WASHINGTON: The White House says a decision that could see Chinese leader Xi Jinping rule for life was an internal matter…

TAIPEI: Protesters including senior military veterans pushed down a gate to Taiwan’s parliament building yesterday and clashed with police as they…

BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said yesterday that a general election he had promised to hold in November would take…

SINGAPORE: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Tuesday he will reshuffle his cabinet once parliament enters a mid-term break…

KIGALI: The death toll when Rwandan police broke up a crowd demonstrating against a cut in food rations reached 11,…

RIYADH: Saudi King Salman on Monday replaced top military commanders including the chief of staff, state media said, in a…

DOUMA, Syria: A humanitarian ‘pause’ announced by Russia in Syria’s deadly bombardment of Eastern Ghouta took effect yesterday, offering a…

SEOUL: South Korean prosecutors on Tuesday demanded a 30-year-jail sentence for former president Park Geun-hye for corruption and abuse of…