Thirty years after Tiananmen, protesters’ goals further away than ever
Three decades after China’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in and around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, increased government suppression of rights activism has pushed the demonstrators’...
China to ‘fight at all costs’ for ‘reunification’ with Taiwan: defense minister
China will fight anyone who tries to interfere in its “reunification” with Taiwan, Defense Minister Wei Fenghe said on Sunday in a combative speech peppered...
Chinese defense minister says Tiananmen crackdown was justified
Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe said on Sunday that the bloody crackdown on protesters around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square 30 years ago was the “correct” decision,...
Eighteen hurt as two car blasts target Libya military unit: sources
At least 18 people were wounded in two car bomb explosions that targeted a military unit in Libya’s eastern coastal city of Derna, sending plumes...
New president pledges to cure ‘sick child’ El Salvador
El Salvador’s new President Nayib Bukele took office on Saturday pledging to cure the Central American country that he described as a “sick child” following...
Corbyn accuses Trump of interfering in UK politics with Johnson comments
UK Labour opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Saturday U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments endorsing Conservative front-runner Boris Johnson as the next prime minister were...
Trump tells UK to ‘walk away’ if EU does not give what it wants in Brexit: Sunday Times
U.S. President Donald Trump said Britain should refuse to pay its 39 billion pound EU divorce bill and “walk away” from Brexit talks if Brussels...
Eleven wounded in Sudan by gunfire near sit-in -opposition committee
At least 11 people were wounded by gunfire near a protest sit-in in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Saturday, an opposition doctors’ committee said....
Iranian president says talks possible only if Washington shows “respect”
President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday suggested Iran may be willing to hold talks if the United States showed it respect, but said Tehran would not...
Virginia Beach ‘will not be defined by this horror’: Mayor
Virginia Beach Mayor Bobby Dyer on Saturday commended the “heroes” who engaged a shooter in tactical gunfire during the Virginia Beach mass shooting on Friday...