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…
SINGAPORE (AFP) – The estranged brother of the Singaporean prime minister has backed a new opposition party, the latest incident in a bitter…
BANGKOK (AFP) – Southeast Asia’s drug gangs are making over US$60 billion a year pumping out record amounts of methamphetamine, then laundering the…
NEW YORK (AFP) – The chart-topping Russian-made FaceApp, which allows users to see how they will look as they age, found itself in…