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Iran alleges that the small Panama-flagged tanker was smuggling some 264,000 gallons of fuel.

Hong Kong is bracing for another weekend of protests with the pro-Beijing camp set to stage its second major rally on Saturday to mobilise middle-of-the-road residents to condemn violence and support police, a day before yet another massive march against

Police said the suspect started a fire in the three-story building in Japan's capital after spraying an unidentified liquid accelerant.

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Wednesday that an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a public health emergency of international concern.

As the trade war continues to heat up, Tesla and Apple claim that their autonomous vehicle tech has been stolen by Chinese rivals

Mexico first?

Australia will not soften its stand against illegal immigrants or refugees seeking asylum and government benefits, a report released on Wednesday shows.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration blasted a World Trade Organization decision Tuesday that could let China levy sanctions on the United States. The 2-1 decision by the WTO's appellate body was actually a mixed verdict in a case that dat

Chief executive again uses loaded term 'rioters' to refer to protesters involved in clashes on Sunday

The cost of keeping China out of the region is too great, we must build forces that could counter its operations instead

China's crackdown on ethnic Uighurs in the western part includes a vast network of at least 124 concentration camps along with scores of labor camps

The arrival of a Chinese surveillance ship on Australia's doorstep as it kicks off defence exercises with the US has highlighted the massive investment China is making into its military.

Billionaire investor Peter Thiel urged the FBI and CIA to investigate whether Google has been infiltrated by the Chinese during his remarks at the National Conservatism Conference on Sunday.Thiel, who sits on the board of Facebook, suggested that Google

Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters recently attacked Twitter for suspending the Unity4J account, which supports WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. RT reports that the account rallied support for the WikiLeaks founder, who is currently imprisoned in London,

Organizers said that more than 100,000 people took part in an anti-extradition bill march on July 14 in Shatin, a city north of Kowloon, Hong Kong. Clashes between demonstrators and police were reported by local media, which said that police used pepper s

Hong Kong is Asia's most Canadian city, with 300,000 citizens among its residents, while more than 200,000 Hong Kong immigrants call Canada home. That close relationship is the reason why Canada is one hub of an international network supporting pro-de

JUST 18 months ago it was an area of disused scrubland nestled in foothills around ten miles from the Aegean resort of Lalzit Bay. Now it is home to Iran's biggest and most powerful opposition group; a 100m oasis for 3,000 members of the National Resi

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the tanker detained near Gibraltar could be released if the UK receives guarantees that its oil isn't bound for Syria.

The humiliating jeers came as the head of state waved at crowds on the Champs Elysee in Paris from a military command vehicle.

It was a warm afternoon in March. David Breidenstein says he looked on as some of the more radical yellow vest protesters set fire to Le Fouquet's, not just a restaurant but a symbol of wealth and power in France.