Mid-Autumn Festival lantern protests to light up Hong Kong
Hong Kong activists will combine anti-government protests with lantern celebrations marking the Mid-Autumn Festival this weekend after a brief lull in sometimes violent demonstrations which...
Blasts rock Cyprus ammunition depot, some slightly injured: minister
Blasts rocked an ammunition depot in northern Cyprus on Thursday after a fire broke out in a military zone, with shattered glass slightly injuring some...
China says welcomes North Korea’s positive signals on nuclear talks
China said on Thursday it welcomed the positive signals from North Korea on resuming nuclear talks with the United States....
Foxconn’s Gou quits Taiwan’s KMT, paving way for presidential bid
Terry Gou, the founder of Apple supplier Foxconn, quit Taiwan’s main opposition party on Thursday, paving the way for a possible bid to stand in...
‘Ultraman Buddha’ art in Thailand prompts police complaint
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Blasts rock Cyprus ammunition depot, some injured: minister
Blasts rocked an ammunition depot in northern Cyprus on Thursday after a fire broke out in a military zone, with shattered glass inflicting slight injuries...
Israel’s Healthy.io raises $60 million, gets FDA ok for urine test
Israel’s Healthy.io said on Thursday it raised $60 million in funding and received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its smartphone-based urine...
Timeline:Tunisia’s bumpy path to democracy
Tunisia’s votes for president this month and parliament in October are the next step in its transition to democracy after a revolution that triggered the...
Detained mogul’s presidential run tests Tunisia’s democracy
Media magnate Nabil Karoui’s run for president was testing the rules of Tunisia’s young democracy even before he was put in custody last month charged...
Climate change campaigner Tongan PM dies in New Zealand
Tongan Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pohiva, a pro-democracy and climate change campaigner in the South Pacific, died in a New Zealand hospital on Thursday, the information...