The rising tensions between China, US

AFP | President Donald Trump has often bragged of his friendship with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, but recent events point to growing stresses between...

Israel’s Supreme Court upholds open-fire rules on Gaza border

AFP | Israel's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the military's use of lethal force against Palestinians during protests and clashes on the Gaza border. In the...

Summit off but Trump-Kim-Moon coin still available

AFP | US President Donald Trump may have called off his summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un but you can still order the commemorative...

Asian stocks hit as Trump drops Kim summit but losses tempered

AFP | Asian markets mostly fell on Friday as Donald Trump shocked the world by pulling out of next month's historic summit with Kim Jong...

Iran nuclear deal signatories meet for first time since US pullout

AFP | Signatories of the Iran nuclear deal meet with the Islamic republic in Vienna on Friday in a bid to save the agreement two...

Ireland decides on its strict abortion laws

AFP | Irish voters are heading to the polls on Friday to vote in a landmark referendum on whether the country should liberalise some of...

Iran’s first female manufacturer, a victim of Trump

AFP | She fought through a male-dominated world to become perhaps Iran's first female manufacturing boss, and was on the cusp of major success with...

Time to end foreign aid to Israel (and everyone else)

Jacob G Hornberger | Given the recent shooting of unarmed Palestinian protestors at the hands of Israeli soldiers, leaving 58 people killed and 2,700 injured,...

Jury tells Samsung to pay big for copying iPhone design

AFP | A federal court jury on Thursday ordered Samsung to pay Apple $533 million for copying iPhone design features in a patent case dating...

Fake news strikes again: Mob kill 5 in India

News Analysis | Wild rumors on social media about interstate gangs of child lifters and kidnappers has created such a panic in the two Telugu...

Pakistan to abandon ‘smart watches’ after ICC probe

AFP | Pakistan will give up wearing 'smartwatches' after being told to ditch them by the International Cricket Council as an anti-corruption measure during the...

A nobel prize for death to trump

Jacob G Hornberger | Trumpsters are hoping that President Trump is able to enter into a peace treaty with North Korea that brings an end...