APD | Sri Lanka’s Parliament to convene ...
By APD writer EaswaranCOLOMBO, Nov. 5 (APD) – Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena is to convene Parliament on Monday to resolve a deepening political crisis in the country.Former President Mahi
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APD | Sri Lanka’s Parliament to convene ...
By APD writer EaswaranCOLOMBO, Nov. 5 (APD) – Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena is to convene Parliament on Monday to resolve a deepening political crisis in the country.Former President Mahi
EU leaders urge progress as UK eyes Brex...
Britain's Brexit minister believes a divorce deal with the European Union could be struck by November 21, it emerged Wednesday, prompting EU leaders to warn this would require a breakthrough withi
Peru court orders opposition leader Fuji...
Peru's powerful opposition leader Keiko Fujimori was taken into custody on Wednesday after a court ordered her held in preventive detention for three years pending the outcome of a corruption prob
S. Korean court allows conscientious obj...
South Korea's supreme court ruled Thursday that moral and religious beliefs are valid reasons to refuse the country's mandatory military service, in a case that has implications for hundreds o
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect in...
A US federal jury has charged a Pennsylvania man with 44 counts, including hate crimes, for killing 11 and injuring six people during shootings at a synagogue in Pittsburgh last weekend, authorities a
US not to rely on others on Khashoggi in...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that the United States will not rely on other sides regarding the investigation of the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as the Turkish s
Protests erupt in Pakistan after court a...
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday freed a Christian woman from a death sentence for blasphemy against Islam and overturned her conviction, sparking angry protests and death threats from hardli
APD | Indonesia sends protest note over ...
By APD writer Aditya NugrahaJAKARTA, Oct. 31 (APD) -- Indonesian government sent protest note over recent execution of national female migrant worker by authorities in Saudi Arabia as it was done with
Republican senators urge Trump to suspen...
A group of Republican senators asked U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday to suspend civilian nuclear talks with Saudi Arabia after the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and Saudi actions
Republican senators urge Trump to suspen...
A group of Republican senators asked U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday to suspend civilian nuclear talks with Saudi Arabia after the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and Saudi actions
French foreign minister: sanctions again...
France doesn’t rule out any sanction against Saudi Arabia if its authorities are found to have been involved in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian sa
Just over half of Germans think the SPD ...
A slim majority of Germans would like the Social Democrats (SPD), junior partners in Angela Merkel’s coalition, to leave the government, with only the supporters of the chancellor’s own conservatives
Saudi prosecutor discusses Khashoggi cas...
Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor held talks overnight with Turkish intelligence officials over the investigation into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Demi
Indian court seeks pricing of Rafale jet...
India’s top court on Wednesday ordered the government to provide pricing details of 36 Rafale fighter jets it is buying from France.The court said the government must bring details of the decision-mak
South Sudan opposition leader returns as...
For the first time since fleeing South Sudan more than two years ago, opposition leader Riek Machar returned on Wednesday to take part in a nationwide peace celebration.Under the new peace deal signed
Migrants to rest, hope to win mass trans...
Thousands of Central American migrants in a caravan traveling through Mexico planned to rest at least a day or longer in the southern city of Juchitan beginning Wednesday, hoping to organize mass tran
Concern over UK-based Iranian TV channel...
A UK-based Iranian TV station is being funded through a secretive offshore entity and a company whose director is a Saudi Arabian businessman with close links to the Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Sa
Yemen war: US unveils blueprint for ceas...
The Trump administration has given details of a UN-brokered peace plan aimed at ending the war in Yemen, beginning with a ceasefire within 30 days and talks to be held in Sweden.The US defence secreta
APD | Ten Filipino seafarers kidnapped i...
By APD writer Melo M. AcunaMANILA, Oct.31 (APD) – At least eleven Filipino seafarers fell into the hands of suspected pirates responsible for the hijacking of two vessels in the Gulf of Guinea.The Dep
Asia Bibi: Pakistan court overturns blas...
Pakistan’s supreme court has struck down the death sentence for blasphemy handed down to Christian woman Asia Bibi, in a long-delayed, landmark decision that has seen the judiciary praised for its bra