Russia says radiation levels rose by 4-16 times in city after accident: TASS
Radiation levels in the Russian city of Severodvinsk rose by up to 16 times on Aug. 8 after an accident that authorities said involved a...
Japan braces for tropical storm Krosa in peak holiday season
Japan braced on Tuesday for a tropical storm set to dump heavy rains on western parts of the country, threatening to snarl road, rail and...
Iran says Britain might release Grace 1 oil tanker soon: IRNA
Iran said on Tuesday that Britain might free its oil tanker Grace 1 soon, after some documents were exchanged that would help the seized ship’s...
Blasts from Iraqi militia weapons depot kill one, injure 29
A large fire broke out on Monday at a weapons depot run by an Iraqi militia group, causing explosions heard across Baghdad, killing one person...
Woman stabbed, knife-wielding man restrained by public in Sydney
A woman was taken to hospital after she was stabbed in downtown Sydney on Tuesday in what appeared to be an unprovoked attack by a...
Chinese intervention in Hong Kong would be a ‘catastrophe’, Patten says
Hong Kong’s last British governor Chris Patten on Tuesday cautioned that if China intervened in Hong Kong it would be a catastrophe and that Chinese...
Hong Kong protests unleash ‘panic and chaos’, leader says as airport reopens
A state of “panic and chaos” exists in Hong Kong, the city’s embattled leader said on Tuesday, defying calls to quit as the stock market...
Australia should reduce emissions, coal mining: Pacific leaders
Australia should do more to reduce its carbon emissions and giving cash to countries battling climate change was not enough, Pacific island leaders said on...
Kyrgyz ex-president was plotting coup -prosecutor cited by Interfax
Kyrgyz prosecutors on Tuesday accused former president Almazbek Atambayev of plotting a coup, Russian news agency Interfax reported....
China Hongqiao says aluminum plants not damaged by floods, production normal
China Hongqiao Group, the world’s top aluminum producer, said on Tuesday it was operating as normal after Typhon Lekima lashed its home province of Shandong...