NEW YORK (AFP) – Masses of children skipped school to join a global strike against climate change that teen activist Greta Thunberg said was “only the…
JAKARTA (AFP) – Former Indonesian President Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, who ushered in an era of democratic reforms after the downfall of long-time dictator…
HARARE (AFP) – Mugabe died at 0240 GMT in Singapore, where he had been hospitalised in April, a Zimbabwean diplomat in South Africa told…
BEIJING (AFP) – Seven months after Huang Yu’s pet cat Garlic died, the British shorthair was given a 10th life. Born on July 21, the…
PARIS (AFP) – The same oceans that nourished human evolution are poised to unleash misery on a global scale unless the carbon pollution…
DILI (AFP) – Timor Leste on Friday celebrated 20 years since a UN-backed vote ended a bloody, decades-long occupation by Indonesian forces and…
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – Malaysian ex-leader Najib Razak’s most significant 1MDB trial begins Wednesday, centring on allegations that hundreds of millions of dollars…
JAKARTA (AFP) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo said Friday he would press on with plans to move the nation’s capital and roll out…
GENEVA (AFP) – A group of UN human rights experts on Friday called for the immediate release of three Iranian women given long…
RIYADH (AFP) – Saudi Arabia will allow women to travel abroad without approval from a male “guardian”, the government said Thursday, ending a…