U.S. military drone shot down over Yemen: officials
A U.S. military MQ-9 drone was shot down in Yemen’s Dhamar governate, southeast of the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday....
Kenyan chef challenges world record in 75-hour cooking marathon
Maliha Islam Mohammed is hoping for some good news from Guinness World Records after taking part in an epic cooking session. Kwame Amah Mensah reports....
China to speed up subsidies for pigs culled due to African swine fever
China’s cabinet said on Wednesday it will speed up the distribution of subsidies for pigs that are culled due to African swine fever....
Iran’s Zarif warns U.S. that Tehran may also act ‘unpredictably’
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday Tehran may act “unpredictably” in response to the United States’ “unpredictable” policies under U.S. President Donald...
No-deal Brexit stockpiling counterproductive, hospitals will have what they need: UK minister
Britain’s National Health Service will have access to what it needs in a no-deal Brexit and any stockpiling is counterproductive, Michael Gove, the minister in...
Trump offers help as UK’s Johnson asks Merkel to budge on Brexit
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to tell German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday that unless she agrees to change the Brexit deal, Britain will...
Hong Kong protesters gather at mob-attack subway as bank warns of economic fallout
A major bank warned on Wednesday that weeks of protests in Hong Kong could hit the economies of the Chinese-ruled city and mainland China itself...
China detains employee of Britain’s Hong Kong mission, UK urged to act
A Chinese national working at Britain’s Hong Kong consulate has been detained in China’s border city of Shenzhen for violating the law, the Chinese foreign...
Migrants disembark Open Arms rescue ship
Nearly one hundred migrants who had been stranded on the Open Arms rescue ship off the coast of Lampedusa disembarked on the Italian island on...
Tens of thousands flee Russian-led onslaught on opposition enclave
Ten of thousands of people have fled to the Turkish border in the last few days as the Syrian army pushed a major advance further...