International Relations

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he hoped to make progress on denuclearisation and a second U.S.-North Korean summit, as he kicked off an Asian trip on Saturday that will feature a meeting with Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang. Mr. Pompeo arrived in Tokyo on the first leg of a …

Last week, German authorities arrested eight men in the State of Saxony who were part of a far-right “terrorist” ring, called ‘Revolution Chemnitz’. Chemnitz, the largest city in Saxony, was recently in the news when hundreds of neo-Nazis took out a protests against refugees and immigrants. According to police, the …

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign is now targeting the glamour icons of the entertainment industry. On Wednesday, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported that megastar Fan Bingbing, whose earnings are only second to that of Jackie Chan, will have to cough out $129 million in unpaid taxes and fines. …

Every evening at 6, a crowd of around 200 gathers in the city centre of Banja Luka, the capital of Republika Srpska, the Serb-dominated ruling entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to protest against the death of David Dragičević, a young man who was found dead in March. Various cities in …

In 2015, comedian Stephen Fry was interviewed on Ireland’s RTE Television on his well-known views on God. Asked what he would say to God if he was proved to be wrong and met God at the end of his life, Mr. Fry’s response was immediate. “Bone cancer in children, what’s …

‘Girl with Balloon’ passes through a hidden shredder moments after auction British street artist Banksy has stunned the art world with arguably his most audacious prank yet, self-destructing one of his best-known works moments after it fetched more than £1 million at an auction in London. “Girl with Balloon” had …

Blackwater founder is pushing for privatisation of the U.S. war in Afghanistan A new crop of senior American officials in Afghanistan has raced to contain a dual crisis on the battlefield and in a potentially explosive election dispute. But it is a different U.S. figure — the mercenary executive Erik …

Analysts say China will be forced to dig in for a prolonged multi-front battle with the U.S. U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence’s accusations in a stinging speech on Thursday, warning of a tougher approach towards Beijing may have been familiar to China’s leaders. But until now such remarks were delivered in …

German Chancellor was on a day-long visit to Israel Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke of Germany’s “everlasting responsibility” to oppose anti-Semitism during a visit to Israel on Thursday as she and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brushed past their differences and promoted cooperation between their nations. The one-day visit by Ms. Merkel …

Tiny chips inserted in U.S. computer equipment manufactured in China were used as part of a vast effort by Beijing to steal U.S. technology secrets, a report said on Thursday. The Bloomberg News report said the chips, the size of a grain of rice, were used on equipment made for …

It’s seen as a symbol of ‘military aggression’ South Korea on Thursday reiterated a demand that Japan remove its “rising sun” naval flag from a warship participating in an international fleet review at Jeju island next week. Many South Koreans associate the symbol with Japanese military aggression during the Second …

With popularity slumping, the President doesn’t want to be viewed as someone who favours big business at the expense of workers As President Emmanuel Macron presses ahead with the most business-friendly overhaul of the French labour market in decades, his popularity with many of his countrymen has gone into a …

The agreement replaces the 25-year-old NAFTA, which Trump had threatened to cancel Canada and the U.S. reached a deadline deal on a new free trade pact that will include Mexico, the governments announced late on Sunday, after more than a year of talks to revamp a pact President Donald Trump …

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he expects to soon hold a second summit with Kim Jong-un as he returned to the United Nations with warm words for the North Korean leader whom he eviscerated last year. Mr. Trump used his début address to the UN General Assembly …

In his first public address in the early hours of Monday, Maldives’s President-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih said: “The will of the people has spoken.” “For many of us it has been a difficult journey. A journey that led to a prison cell, or years in exile. It’s been a journey …

Joint Opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih gets 58.3% of votes Much to the surprise of his critics and political rivals, Maldives President Abdulla Yameen on Monday conceded defeat in Sunday’s presidential election, making way for the joint Opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. Senior parliamentarian of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) …

China has responded robustly to Washington’s decision to impose military sanctions — opening up key diplomatic channels to air its protest, and recalling its visiting naval official from the U.S. It has also cancelled an upcoming defence officials meeting in Beijing later this month. On Friday, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister …

Moscow and Beijing lashed out on Friday at Washington’s new anti-Russian sanctions that also target China for the first time, warning the the United States could face consequences. President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman accused Washington of playing unfairly and using new measures to squeeze Moscow out of the global arms market, …

China on Friday warned the United States to withdraw sanctions imposed on a Chinese military organisation for buying Russian weapons or “bear the consequences” of Beijing’s response. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang expressed Beijing’s “strong indignation” against Washington’s move, saying it violated the basic norms of international relations. He …

PM says EU demands would ‘make a mockery’ of the 2016 referendum British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday said her government would not alter its Brexit offer, as she hit back at the rejection of her so-called Chequers Plan by EU leaders. She insisted that the EU’s demand that …