Japan to restart world’s biggest nuke power plant
TOKYO – Japan is edging closer to approving the restart of the world's largest nuclear power plant - the first time it would be...
Venezuela says opposition leader will become fugitive if she collects Nobel
CARACAS – María Corina Machado has been in hiding since the start of the year.
Venezuela's opposition leader will be considered a "fugitive" if she...
Gaza winter rains raise fears of more disease and death
GAZA STRIP – Aid agencies have reiterated calls for Israel to allow more tents and urgently needed supplies into Gaza after the first heavy...
Irish gov’t OKs plan to prohibit disposable vapes
DUBLIN – The Irish government has approved plans to ban the sale of disposable vapes and introduce new restrictions on other nicotine products.
The move...
Once-extinct wildcats make a comeback in England
LONDON -- Wildcats – one of the United Kingdom's most critically endangered mammals – could make a return from extinction in England, conservationists say.
The...
Thai king becomes country’s first monarch to visit China
BANGKOK – King Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand was in China on Thursday last week, the first ever visit by a reigning Thai monarch.
The visit...
Bangladesh’s ousted leader Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death
DHAKA – Bangladesh's former prime minister has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity over her crackdown on student-led protests which led to...
UN Security Council backs Trump’s plan for Gaza
GAZA STRIP – The United Nations (UN) Security Council has voted in favor of a US-drafted resolution, which endorses Donald Trump's 20-point plan for...
DNA pioneer James Watson dies at 97
Nobel Prize-winning American scientist James Watson, one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA, has died aged 97.
In one of the greatest breakthroughs...
Iran reels from historic drought, begins cloud seeding for rain
TEHRAN – Authorities in Iran have sprayed clouds with chemicals to induce rain, in an attempt to combat the country's worst drought in decades.
Known...