Hong Kong activists protest suspected gang attack in defiance of police ban
Several thousand protesters defied a police ban on Saturday to converge on a rural Hong Kong town where suspected triad gang members attacked protesters and...
Oman’s top diplomat in Iran talks amid mounting Gulf tensions
Oman’s minister responsible for foreign affairs held talks with Iran’s foreign minister on Saturday, Iranian state media reported, as tensions mount in the Gulf between...
Bahrain executes three, including Shi’ite activists
Bahrain executed on Saturday three men convicted in two separate cases, one involving the killing of a police officer and the other the killing of...
Irish PM says hard Brexit would raise issue of Irish unification
The question of the unification of Ireland and British-ruled Northern Ireland will inevitably arise if Britain leaves the European Union without a divorce deal on...
Hong Kong activists defy police ban to protest triad attack
Several thousand protesters defied a police ban on Saturday to converge on a rural Hong Kong town where suspected triad gangsters attacked protesters and commuters...
Bahrain executes three men convicted on ‘terrorism’ charges: prosecutor
Bahrain executed early on Saturday three people convicted in two separate cases, one a case of “terrorism” and killing a police officer, and the second...
India urges Iran to free all its crew after nine released
Iran has freed nine Indian crew members of a Panama-flagged tanker it seized this month, the Indian foreign ministry said on Saturday, and it appealed...
Club floor collapses in South Korea as athletes dance; two people dead
An upper floor of a nightclub collapsed on top of dancing revelers in South Korea on Saturday, killing two South Koreans and injuring several foreign...
Australia says diplomats should not undermine rights, after HK protest
Foreign diplomats in Australia should respect the right to free speech and peaceful protest, Foreign Minister Marise Payne said, following tension between pro-Hong Kong and...
Eight killed in quake, aftershocks in Philippines, 60 injured: agency
An earthquake and aftershocks struck islands off the north of the Philippines on Saturday killing eight people and injuring 60, disaster officials said....