HONG KONG: Shipments of protected African species including tortoises, pythons and parrots to Asia have soared since 2006 as…

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un discussed ways to ease tensions on the peninsula with visiting South Korean…

TOKYO: Japanese lawmakers pledged yesterday to study compensation measures for thousands of people, some as young as nine, who were…

GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Council yesterday ordered an immediate probe into the situation in Syria’s besieged rebel enclave of…

ANKARA: Turkey on Monday launched a crackdown on the Islamic State extremist group and boosted security in Ankara after the…

BAGHDAD: Iraq has ordered the seizure of assets that belonged to executed dictator Saddam Hussein and more than 4,200 officials…

DAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Sunday his forces must push on with their campaign to retake the besieged enclave…

BEIJING: China announced yesterday an 8.1 per cent defence budget increase for 2018, giving the world’s largest armed forces a…