Tokyo (CNN) Passengers who have tested negative for the novel coronavirus began disembarking from the stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship Wednesday, ...
Crew members on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship, where at least 542 have tested positive for COVID-19, will soon begin their two-week quarantine.
Hong Kong (CNN Business) The Chinese government announced Wednesday that it would revoke the press credentials of three Wall Street Journal reporters, ...
China revoked the press credentials of three Wall Street Journal reporters based in Beijing, the first time in the post-Mao era that the Chinese government has ...
China has ordered three foreign journalists of the Wall Street Journal to leave the country over an opinion piece it said was "racist". The article published on 3 ...
Istanbul — The United Nations' human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, on Tuesday called the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Syria "cruel beyond belief.
SILIVRI, Turkey (Reuters) - Prosecutors on Tuesday demanded the re-arrest of Turkish businessman Osman Kavala in connection with the failed 2016 coup, ...
A prominent Turkish businessman and human rights activist has been re-arrested, just hours after he was acquitted of trying to overthrow the government, ...
SILIVRI, Turkey — A Turkish court on Tuesday acquitted nine people accused of trying to overthrow President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a surprising verdict ...
Public prosecutors in Turkey issued an order seeking the continued detention of businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala on Tuesday, just hours after a ...
The World Health Organization said China's drastic limits on people's movement had helped, but experts cautioned against predicting that the worst was over.
The novel coronavirus has now killed more than 2000 people, all but five of them in mainland China. It has infected more than 75000 people, with over 1000 ...
Former national security adviser John Bolton told an audience at Duke University in his first public remarks since impeachment that President Donald Trump's ...
At an appearance at Duke University to promote his forthcoming book on Monday, former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton was asked ...
Even if you disagree with Bolton and his “American Grand Strategy,” as the event was billed, it is important to let his voice be heard, especially on college ...
White House spokesman Hogan Gidley dismissed claims of "censorship" by former national security adviser John Bolton. The pushback on Tuesday came a day ...
India has hastily erected a wall in Gujarat state ahead of a visit by U.S. President Donald Trump and critics say it is designed to block the view of a slum area ...
US President Donald Trump will be visiting India next week, with his packed schedule including a stop in Gujarat, the home state of Indian Prime Minister ...
As India rolls out the red carpet to receive US President Donald Trump next week, rough spots that have arisen in the wake of the Modi government's decisions ...
Senior government official says wall blocking view of slum area in Gujarat state was built 'for security reasons'. Associated Press in Ahmedabad, India. Tue 18 ...
A US judge has rejected a lawsuit filed by Chinese tech company Huawei challenging the constitutionality of a law that banned federal agencies from buying its ...
Bipartisan pressure to keep Chinese telecom firm Huawei out of the global development of 5G networks intensified Monday after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ...
WASHINGTON — President Trump publicly objected to efforts within his own administration to restrict the sales of American technology to China over national ...
A federal judge in Texas dismissed a lawsuit filed by Huawei Technologies Co. challenging a 2018 U.S. law that stopped federal agencies from doing business ...
A new report alleges that former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg touted "partnerships" with black-owned businesses in South Carolina that the business ...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — When residents of this city's impoverished West Side reflect on Pete Buttigieg's two terms as mayor, a few things come to mind: A spike in ...
We have nothing against South Bend, Indiana. In fact, two members of our opinion staff were born and raised in that city. And we all know that it's no proving ...
Rather than fretting over whether straight America is ready to accept former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg's happy, loving, gay marriage — as talk show host ...
A 7-year-old Mexico City girl found murdered over the weekend has been buried as capital officials pledged to tighten rules for children leaving government ...
London — The killing of a 7-year-old girl in Mexico has reignited anger in the country days after another high profile murder caused widespread protests over the ...
The U.S. dollar is now the currency of choice in day-to-day transactions in Venezuela's hyperinflation-ravaged economy. Even the socialist leader Nicolas ...
The US has sought to increase financial pressure on Venezuela by blacklisting a subsidiary of Russia's state-controlled Rosneft oil giant. The move freezes any ...
In 2016, the head of Russia's largest oil company traveled to the birthplace of Hugo Chavez, in the empty, sweltering plains of Venezuela, to unveil a giant ...
President Trump's top Venezuela adviser vowed to continue tightening the screw on the regime of Nicolas Maduro by causing increasing economic pain until the ...
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. stood by his earlier suggestion that the deadly coronavirus may have originated in a high-security biochemical lab in Wuhan, China, ...
(CNN) Sen. Tom Cotton isn't an infectious disease expert. Which is why it's odd that the Arkansas Republican decided to wildly speculate about the origins of the ...
On Monday's broadcast of the Hugh Hewitt radio program, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said the media is showing him more ire than the Communist Party of China ...
Thanks to Beijing's censorship, news about the coronavirus came too little too late in order to contain the outbreak successfully. Even though the coronavirus has ...
The British royal family is in discussions with Prince Harry and Meghan over the use of the word "royal" in their branding after the couple abruptly gave up royal ...
Prince Harry is just fine making runs for his own grub -- now that he's a Royal outsider -- because he's about the only person who smiles this much during ...
Hong Kong is heading for its first back-to-back annual recessions on record, as the coronavirus shutdown cripples an economy already battered by months of ...
The business and leisure travel industries are in the crosshairs in Hong Kong as concerns over the novel coronavirus outbreak continue to grow. According to ...
Jerusalem (CNN) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's criminal trial is set to begin March 17, just two weeks after Israel's elections, the Justice Ministry ...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was told Tuesday that his trial on corruption charges will begin March 17--two weeks after voters go to the polls to elect a ...
Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to appear at a court hearing on 17 March for the start of a corruption trial against him, the Israeli judiciary has announced.
Swarms of locusts ravaging crops and grazing land across east Africa have reached South Sudan, already reeling from widespread hunger and years of civil ...
Swarms of desert locusts that have been devouring crops and pasture in the East Africa region have spread to South Sudan, the UN food agency says. Several ...
A locust outbreak devastating parts of East Africa reached South Sudan Tuesday, a country beset by hunger problems and instability after years of civil war, ...
Uganda has scrambled to respond to the arrival of the biggest locust outbreak that parts of East Africa have seen in decades, while the United Nations warned ...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) confirmed Tuesday that he met with Iran's foreign minister in Germany over the weekend, drawing criticism from conservatives, ...
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., confirmed on Tuesday that he met with Iran's foreign minister, arguing that "it's dangerous not to talk to adversaries." The two met at ...
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ripped a group of democrats Tuesday for privately meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif during a weekend ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told US senators last week he has no plans to meet with President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, ...
The UK cannot have the same trade deal with the EU as Canada, according to the bloc's chief negotiator. Michel Barnier said the EU was ready to offer an ...
Britain has announced new post-Brexit immigration rules that will make it tougher for European Union citizens, but easier for people from many other nations, ...
Downing Street's negotiator has hinted Britain's priority is to assert its right to abandon EU rules. That doesn't mean it will, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff.
The State Department is designating five Chinese media outlets “foreign missions,” calling them, in essence, state-sponsored propaganda and agents of the ...
Washington (CNN) The United States will begin treating five major Chinese media companies as extensions of Beijing's government, requiring them to comply ...
State department told five Chinese outlets they would need approval to buy property, and must submit lists of employees. AFP in Washington. Tue 18 Feb 2020 ...
The Trump administration will require five Chinese state-run media organizations to register their personnel and property with the U.S. government, granting ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump objected on Tuesday to U.S. proposals that would prevent companies from supplying jet engines and other ...
A push by Trump administration hard-liners to stem the flow of high-tech exports to China—even if doing so means limiting the market access of major U.S. ...
President Donald Trump downplayed the possibility of further restricting exports of U.S. goods and technology to China, going as far as calling some of the ...
JERICHO, West Bank — The market in this West Bank city always bustles with activity, but the chaos has reached an unusual pitch in recent days. Boxes of ...
Following the announcement of President Trump's Middle East peace plan, which involves Israel annexing areas of the West Bank, thousands of Palestinians ...
NABLUS (Reuters) - Before sunrise, thousands of Palestinians streamed toward the mosque in Nablus's Victory Square, swelling the usual crowds of morning ...
It was one juvenile stunt after another. Tuesday at the United Nations, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas — who refuses to engage in the direct ...
The United Nations recently set up a new “database” to help anti-Semites around the world target Jewish businesses in the disputed territories of Judea and ...
Since the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus first emerged in Wuhan, China, hospital director Liu Zhiming dedicated his life to treating the thousands of sick ...
Russian-backed separatists tried on Tuesday to break through the trench line in the stalemated war in eastern Ukraine, killing one government soldier and ...
Ukraine says its troops on the eastern front line have come under heavy shelling during a rebel attack, with one soldier killed and four wounded. It says four ...
Russian-supported rebels attacked Ukrainian government-held areas of the eastern Luhansk Oblast on Tuesday. President Trump thus has an opportunity to ...
Two American evacuees from a cruise ship who arrived at Travis Air Force Base have been hospitalized in Napa; one tested positive for coronavirus and the ...
Officials said 180 coronavirus evacuees who were flown to Travis Air Force Base in Solano County, Calif., earlier this month were released on Tuesday following ...
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has won a second term in office with a slim majority of the votes cast, a result that comes five months after the election and ...
KABUL, Afghanistan — President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday was declared the winner of Afghanistan's presidential vote after five months of delayed results and ...
KABUL — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his chief rival both declared victory after election results were announced Tuesday, nearly five months after ...
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) Ashraf Ghani has been officially declared the winner of Afghanistan's presidential elections, nearly five months after the poll took ...
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday he would curb the practice of foreign countries sending imams and teachers to France to crack down on ...
Russian artist Pyotr Pavlensky was put under formal investigation on Tuesday after the publication an online sexual chat that caused one of French President ...
Reading U.S. media opinion pieces, you'd think that French President Emmanuel Macron was a new Winston Churchill. A resolute defender of liberal order in ...
In White House ceremonies and raucous campaign rallies, President Trump has celebrated a pair of “America First” trade deals he says will end the unfair ...
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa, promotes partnerships with American companies, but finds China's presence pervasive.
The United States will provide financial assistance to Ethiopia as it pursues political reforms, the office of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Tuesday ...
America's top diplomat in his final Africa stop has discussed political reforms with Ethiopia's Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister, and Ethiopia says the ...
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called for Angolan officials to double down on their anti-corruption efforts in a speech Monday as part of a longer Africa tour.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Ethiopia's reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and other officials on Tuesday on a visit expected to focus on ...
Low-skilled workers would not get visas under post-Brexit immigration plans unveiled by the government. It is urging employers to "move away" from relying on ...
A more liberal system for skilled migration from anywhere in the world could benefit Britain – if it isn't rushed or bungled, says Jonathan Portes of King's College ...
Researchers have described the first "articulated" remains of a Neanderthal to be discovered in a decade. An articulated skeleton is one where the bones are ...
Around 70000 years ago, a Neanderthal was laid to rest in Shanidar Cave. Excavations in recent years have slowly revealed its entire upper body, including a ...
A Neanderthal skeleton unearthed in an Iraqi cave already famous for fossils of these extinct cousins of our species is providing *fresh* evidence that they buried ...
Researchers have uncovered the upper body bones of an adult Neanderthal at a famous "flower burial" site in Iraqi Kurdistan in what they describe as an ...
South Korea reported 20 new cases of the coronavirus on Wednesday, including 14 people involved in an outbreak traced to several church services in the ...
SEOUL, South Korea — A former North Korean diplomat who fled his embassy posting has become the first defector to run for South Korea's Parliament, saying ...
(Reuters) - A growing number of countries around the world are evacuating or planning to evacuate diplomatic staff and citizens from parts of China and a cruise ...
In a defeat for the Russian government, a Dutch court has reinstated an order that it should pay $50 billion to shareholders of former oil company Yukos.
In a move to speed up the construction of 177 miles of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, the Trump administration is waiving a set of laws that applies to how the ...
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said on Tuesday that SWAT-like teams would not be needed to back up Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...
The Trump administration is waiving federal contracting laws to help speed up the construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall. The waivers, announced Tuesday ...
The United States ranks No. 39 in the world in measurements of children's survival, health, education and nutrition -- and no country in the world has excess ...
No country offers a child both the chance of a healthy upbringing and an environment fit for their future, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. Experts say ...
Children in biggest carbon-emitting nations are healthiest, while those with tiny environmental footprints suffer twofold from poor health and living at the sharp ...
The health and future of every child and adolescent worldwide is under immediate threat from ecological degradation, climate change and exploitative marketing ...
Russia will bar entry of Chinese visitors into the country to prevent the spread of the coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 1800 people and infected ...
“An eerie silence prevailed, with no sight of humans anywhere.” That's how captain Amitabh Singh described the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the ...
It is easier to shake a mountain than China, the country's Ambassador Sun Weidong said on Tuesday, dispelling concerns over the impact of coronavirus ...
Indian business leaders are calling for cuts in import duties on antibiotic drugs, mobile parts and other items to help cope with the fallout from the coronavirus ...
