Hong Kong marchers target malls in third day of Christmas protests
Hundreds of protesters marched through festive Hong Kong shopping malls on Thursday, aiming to disrupt business in the Asian financial hub for a third day...
‘Ring of fire’ eclipse enthrals skywatchers in Middle East, Asia
Thousands of skywatchers gathered across parts of the Middle East and Asia on Thursday to glimpse the sun forming a ring of fire around the...
Moscow to take retaliatory action against British media: Russian news agencies
Russia will take retaliatory measures against British media operating on Russian territory over what it regards as unfriendly action taken by British authorities against its...
Sailing: Comanche grabs early lead after slow start in Sydney Hobart race
InfoTrack was first out of the Sydney Heads but 2017 line honors winner Comanche shrugged off a poor start to grab an early lead in...
Netanyahu faces party leadership challenge ahead of March election
Israel’s embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced a fresh challenge to his power on Thursday as his Likud party held leadership primaries in the run-up...
Vietnam’s pork imports more than double amid swine fever outbreak
Vietnam’s pork imports during the first 11 months of this year more than doubled to 110,000 metric tonnes, the Ministry of Finance said on Thursday,...
China sails carrier group through Taiwan Strait as election nears
China has sailed its new aircraft carrier into the Taiwan Strait, Taiwan’s defense ministry said on Thursday, weeks ahead of presidential election on the island....
Turkey’s Erdogan says to send troops to Libya
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Turkey will send troops to Libya now that the north African country requested it, and he will present...
Economic slowdown will not change China environment policies: ministry
China will maintain its environmental protection goals and will not ease off on trying to achieve them even as the economy slows, an environment ministry...
China Southern Air Holding sets up one billion yuan cargo company
China Southern Air Holding, the parent of China Southern Airlines , has set up a cargo company with registered capital of 1 billion yuan ($143...