International

The man believed to be al Qaeda’s second-in-command has been killed, Afghan security forces have said. Abu Muhsin al-Masri was on the FBI’s most wanted list and was charged with conspiracy to kill US nationals. […]

Chinese president Xi Jinping warned the US that China did not fear war in a fiercely nationalistic and pointed speech marking the 70th anniversary of China’s entry into the Korean war against American forces, amid ever-escalating tensions […]

New Zealand now holds the title of the gayest Parliament in the world. Yesterday’s preliminary results show there is likely to be 12 openly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender members of the 120 members sitting […]

Beijing is stepping up the militarisation of its southeast coast as it prepares for a possible invasion of Taiwan, military observers and sources have said. The People’s Liberation Army has been upgrading its missile bases, and […]

The early hours attack, which saw a second missile strike another part of Ganja and a third reach the nearby strategic city of Mingecevir, came hours after Azerbaijani forces shelled the ethic Armenian separatist region’s capital Stepanakert. […]

Japan is to release treated radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, media reports say. It follows years of debate over how to dispose of the liquid, which includes water used […]

Unfavorable views of China have soared to historic highs in many countries in a new global poll by Pew Research Center, with the highest in Australia. A majority of those polled in each of the […]

North Korea unveiled what analysts believe to be one of the world’s largest ballistic missiles at a military parade celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Workers’ Party broadcast on state-run television on Saturday. The massive […]

(Bloomberg) — The Bank of Japan said it aims to start early phase experiments next year on issuing a digital currency in order to be ready should demand for one rise quickly. “From the viewpoint […]

  Chaotic scenes have played out in South Africa’s Free State province, where farmers have taken to the streets after two brutal slayings that have sparked national outrage. Farmers with “Boer Lives Matter” banners stormed […]