ANKARA, Turkey: Turkey’s lira plunged 15% to near its all-time low after markets opened following President Tayyip Erdogan’s shock weekend decision to sack a hawkish...
SYDNEY, Australia: About 18,000 Australians have been evacuated from flooding across New South Wales (NSW) as heavy rain continues to batter the east coast. Days...
MOSCOW, Russia: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday mocked his US counterpart Joe Biden, escalating a war of words between the two world leaders. Putin...
ANCHORAGE, USA: US and Chinese officials have exchanged sharp rebukes in the first high-level talks between the Biden administration and China, taking place in Alaska....
WASHINGTON DC, USA: President Joe Biden said in a television interview it will be “tough” for the United States to withdraw forces from Afghanistan in...
SYDNEY, Australia: Australian authorities have busted a gang involved in child pornography and abuse, including a 31-year-old Sydney man who filmed himself sexually abusing young...
WASHINGTON, DC, USA: Several Chinese companies affected by a sweeping investment ban imposed by former US President Donald Trump are reportedly considering suing the US...
TILLABÉRI, Niger: Armed men in southwestern Niger have killed at least 58 people when they intercepted a convoy returning from a weekly market and attacked...