US President Donald Trump stepped up the rhetoric in his attacks on the whistleblower at the centre of the Ukraine scandal, as lawyers for the government official who raised an internal alarm warned the person may be in harm’s way.

JAKARTA AFP Sept30, 2019 - Thousands rallied across Indonesia Monday in fresh demonstrations sparked by a raft of divisive legal reforms, including banning pre-marital sex and weakening the anti-graft agency.

PATNA AFP Sept30, 2019 - At least 100 people have died in northern India over the last three days in unusually heavy late monsoon rains which have submerged streets, hospital wards and houses, officials said Monday.

Rome (dpa), 27 Sept, 2019 - “More than 1 million people” have taken part in Fridays for Future climate protests across Italy this week, according to a spokesman for the movement.

Riyadh (dpa), 27 Sept, 2019 - Saudi Arabia will open its doors to international tourists for the first time under a new visa regime to be announced later Friday, the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage said.

The White House scrambled to “lock down” records of President Donald Trump’s phone call pressing for Ukraine’s interference in next year’s US election, according to an incendiary whistleblower complaint released Thursday, in the latest epis

A whistleblower report released by a congressional panel on Thursday said President Donald Trump used his office to solicit Ukraine’s interference in the 2020 election to advance his personal political interests, risking U.S. national security.

LONDON AFP Sept26, 2019 -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered yet another setback on Thursday after MPs rejected his call to briefly suspend their business for his party’s conference, highlighting the hostility he faces in parliament just

Beijing (dpa), 25 Sept, 2019-Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony of a new mega-airport south of Beijing on Wednesday, a week ahead of more planned celebrations for the People’s Republic of China’s 70th anniversary.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday launched what she designated a formal impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump – giving in to demands from her party’s leading presidential candidates and an increasingly bellicose caucus that Congress should fo

The number of people killed in an earthquake in north-eastern Pakistan has risen to 32, officials said on Wednesday, as rescuers scrambled to reach victims in heavy rain.

Berlin/London (dpa), 24 Sept, 2019 - German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said Tuesday a decision will be made “in the next few days” on whether to grant a bridging loan to German charter airline Condor, one of many companies impacted by the c

Opposition lawmakers urged Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign on Tuesday after what British media called a “historic” ruling by the Supreme Court that his suspension of parliament was unlawful.

WAMENA AFP Sept24, 2019- More than two dozen people have died in riots in Papua, authorities said Tuesday, sparking calls for an investigation into one of the bloodiest eruptions of violence to hit the restive Indonesian territory in years.

A Scottish court is hearing a motion that could block Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to suspend parliament from mid-September to mid-October.

HONG KONG REUTERS Aug 29 - China brought fresh troops into Hong Kong on Thursday in what it described as a routine rotation of the garrison, days before protesters planned to hold a march calling for full democracy for the Chinese-ruled city after th

PORTO VELHO AFP Aug29, 2019 - A 60-day ban on burning in Brazil takes effect Thursday after a global outcry over fires raging in the Amazon and data showing hundreds of new blazes in the rainforest.

Indonesia on Monday revealed the long-awaited site for its new $33-billion capital on the forested island of Borneo to replace the crowded, polluted megacity of Jakarta, which is slowly sinking into the sea.

BRASILIA REUTERS, 27 Aug, 2019- Brazil will reject an offer of at least $20 million from the Group of Seven nations to fight fires in the Amazon rainforest unless French President Emmanuel Macron withdraws his “insults,” President Ja

France, (Daily Mail), 26 August 2019 - Donald Trump may be singing the praises of Boris Johnson but his relationship with the UK took a bizarre turn today when the confused President asked his counterpart: ‘Where’s England?’.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday said the G7 was nearing a deal to provide ‘technical and financial help’ to countries affected by the Amazon fires.

DPA, 26th AUGUST, 2019-Just days after eggs were harvested from the last two remaining northern white rhinos, they have been successfully inseminated, an international consortium of scientists said on Monday.

TEHRAN (Reuters/AFP) Aug26, 2019- Iran’s foreign minister made a flying visit for talks with host France at the G7 summit on Sunday, as Paris ramped up efforts to ease tensions between Tehran and Washington, a dramatic diplomatic move that the Whi

China said on Thursday it hopes the United States will stop its wrong tariff action, adding that any new tariffs would lead to escalation.

ROME (Reuters), 22 Aug, 2019 - Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella wants political parties to reach a deal to form a new coalition government in the next few days if they want to avoid snap elections, a source close to him said on Thursday.

DPA, 22nd AUGUST, 2019-Russia sent an unmanned spacecraft containing a humanoid robot named Fedor to the International Space Station on Thursday in a test of a new booster rocket.

A Russian pilot was being hailed as a hero on Thursday for landing an Airbus carrying more than 230 passengers in a Moscow corn field after a bird strike.

TEHRAN AFP Aug15, 2019 - Iran’s top diplomat said a US attempt at “piracy” had failed after a Gibraltar court on Thursday ordered the release of a tanker carrying Iranian oil despite a US detention request.

Pakistan, (rt.com), 15 Aug, 2019 -Five Indian soldiers and three Pakistani troops were killed in an exchange of gunfire across the de facto border of the disputed Kashmir region, the Pakistani Army claimed in a statement.

Washington (AFP), 8 August, 2019 - The top US and British diplomats said Wednesday they were prepared to move “as soon as possible” on a trade deal after Britain’s planned withdrawal from the European Union on October 31.