5.4-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan's Fukushima

6 years ago

TOKYO –An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 struck off the coast of Japan's Fukushima prefecture at 5:42 p.m. local time, Japan Meteorological Agency said Tuesday.  The...

Imran Khan's difficult road ahead as Pakistan PM

6 years ago

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan's World Cup cricket hero Imran Khan is set to become prime minister of the nuclear-armed nation of 207 million, with an economy inching toward crisis and perennial...

Iran says talks with Trump administration "unlikely"

6 years ago

TEHRAN –Iran's Foreign Ministry on Monday ruled out the possibility of negotiations with the U.S. government over the enduring bilateral problems.  "The United States has proved that it...

Pope accepts resignation of archbishop convicted of child abuse cover-up

6 years ago

VATICAN CITY –Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Philip Wilson, an Australian archbishop convicted in May of concealing abuse by a notorious paedophile priest in the 1970s, the Vatican...

EU says Cambodia vote 'lacks credibility'

6 years ago

BRUSSELS –The European Union on Monday said elections in Cambodia that handed strongman Hun Sen full control of parliament lacked credibility and did not reflect the will of the people.  ...

Polls open for Zimbabwe's first post-Mugabe election

6 years ago

HARARE –Polls opened across Zimbabwe on Monday for the first election since authoritarian leader Robert Mugabe was ousted last year, with lines of voters waiting to cast their ballots.  ...

Anger as MH370 families say official report offers no new information

6 years ago

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia –A long-awaited official report into the disappearance of Flight MH370 gave no new clues about why the plane vanished, relatives of those on board the aircraft said Monday,...

Pakistan's Sharif falls sick in jail, moving to hospital

6 years ago

ISLAMABAD –Former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif, jailed earlier this month over graft charges, has fallen sick inside prison and is being moved to hospital, a minister said Sunday.  ...

At least 10 dead, 40 hurt as 6.4 quake hits Indonesia island

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JAKARTA, Indonesia –A shallow, magnitude 6.4 earthquake early Sunday killed at least 10 people and injured 40 on Indonesia's Lombok Island, a popular tourist destination next to Bali, officials said.  ...

Hun Sen: Cambodia's shape-shifting strongman leader

6 years ago

PHNOM PENH –Cambodian leader Hun Sen has outlasted the murderous Khmer Rouge, sidelined the monarchy and crushed his opponents in a 33-year rule defined by patronage, political agility and repression...

Floods wreak havoc in India as death toll reaches nearly 600

6 years ago

NEW DELHI –Around 600 people have died over the past couple of weeks, hundreds of thousands of houses were washed away or greatly damaged, and millions of people rendered homeless...

33 killed as Indian bus plunges off mountain road

6 years ago

MUMBAI –A bus carrying university workers plunged off a mountain road into a valley in western India on Saturday killing 33 people, police said.  Only one passenger is...

Thousands of Russians protest against pension age hike

6 years ago

MOSCOW –Tens of thousands of Russians took part Saturday in rallies across the country organised by Communists to protest against highly controversial plans to hike the pension age.  ...

Imran Khan's party begins coalition talks as rivals plan protests

6 years ago

ISLAMABAD – Imran Khan's party said it has begun talks with independents and small parties to form a coalition government after a resounding triumph in Pakistan's general election, as rival...

Egypt court hands down 75 death sentence

6 years ago

CAIRO – An Egyptian court Saturday sentenced to death 75 Islamists, including Muslim Brotherhood leaders, and referred what was the largest single case of capital punishment convictions to the country's...