wounded …
President Donald Trump and NATO leaders are meeting in Turkey for a summit focused on the alliance's future. The two-day summit in Ankara, Turkey, is centered on strengthening Europe and redefining …
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong is scheduled to be sentenced in September in a case brought under a Beijing-imposed national security law. Wong was arrested in June 2025 on suspicion of conspiracy to …
Anissa Helou is a renowned Syrian-Lebanese cook and food writer who originally never intended to pursue cooking or writing. But she has now released nearly a dozen books on Middle Eastern cuisine. …
Hamas says it has dissolved its government in Gaza and is preparing to transfer power to a U.N.-backed technical committee. The decision announced Monday is part of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal. …
Iranian state television says liquified natural gas tanker attacked in Strait of Hormuz off Oman after ignoring warnings.
The premiers of Alberta and Ontario have proposed a pipeline to carry western Canadian oil to the country's east as Canada seeks new markets. Albert's premier says the proposed pipeline would run …