Explainer: Is Yemen finally on the road to peace?
Weeks of U.N. shuttle diplomacy and Western pressure delivered a breakthrough in Yemen peace efforts when the warring parties last week agreed to cease fighting in a contested Red Sea port city and withdraw forces.
From cheap gadgets to ‘E-Cool’, Shenzhen workers recall its early days
When Japanese recruiters plucked Liu Xueqin from her provincial hometown 33 years ago to work in an electronics factory in Shenzhen, she was happy to get a well-paid job and unaware of the small role she would play in China’s dramatic economic rise.
India’s Modi gives $1.4 billion aid to Maldives amid worry over its China debt
India will give financial assistance of $1.4 billion to the Maldives, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, the biggest aid yet to the Indian Ocean island nation that is grappling with debt from a Chinese building spree.
Redrawing boundaries, lawsuits cast doubt on credibility of Thai election
Thailand will soon hold its first election since the military seized power in a 2014 coup and many hope the vote will return Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy to democracy.
Indian forces lock down Kashmir city, hold leaders to stifle protests
Indian police detained separatist leaders in the disputed Kashmir region on Monday and sealed off roads in an effort to stifle protests against the killing of civilians on the weekend.
Four Chinese activists shave heads to protest ‘persecution’ of husbands
The wives of four of China’s most prominent rights lawyers and activists shaved their heads on Monday in protest over what they called the “persecution” of their husbands by the government.
U.S. says air strikes killed 62 militants in Somalia
The U.S. military said on Monday it had killed 62 militants in six air strikes over the weekend in the vicinity of Gandarsh in Somalia’s south-central Banaadir province.
Blast smashes windows, wrecks offices at Greece’s SKAI TV in ‘attack on democracy’
A powerful blast smashed windows and wrecked offices at Greece’s SKAI TV in Athens on Monday in what officials called an attack on democracy. No one was injured.
Saudi Arabia denounces U.S. Senate resolutions on Khashoggi, Yemen
Saudi Arabia on Monday denounced U.S. Senate resolutions calling for an end to U.S. military support for the war in Yemen and blaming Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying they were based on unsubstantiat…
U.S. military says it killed 62 militants in Somalia with air strikes
The U.S. military said on Monday it had killed 62 militants in six air strikes on Saturday and Sunday in the vicinity of Gandarsh in Somalia’s south-central Banaadir province.
