2021

Hong Kong China's crackdown in Hong Kong has left Japanese finance firms "very much afraid" and reconsidering whether to remain in the city, a…

Tripoli Libya's parliament meets Monday ahead of a vote on a new interim unity government for the divided country, a crucial step toward December…

Jose Kalathil NEW DELHI: A dialogue among women leaders in the Asia-Pacific region to mark International Women’s Day (IWD) 2021 highlighted the…

Zurich, Switzerland Switzerland votes Sunday on whether to ban full facial coverings in public places, despite women in Islamic full-face veils…

Quito, Ecuador Three dozen endangered giant tortoises, born and raised in captivity, have been released into the wild on one of the Galapagos…

Riyadh A Saudi-led military coalition mounted air strikes on Yemen's Huthi-controlled capital Sanaa on Sunday after it intercepted a string of…

Jose Kalathil NEW DELHI: UNESCO, Expedia Group and Accor Group have joined hands to extend the UNESCO Sustainable Tourism Pledge to 96 countries,…

LAGOS, Nigeria Schoolgirls kidnapped by gunmen at a public school in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara last week have been released, the…

JAKARTA Mt. Sinabung, located in Indonesia's North Sumatra province, erupted Tuesday, spewing columns of ash and smoke as high as 7 kilometers,…