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Police shot tear gas volleys at protesters and key downtown subway stations were closed as simultaneous rallies raged across Hong Kong hours after Beijing held celebrations marking 70 years of Communist rule in China. President Xi Jinping oversaw a military parade through the center of the capital that featured some […]

Turkey has begun work on building a naval warship which will be sold to Pakistan as part of a deal signed in 2018, a media report said on Monday. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made the announcement during a ceremony on Sunday to mark the commencement for the construction of the warship […]

President Xi Jinping declared Tuesday that “no force” can shake China as he oversaw a huge military parade to celebrate 70 years of Communist Party rule, shadowed by protests in seething Hong Kong that threatened to steal the spotlight. Some 15,000 troops along with tanks, missiles and high-tech drones paraded […]

China’s Communist Party celebrated its 70th anniversary in power with a parade Tuesday showcasing the country’s economic growth and newest weapons. The nationally televised event opened with a military honor guard carrying the Chinese flag through Tiananmen Square, the country’s symbolic political heart, before thousands of spectators who waved flags. […]

President Donald Trump attacked the Democratic lawmaker spearheading the impeachment inquiry on Monday as congressional committees subpoenaed his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, for documents related to his dealings with Ukraine. As Trump lashed out at Democratic congressman Adam Schiff, suggesting he should be arrested for “treason,” Australia confirmed that the […]

A picture of a small parrot “locked up” in a Dutch police cell is giving new meaning to jailbird — and on Monday attracted a flurry of chirpy comments on social media. When police arrested the bird’s owner on suspicion of shoplifting in the central Dutch city of Utrecht on […]

US government officials say they have charged an American citizen living in California with acting as a spy for China. US Attorney David L Anderson says the charges involving national security against 56-year-old Xuehua (Edward) Peng were unsealed Monday. He’s accused of being an illegal foreign agent and delivering classified […]

Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here. China is reeling out a string of patriotic films as the Communist Party prepares to celebrate 70 years in power amid challenges to its authority from the unrest in Hong Kong and an […]

In Beijing, President Xi Jinping’s grand military parade through the capital will be cheered as a display of national pride after 70 years of Communist Party rule. In Washington, many will see a growing threat to American dominance in the Western Pacific. Alongside the tanks, troop carriers and columns of goose-stepping […]

The New Zealand arm of Japanese sports brand Asics has apologised after pornography was broadcast on large television screens above its central Auckland store for several hours, startling Sunday morning shoppers. Pornography played on the retailer’s outdoor screens for up to nine hours — until staff arrived at the shop […]

The world’s 1.8 billion Muslims look to one country above all others. As the birthplace of Islam, Saudi Arabia is a symbol of purity for many who direct their prayers toward Mecca wherever they are in the world. The latest in a series of liberalizing reforms attributed to the modernizing […]

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday sent belated condolences to France following the death of former president Jacques Chirac, who passed away last week. “Having dedicated his life to public service, former President Chirac worked tirelessly to uphold the values and ideals that we share with France,” Pompeo […]

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince warned in an interview broadcast on Sunday that oil prices could spike to “unimaginably high numbers” if the world does not come together to deter Iran, but said he would prefer a political solution to a military one. Speaking to the CBS program “60 Minutes,” Mohammed […]

Insurgents worked to disrupt Afghanistan’s presidential election Saturday, with a series of blasts reported across the country as voters headed to the polls and troops flooded the streets of the capital. The vote marks the culmination of a bloody election campaign that is seen as a two-horse race between President […]

Amid Taliban threats, voting began on Saturday to elect next president for Afghanistan. Almost 9.6 million people have registered to vote in the election, according to the Independent Election Commission. The polls come following a bloody two-month election campaign that was marred by repeated attacks across the war-torn country. Almost […]