China says it has no intention of interfering in U.S. elections
China said on Thursday it has no intention of interfering in the U.S. elections, responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, John...
U.S. hits Syria with toughest sanctions yet
The United States imposed its toughest sanctions yet on Syria on Wednesday, aiming to choke off revenue for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government in an...
Kazakhstan’s Nazarbayev contracts COVID-19
Kazakhstan’s influential former president Nursultan Nazarbayev has self-isolated after testing positive for COVID-19, his spokesman Aidos Ukibay wrote on Twitter....
UK tells EU on Brexit: We won’t hang around too much longer
The European Union must intensify Brexit free trade talks as the United Kingdom will not hang around and wait for talks to be dragged out...
Four rockets fall inside Baghdad’s Green Zone, no casualties: military statement
Four rockets fell late on Wednesday inside Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses the U.S. embassy and other missions in the Iraqi capital, but...
Chinese fighter jets buzz Taiwan again, stoking tensions
Chinese air force aircraft approached Taiwan on Thursday for the fifth time in 10 days, before being warned away by Taiwanese fighters, the island’s air...
Elite French police make arrests after Dijon gang violence
France’s elite ‘RAID’ police unit has arrested several members of the Chechen community after four nights of gang violence in the city of Dijon, a...
Kazakhstan to tighten COVID-19 restrictions as outbreak worsens
Kazakhstan will close shopping malls, markets and parks in major cities on June 20-21 and make additional hospital beds available for COVID-19 patients, the Central...
UK says China and Russia trying to exploit coronavirus crisis
The United Kingdom said on Thursday that China, Russia and Iran were looking to exploit weaknesses shown by the coronavirus outbreak, amid suggestions Beijing had...
UK says it still wants global digital tax as U.S. quits talks
Britain will keep pushing for a global solution on taxing international digital companies such as Google and Facebook Inc after the United States left negotiations,...