Hong Kong police fire tear gas, rubber bullets as strikes paralyze city
Hong Kong police fired tear gas and rubber bullets in fresh clashes with protesters after a general strike caused transport chaos on Monday, and as...
China urges U.S. to stop interfering in Hong Kong
China urged the United States on Monday to stop interfering in Hong Kong’s affairs, and said it firmly stands behind the one country, two systems....
Twenty dead in explosion outside Cairo hospital
A midnight explosion following a car crash outside a hospital in central Cairo has left 20 people dead and 47 injured, the health and interior...
U.S. recorded eight new cases of measles last week
The United States recorded eight new measles cases last week, taking the total for the year to 1,172 in the worst outbreak since 1992, federal...
The man in the plastic mask: Disguised Brazil inmate busted in brazen jailbreak
A masked Rio de Janeiro inmate dressed as a woman tried to break out of a Brazilian jail this weekend, in a surreal act of...
Blast rocks Russian arms depot in Siberia, two hospitalized: RIA
Two Russians were hospitalized with shrapnel wounds on Monday after a blast at a Russian military base in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk, RIA news...
Turkey to launch offensive in northern Syria
Turkey plans to carry out a military operation in a Kurdish-controlled area east of the Euphrates in northern Syria to dislodge Kurdish militia fighters close...
Say ‘hello’ to Google, Nigerian style
Commuters making their way through Nigeria can now hear travel advice in a local voice on Google Maps under new features aimed at attracting more...
Owner of Poland’s ZE PAK energy group plans green push
A Polish billionaire owner of a brown coal-fueled power station, Zygmunt Solorz, said on Monday he would invest in greener sources of energy generation, as...
Nigeria to allow detained Shi’ite Muslim leader to seek medical treatment abroad
A Nigerian judge ruled on Monday that the detained leader of a banned Nigerian Shi’ite Muslim group could seek medical treatment abroad, after a series...