Top jihadist leader killed in the Sahel: France
French forces killed a top leader of a powerful African jihadist group linked to al-Qaeda in Mali last month, France's defence minister told media...
Shorter hours boost sales in overworked Japan: Microsoft
In a country notorious for overwork, Microsoft Japan trialled a radical idea: working less. And it found that four-day weeks and other reforms both...
Iran says to resume enrichment at underground plant
President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday that Iran would resume uranium enrichment at an underground plant south of Tehran in its latest step back from...
Sister of dead IS leader captured in Syria, Turkish officials say
Turkey captured the sister of dead Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Monday in the northern Syrian town of Azaz, a senior Turkish...
Trump threatens to withhold emergency aid from fire-hit California
US President Donald Trump threatened once again Sunday to withhold federal aid from California after its Democratic governor criticized his environmental policies.
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Chinese state media urge ‘tougher line’ on Hong Kong
Chinese state-run media on Monday called for a "tougher line" on democracy protesters in Hong Kong, after a weekend of violence following Beijing's plans...
Millions in Indian capital endure ‘eye-burning’ smog
Millions of people in India's capital started the week Monday choking through "eye-burning" smog, with schools closed, cars taken off the road and construction...
Thousands protest in Lebanon after rally to support president
Thousands of Lebanese protested Sunday to keep up a nationwide street movement that has brought down the government, hours after a mass rally to...
Holocaust survivors meet their saviour 75 years later
Eyes brimming with tears, 92-year-old Melpomeni Dina Gianopoulou was reunited Sunday with Jewish siblings she had helped hide from Nazis in her native Greece...
33 hurt as Paris-London bus overturns in France
Thirty-three people were injured on Sunday, at least four seriously, when a Paris-London bus with passengers from nine countries overturned in northern France, local...
