Greek PM asks U.S.’s Pompeo for help to calm offshore tensions with Turkey
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday urged the United States to use its influence to defuse tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, where Cyprus and...
Erdogan says Turkey plans military operation east of Euphrates in Syria
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey will carry out a military air and ground operation east of the Euphrates in Syria, where Ankara...
Indian police detain 40 activists protesting tree felling for new metro
Indian police detained 40 protesters demanding that the Mumbai Metro Rail Corp Ltd (MMRCL) not cut some 2,700 trees to build a train parking shed...
Hundreds return to Hong Kong streets as metro, shops shut after violence
Hong Kong’s metro system stayed shut on Saturday, paralyzing transport in the Asian financial hub after a night of chaos in which police shot a...
Greek PM tells U.S.’s Pompeo Turkey violating Cyprus’s sovereign rights
Turkey is violating the sovereign rights of Cyprus, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told United States’ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo....
Grenade attack in Kashmir injures 10 amid India clampdown
A grenade attack on Saturday in Kashmir’s southern city of Anantnag injured 10 people, including a traffic policeman and a journalist, police said on Twitter,...
Hong Kong’s Lam says ‘extreme violence’ justified use of emergency powers
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Saturday “extreme violence” in the Asian financial hub had justified her decision to invoke emergency powers for the...
New Zealand marks Cook’s landing as PM urges ‘more open’ talk on history
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called on Saturday for New Zealand to have a more open conversation about its history, as commemorations kicked off to mark...
Grenade attack in Kashmir injures at least four amid India clampdown
A grenade attack injured four civilians on Saturday in the city of Anantnag in southern Kashmir, police said on Twitter, blaming “terrorists”....
EU rejects UK’s request for weekend talks as Johnson insists on no Brexit delay
The European Union has rejected a British request to hold Brexit talks this weekend, British media reported, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson reiterated his commitment...