Vietnamese authorities arrested a pro-democracy activist, state media said, the latest in a crackdown on political dissidents in the southeast ...

Olympic shooting star Kim Ye-ji is temporarily putting down her gun to spend time with family, her agency told AFP Sunday, saying she was ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday promised Moscow's "total support" for Africa, at a conference with African officials in Sochi in ...

Arizona swung red in the final result of the US presidential election, bringing president-elect Donald Trump to 312 electoral votes, well past the 270 needed for victory, while Democratic Vice ...

British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has announced he will no longer sell his children's book, after coming under fire for what Indigenous critics called "erasure, trivialisation and stereotyping".

Three expat executives from Australian company Resolute Mining, which owns a gold mine in Mali, have been detained for questioning, industry and judiciary sources told AFP on Saturday. It is the ...

On Shanghai's Chongming Island, rows of solar panels shimmer above a vast crab pond. These panels do more than capture the light. They also generate green electricity to power one of China's biggest ...

While recent interest rate cuts have yet to ignite a revival in the sluggish residential property market, industry experts ...

Donald Trump's return to the White House could put the independence of the US Federal Reserve under strain, potentially weakening its ability to fight against inflation and unemployment free from ...

The ‘Political Platform’ (PP) of Mr. Sam Hou Fai, the nominated candidate for the sixth Chief Executive of the Macau SAR, ...

US warplanes staged multiple strikes Saturday night on Iran-backed Huthi advanced weapons storage facilities in Yemen, the Pentagon said.

Some Asian countries stand to gain if US president-elect Donald Trump pushes ahead with his promised massive tariffs on China and triggers a new wave of factory relocations to the rest of the region.