Hong Kong government: protests are pushing city to ‘extremely dangerous edge’
Hong Kong’s government said violence and illegal protests were pushing the city to an “extremely dangerous edge”, as police fired multiple rounds of tear gas to disperse hundreds of anti-government protesters on Sunday and Beijing said it would not let…
Democrats target Trump rhetoric after deadly mass shootings
Two mass shootings that killed 30 people in Texas and Ohio reverberated across the United States’ political arena on Sunday as Democratic presidential candidates called for stricter gun laws and accused President Donald Trump of stoking racial tensions…
Turkey to launch offensive in Kurdish-controlled area in northern Syria: Erdogan
Turkey will carry out a military operation in a Kurdish-controlled area east of the Euphrates in northern Syria, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, its third offensive to dislodge Kurdish militia fighters close to its border.
At least two killed in Afghan TV bus bombing in Kabul
At least two people were killed and two injured when a private bus carrying employees of an Afghan television station was bombed in Kabul on Sunday, two government officials said.
Cambodian Khmer Rouge’s chief ideologist, ‘Brother Number Two’, dead at 93
Nuon Chea, the chief ideologist and ‘Brother Number Two’ of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge, whose brutal rule in the 1970s led to the deaths of some 2 million people, died on Sunday at the age of 93, a court spokesman said.
In less than a minute, gunman kills nine people in Ohio mass shooting
A gunman dressed in body armor opened fire in a downtown district of Dayton, Ohio, early on Sunday, killing nine people and wounding 27 others, authorities said, in the second deadly mass shooting in the United States in less than a day.
Power restored to some areas in Indonesia capital, parts of Java after 9 hours
Power has been restored in most parts of Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, after the city of 10 million people went without electricity for more than nine hours due to technical issues, state power company PLN said on Sunday.
Thirty people die in two mass shootings in Texas and Ohio
Thirty people died and dozens were wounded in two mass shootings within just 13 hours of each other in the United States, shocking the country and prompting calls from some politicians for tighter gun control.
Russian opposition plans new protest despite over 1,000 arrests
Russia’s anti-Kremlin opposition said it was planning a nationwide protest next weekend despite police forcibly detaining over 1,000 people on Saturday for attending what they said was an illegal march in Moscow to demand free elections.
Pakistan calls for Trump mediation on Kashmir as region remains tense
Tensions between India and Pakistan over Kashmir have the potential to blow up into a regional crisis and it is the right time for U.S. President Donald Trump to mediate, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday.
