BANGKOK
Fri May 8, 2015 8:05am EDT
Politics
TOKYO/MANILA
Fri May 8, 2015 6:34am EDT
Japan and the Philippines will hold their first joint naval drill this month in the South China Sea near a disputed shoal claimed by Beijing, sources in Tokyo and the Philippines said.
JERUSALEM
Fri May 8, 2015 7:32am EDT
Benjamin Netanyahu's formation of one of the most right-wing government in Israel's history has fueled concerns in Europe and the United States about further settlement building and dimming prospects for peace.
7 May 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in Poland today at an event commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe, recalled the “tremendous” shared sacrifice and the huge price of victory over fascism, paid by the millions of lost lives.
MANILA
Thu May 7, 2015 5:40am EDT
China has warned Philippine air force and navy planes at least six times to leave areas around the disputed South China Sea, the Philippine military commander responsible for the region told a Senate hearing on Thursday.
ROME
Thu May 7, 2015 6:07am EDT
Rome's main Fiumicino airport gradually reopened on Thursday after a fire that badly damaged the main international terminal building forced a closure of about 12 hours.
World’s forcibly displaced hit record 38 million, prompting UN appeal for ‘all-out effort’ for peace
6 May 2015 – By the end of 2014, a record-breaking 38 million people had been forced to flee their homes within their own country because of conflict or violence, prompting the United Nations refugee agency to appeal today for “an all-out effort to bring about peace in war-ravaged countries.”
GAMINA, IVORY COAST
Thu May 7, 2015 5:37am EDT
Nestled among the cocoa plantations of western Ivory Coast is a gold mine that does not feature on any official maps. It is not run by an industrial mining company, nor does it pay taxes to the central government.
MOSCOW
Wed May 6, 2015 10:11am EDT
Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will discuss the crisis in Ukraine at talks in Moscow on Sunday, a Kremlin aide said on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON
Wed May 6, 2015 7:21am EDT