China rules out same-sex marriage: spokesman
A parliament spokesman said on Wednesday that China’s legal position on marriage will not change, remaining between a man and a woman, despite pressure from...
More than 2,000 people displaced, 19 killed in Myanmar fighting
More than 2,000 people have been forced to flee from their homes, and 19 have been killed, since fighting broke out between government troops and...
Sudan forms 11-member sovereign council, headed by military leader
Sudan on Tuesday completed the formation of an 11-member sovereign council that will run the country for a three-year transitional period until elections, a spokesman...
Pope gives sick girl free run of audience stage, delighting crowd
Pope Francis allowed a girl suffering from an undisclosed illness to move around undisturbed clapping and dancing on the stage for most of his general...
Trump cancels Denmark visit after rebuff over Greenland
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday called off a visit to Denmark scheduled for early September after the country’s prime minister rebuffed his idea of...
Head of Sudan’s now-defunct military council sworn in as head of new sovereign council
General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the outgoing head of Sudan’s military council, was sworn in as head of the newly-formed Sovereign Council in front of the...
China says detains employee of British consulate in Hong Kong
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...
Greece says it will not help Iranian tanker to reach Syria
Greece will not provide assistance in delivering oil to Syria to an Iranian tanker now sailing eastward through the Mediterranean, Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis...
Australia joins U.S.-led maritime security mission in Gulf
Australia will join the United States in a security mission to protect merchant vessels traveling through key Middle East waterways after Iran seized a British-flagged...
Japan’s Kono wants progress in resolving wartime labor feud with Seoul
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono on Wednesday said he wanted to see progress toward resolving a feud with South Korea over compensating Korean wartime workers...