PALANGKARAYA (Indonesia), Oct 24 — Hundreds of students protested late Friday in Indonesia’s Palangkaraya, demanding the government do more to tackle a wildfire crisis that has shrouded their city and

WASHINGTON, Oct 24 — The US Department of Defense has designated Confucius Institutes, Chinese-funded cultural centres on American university campuses, a threat to US national security, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

RIYADH, Oct 24 — The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis said on Saturday it had intercepted a ballistic missile launched towards Riyadh by the Iran-backed group. Two explosions rang out

TAIPEI, Oct 24 — Emergency crews scrambled on Saturday to restore power to tens of thousands of households in Taiwan after Typhoon Champi’s fierce winds battered the island as the

GENEVA, Oct 24 — The Ebola patient in Nigeria is a Swiss woman, and the wife of a staff member at Switzerland’s embassy in Abuja, Bern said Friday. The couple

AMMAN, Oct 24 — Gunmen killed at least seven people and wounded dozens at a church in southern Jordan on Friday, with the king vowing retaliation for the rare attack

ROME, Oct 23 — From blockaded schools in Rome to tent camps in Madrid and street protests in France, young people across Europe are turning their anger on a political

PARIS, Oct 23 — French prosecutors are investigating a shooting that killed one person and wounded four outside Paris today as a suspected “terrorist” attack, national anti-terror prosecutors said. Prosecutors

BANGKOK, Oct 23 — Thailand plans to impose mandatory safety standards on electric vehicle (EV) batteries covering their manufacture, import and sale, the government said today, as the country seeks

WASHINGTON, Oct 23 — US President Donald Trump has said he should be allowed to run for a third presidential term after suggesting that the 2020 election was rigged. “I