Myanmar citizens deported from Singapore over alleged insurgent ties remanded in custody
Six Myanmar nationals deported from Singapore over alleged links to an ethnic minority insurgent group were remanded in custody in Yangon on Friday, a court...
Italy’s Di Maio says he trusts Economy Minister Tria and PM Conte
Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Friday he had full confidence in Economy Minister Giovanni Tria and Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte ahead...
A Minute With: Jason Statham and Idris Elba on ‘Fast & Furious’ spin-off
Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham return as agent Hobbs and outcast Shaw in “Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw”, their own spin-off in the hugely...
Iran says India given consular access to 18 crew of the detained British vessel
Iran granted India consular access to 18 Indian crew members of the detailed British vessel Stena Impero, the Iranian ambassador to Britain said....
Broken promise: Philippines Duterte vetoes bill on short-term contracts
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has vetoed a measure that would have ended companies’ practice of hiring workers on short-term contracts, his spokesman said on Friday,...
China’s steel minnows sidestep pollution rules to boost output
Small steel mills in China are taking advantage of lax environmental enforcement to ramp up production ahead of bigger rivals, industry and government officials said,...
Russia says it will ban think-tank formerly run by U.S. ambassador
Russia said on Thursday it was preparing to ban the Atlantic Council, a think-tank formerly run by the U.S. ambassador to Moscow, which Russia’s prosecutor...
Protesters calling for ‘free Hong Kong’ converge on airport
Several hundred protesters calling for democracy and some chanting “free Hong Kong” converged on the Chinese-ruled city’s airport on Friday as neighboring Singapore advised its...
Police ordered to pull their weight as Indonesia fights obesity
An Indonesian province has put 50 overweight police on a crash program of aerobics, swimming and jogging, telling them they’d better shape up for the...
Bullying won’t break EU unity, Merkel ally tells UK’s Johnson
The European Union will not be bullied into compromising its principles, Norbert Roettgen, a German lawmaker and ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, said in a...