China’s decision to fly more than a dozen military aircraft, including strategic bombers, into the Taiwan Strait this weekend sends an early warning to President Joe Biden on one of the most volatile issues between Beijing and Washington. The sortie >>>

Israel on Monday extradited Malka Leifer, a former Jewish ultra-Orthodox school principal accused of dozens of sexual abuse cases of pupils in Australia, ending a six-year legal wrangle, the justice ministry said. "We confirm the deportation," it... >>>

Uganda's High Court on Monday ordered security forces to end their confinement of presidential election runner-up Bobi Wine. Ugandan security forces have in the past disregarded court orders to release individuals or have immediately re-arrested >>>

Taiwan expelled thousands of Chinese dredgers from its watersChina has taken an increasingly belligerent tone towards Taiwan under President Xi Jinping -- especially over the last twelve months with Beijing's jets and bombers buzzing the island at a >>>

Tensions are high along the Himalayan border after last summer's deadly hand-to-hand fighting there.Indian media reports on Monday suggested that as many as 20 Chinese troops had been injured in hand-to-hand fighting on January 20, which would... >>>

Russian authorities ratcheted up the threat of prosecution after tens of thousands of people took to the streets across the world’s largest country in support of jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny. © Bloomberg Riot police detain a supporter of... >>>

The Ugandan High Court has ended the house arrest of Bobi Wine after security forces surrounded the presidential candidate's home for ten days, his lawyer said Monday. © Luke Dray/Getty Images Bobi Wine addresses the media next to his wife wife... >>>

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to push ahead with another Scottish independence referendum.The polls, which now show a consistent lead for independence, have followed a bleak year for the United Kingdom in which it has suffered... >>>

Editorial. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the European Union must face the facts. The Navalny affair and the attitude of the Russian authorities demand a clearer policy from the Europeans, and in particular the stopping of work on the gas... >>>

© AFP Location map of the area where Indian and Chinese troops clashed last week on their disputed Himalayan border, during a new clash Indian and Chinese soldiers fought last week on the disputed Himalayan border between the two countries, in a... >>>

RUSSIA-POLICY-NAVALNY-EU: Navalny: EU to discuss new sanctions against Moscow © Reuters / STAFF NAVALNY: EU TO DEBATE NEWS SANCTIONS AGAINST MOSCOW BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will debate new targeted sanctions against Russia on Monday... >>>

VfL Osnabrück is in its first crisis of the current season. And now of all times it’s up against the top teams Greuther Fürth, Hannover 96 and VfL Bochum. Does coach Marco Grote's team threaten to crash at the beginning of the second half of the... >>>

Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi alongside health workers will be among the first to receive Covid-19 vaccine this week as the Southeast Asian nation seeks to stem the coronavirus outbreak and further relax containment measures. Frontline... >>>

Onlookers watched in horror from the chairlift above, attempting to warn the man of the danger on a slope in Predeal, Romania.The tourist was making his way down a slope in Predeal on Saturday when a brown bear was spotted hurtling down the mountain >>>

Iran asks Indonesia to explain seizure of tanker accused of illegal oil transferIndonesia said on Sunday its coast guard had seized the Iranian-flagged MT Horse and the Panamanian-flagged MT Freya vessels over suspected illegal oil transfer in the... >>>