Crumbling seawall heightens worries over flood threat to Indonesian capital
When part of a seawall protecting Jakarta collapsed last week near fisherman Awing Takalar’s shack it brought back bad memories of when another levee burst...
Oil hits three-month high as trade hopes, UK election lift sentiment
Oil rose to its highest in nearly three months on Friday as progress in resolving the U.S.-China trade dispute and Britain’s general election result appeared...
Revolution 101: For hardened teens of Hong Kong protests, violence is one way forward
Fiona’s rebellion against the People’s Republic of China began slowly in the summer months, spreading across her 16-year-old life like a fever dream. The marches...
Plastic bottles churn through waves on South African beach
A video captured and shared on social media by a member of The Litterboom Project, a Southafrican conservation initiative, showed plastic bottles and other litter...
South Korean protesters destroy portraits of U.S. ambassador
Protesters angry over American demands that South Korea pay more for defense destroyed portraits of the U.S. ambassador stuck on blocks of tofu outside the...
Clashes erupt in Delhi over citizenship law; PM Abe cancels visit
Violent clashes erupted in Delhi between police and thousands of university students on Friday over the enactment of a contentious new citizenship law, with the...
Ex-premier elected Algerian president; thousands prepare to march
Former Prime Minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune was elected Algeria’s new president after a vote the authorities hope will end months of turmoil, but demonstrators who toppled...
Johnson election victory propels Britain toward swift Brexit
Britain was speeding toward Brexit on Friday after Prime Minister Boris Johnson won a crushing election victory, ending three years of uncertainty since the country...
One dead, many injured in German apartment block blast: media citing police
One person was killed and dozens were injured in an explosion in an apartment block in Germany on Friday, police said, according to local media....
Ammunition, gas canisters found in German blast building: police
Police said they had found gas canisters and old war ammunition in one of the flats in the apartment building where an explosion took place...