Former Guantanamo Inmate Killed In US Strike In Yemen
A former Guantanamo Bay inmate was killed in a US air strike in Yemen last week, the Defense Department said ...
Tag: Geography of Asia
22 Yemeni Rebels Killed In Strikes, Clashes
At least 22 Shiite Huthi rebels were killed Monday in an air strike by pro-government Arab coalition warplanes as well ...
Iraq Forces Advance In Renewed Mosul Push
Iraqi security forces advanced Monday towards a compound of jihadist-held government buildings and a bridgehead, on the second day of ...
Female Saudi Horse Trainer Sees Hope For Women
Dana al-Gosaibi's passion for horses has been hard to pursue in Saudi Arabia, where conservatives resist women's involvement in sport. ...
China Defense Budget Rises At Slowest Pace In Decades
China's defence budget will rise seven percent to $151 billion this year, the slowest annual percentage increase since 1991 and ...
China To Strengthen Defenses, No Word On Budget
China pledged more support for its military on Sunday including strengthening maritime and air defenses as it takes steps to ...
Chinese Protest Against South Korea’s Lotte
Dozens of people holding Chairman Mao posters protested in China's Jilin province on Sunday, calling for a boycott of South ...
Key Points On China’s Annual Parliamentary Meeting
Thousands of politicians from across China have converged on Beijing for the country's annual legislative meetings known as the "lianghui" ...
China 2017 Growth Target ‘around 6.5%’
China on Sunday trimmed its 2017 GDP growth target to "around 6.5 percent" as the world's second-largest economy, already expanding ...
Syrian Military Plane Crashes Near Turkish Border
A Syrian military plane crashed in Turkey on Saturday near the country's border with Syria, the Turkish state-run news agency ...
China To Outline National Priorities As Congress Opens
China's rubber-stamp legislature opens its annual session on Sunday with Premier Li Keqiang due to announce the government's 2017 growth ...
Police Officer Hospitalized After Multiple Shots By Robbers
A police officer, stationed at Upper Jerusalem in the Tema Metropolis, is in critical condition at the Tema General Hospital, ...
China To Increase Military Spending By 7% In 2017
China says it will increase military spending by about 7% this year, just days after Donald Trump outlined a boost ...
China Defence Spending To Rise ‘around 7%’
China will raise defence spending by "around seven percent" this year as it guards against "outside meddling" in its disputed ...
BBC Team Forced To Sign Confession
The plan was a simple one. We'd arranged to meet a woman in her village in China's central Hunan Province ...
Trapped Syrians Tell of Misery In No Man’s Land
A Jordanian army ambulance pulled up at a makeshift clinic a few hundred metres from a desert border camp where ...
South Korean Firm Lotte, Seoul Face China Backlash In Missile Row
South Korea's Lotte Group faces an escalating backlash in China after providing land for a US missile-defence system, amid growing ...
Bali Gears Up For Saudi King’s Extravagant Visit
Luxury hotels have been booked out and security forces deployed across Bali as the resort island geared up Friday for ...
Three Soldiers Killed In Day of Bloodshed In Thai South
Three Thai soldiers were gunned down in front of terrified shoppers at busy evening market in Thailand's conflict-riddled 'Deep South', ...
Financial Risks Hang Over China Legislature Meeting
China's rubber-stamp legislature convenes this weekend with the script focused on containing worrisome economic risks while President Xi Jinping consolidates ...