In this Feb 14, 2022 file photo, Palestinians inspect the damage after Israeli forces demolished part of the residence in the village of Silat al-Harithiya near the flashpoint town of Jenin in the West Bank. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP) RAMALLAH – Palestine on Thursday called for international intervention to stop the expansion of Israeli settlements […]
In this Nov 2, 2021 file photo, the Liddell Power Station, left, and Bayswater Power Station, coal-powered thermal power station, are pictured near Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley, Australia. (MARK BAKER / AP) CANBERRA – A bill to enshrine the government's new emissions reduction target in law has passed the lower house of Australia's parliament. […]
The leaders of the world's two biggest powers had a candid conversation via video link on Thursday, with President Xi Jinping focusing on the Taiwan question and telling the US side to not interfere in China's internal affairs. On the other side, in a short White House news release, US President Joe Biden said Washington's […]
Soldiers man an armored vehicle along a road in Colombo on May 13, 2022 as a nationwide curfew has been in effect for most of the week. (ISHARA S KODIKARA / AFP) COLOMBO – Sri Lanka's new prime minister will begin forming a unity government on Friday, but his appointment has failed to appease anti-government […]
This July 26, 2021 photo shows a special session of the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives) at the Parliament in Kuala Lumpur, convening for the first time since January after being suspended under a coronavirus emergency. (PHOTO / AFP) KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia's lower house of parliament convened on Monday for a special session to […]