China boosts soft power in Pakistan via film and social media
In a small office at the Pakistani Television Corporation (PTV) headquarters in Islamabad, producers are preparing to air a video interview of a Pakistani man...
Thousands pray for rain in Indonesia as forests go up in smoke
Thousands of Indonesians prayed for rain in haze-hit towns on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo on Wednesday, as forest fires raged at the height...
Mugabe’s body expected in Zimbabwe, burial place still a mystery
The body of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was expected in the country later on Wednesday, a family spokesman said, but his final resting place...
Japan regulator to re-investigate Fukushima nuclear disaster
Japan’s nuclear regulator plans to reinvestigate the Fukushima disaster, in which three reactors at an atomic power plant run by Tokyo Electric Power melted down...
UK business minister says focus is to get Brexit deal at Oct. 17 EU summit
British business minister Andrea Leadsom said on Wednesday her government’s focus was getting a divorce deal with the European Union at a summit next month...
Hong Kong protesters hit pause button to mark Sept. 11
Hong Kong activists called off protests on Wednesday in remembrance of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States and denounced a Chinese state...
Ugandan leader calls for eye-for-an-eye-style sentences after nephew murdered
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has said he wants courts to hand out eye-for-an-eye-style sentences for all murder convicts, to help stem soaring violent crime that...
Indian police kill militant behind attack on Kashmir trader’s family
Security forces in Indian Kashmir shot dead on Wednesday a suspected member of a Pakistan-based militant group who was accused of attacking the family of...
Jailed Catalan leader says Spain wants to ‘behead’ separatism
Catalonia’s highest-profile jailed separatist leader accused Spain of trying to behead the secessionist movement with a trial on the region’s failed independence bid, adding that...
Hong Kong protesters hit pause to mark Sept. 11 attacks
Hong Kong activists called off protests on Wednesday in remembrance of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States and denounced a Chinese state...