Alleged scam billionaire arrested and sent to China
Chen Zhi has been accused by the US of running one of Asia’s biggest transnational criminal organisations from Cambodia...
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Chen Zhi has been accused by the US of running one of Asia’s biggest transnational criminal organisations from Cambodia...
A Thai fortune-teller was arrested in Pattaya on Thursday after being accused of telling a client she would soon face bad luck and lose a valuable possession on New Year’s Day, then allegedly making g...
A Ryanair flight to Tenerife returned to Birmingham on Sunday after the plane encountered turbulence. Anna Barclay/Getty Images Several passengers on a Ryanair flight to Tenerife were injured after it...
A new route connecting Hong Kong’s Yau Ma Tei and Tseung Kwan O will fully open this year, the city’s transport chief has said. Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan also said on Saturday t...
Robots have started evacuating some wounded soldiers in Ukraine, and the West is watching the technology. AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko A US Navy veteran working in Ukraine said using robots to evacuate ...
Venezuela underwent major economic and social changes in the mid-20th century. Jack Manning/Getty Images Venezuela, home to the world's largest oil reserves, was once among the world's richest nations...
The US president repeatedly said he would only meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy when the diplomatic peace process is at its final stage. According to Ukraine’s president the peace plan is 90% complete. When t...
Beijing has condemned Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te’s New Year’s Day speech, in which he vowed to boost the island’s defences, as full of “lies, falsehoods, hostility and malice” and an attemp...
Venezuela’s opposition leader weighs when to return — and whether to mobilise her supporters...
More than $10.5mn has been wagered on contracts seeking to predict when the US will ‘invade’ Venezuela...
When the civil war in Syria began, Mohammed al-Hallak was only a teenager. This is his story....
The US dollar traded at 1.38 million rials on Wednesday, compared with 430,000 rials when the previous governor took office in 2022....
All eyes are on how Beijing’s “Chinese dream” of eventual Taiwan reunification will unfold at a time when the leader of the United States – Taipei’s top international backer – appears less likely to i...
Two men arrested over a 1 billion yen (US$6.4 million) robbery in Hong Kong were remanded in custody after appearing at Fanling Court on Friday. Lee Wan-kwong, 36, and Lee Chun-wa, 28, were each charg...
The latest attacks on Caracas suggest regime change is top of the White House agenda when it comes to Venezuela. But the ultimate purpose may not be purely to restore democracy....
The latest attacks on Caracas suggest regime change is top of the White House agenda when it comes to Venezuela. But the ultimate purpose may not be purely to restore democracy....
Donald Trump's chief of staff Susie Wiles revealed regime change is top of the White House agenda when it comes to Venezuela. But it may not be purely about restoring democracy....
When the United Nations General Assembly unanimously recognised Turkmenistan’s status of permanent neutrality in December 1995, few could have predicted quite how central this principle would become t...
Ukraine is using ground robots to evacuate the wounded, and some have cages or armor to protect the soldiers. 1st Separate Medical Battalion A ground robot evacuating a wounded Ukrainian soldier was a...
At least seven people were killed on Wednesday when an explosion tore through a crowded mosque in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri during evening prayers, according to witnesses and securit...