Masked Hong Kong protesters expected to gatecrash Halloween
Hong Kong police tightened security ahead of possible clashes between masked pro-democracy protesters and Halloween fancy-dress clubbers as the Chinese-ruled city confirmed it was in...
At least 65 killed in Pakistan train fire
A fire swept through a Pakistani train on Thursday, killing at least 65 people and injuring nearly 40 after a gas canister that passengers were...
Qatar takes step toward first Shura Council election: QNA agency
Qatar’s ruling emir has ordered that a committee be established to organize the first ever elections to the Shura Council that advises the government of...
German court to rule on farmers’ climate change challenge
A family of farmers worried that their windswept North Sea island will be engulfed by rising sea-levels is among a Greenpeace-led group of plaintiffs seeking...
North Korea launches two possible ‘ballistic missiles’ into sea, Japan says
North Korea fired two projectiles, which Japanese authorities said appeared to be ballistic missiles, into the sea between the Korean peninsula and Japan on Thursday,...
Actor Cuba Gooding Jr due in court on new charges in groping case
Actor Cuba Gooding Jr is due in court on Thursday to face new criminal charges involving a third woman accusing him of sexual misconduct, less...
China’s DJI says aware of reports U.S. Interior Department grounding its drones
Chinese drone maker DJI said on Thursday that it is aware of reports that the U.S. Department of the Interior has grounded all non-emergency Chinese-made...
Nigeria lifts suspension of two aid groups in northeast: minister
Nigeria has temporarily lifted a suspension of the operations of two aid groups, Mercy Corps and Action Against Hunger, in the country’s northeast, the minister...
China says hopes U.S. will ‘stop abusing concept of national security’ after reports of grounded drones
China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday after reports that the United States Department of the Interior had grounded its fleet of Chinese-made drones that it...
Indonesia threatens to report countries for refusing to take back waste
Indonesia’s environment ministry said on Thursday it would report countries to the Basel Convention, an international treaty on waste reduction, if they refused to accept...