JAKARTA – Indonesia’s capital Jakarta has banned the selling and consumption of dog, cat and bat meat to prevent rabies transmission, the city’s governor announced on Nov 25, in a win for animal ...

GENEVA - Medical charity Medicins Sans Frontieres said on Tuesday it has withdrawn its staff from a Darfur hospital after a stretcher-bearer was shot dead, calling on a paramilitary group to guarantee ...

KAMPALA - Security forces in Uganda have detained more than 300 supporters and officials from the party of opposition ...

KYIV - Investigators in Ukraine could bring new charges in a sweeping probe into high-level graft that has fuelled the country's worst wartime political crisis, the country's top anti-corruption ...

The new rules ban the use of several harmful chemicals in toys to protect children’s health. Read more at straitstimes.com.

FC Seoul's Jesse Lingard scored twice as the visitors secured a 3-1 win over Chinese Super League champions Shanghai Port on ...

LATAKIA, Syria - Syrian security forces used gunfire on Tuesday to break up two rival groups of demonstrators in the coastal ...

Myanmar is scheduled to hold a multi-phase general election starting on Dec 28. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

ROME - Key wins for Italy's opposition in southern regional elections show cracks in the ruling conservative bloc's dominance ...

DRESDEN, Germany - Seven members of a left-wing group designated as a terrorist organisation by the U.S. government went on trial in Germany on Tuesday for charges including attempted murder in ...

The Instagram star is on trial over promotions of products that purported to raise money for charity or social causes. Read ...

HOUSTON - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has the flexibility and the incentive to offer crude oil cargoes, which the ...