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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, founder of the local newspaper Apple Daily, arrives a district court in Hong Kong.(AP)

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested under national security law

Lai owns the Apple Daily newspaper and Next Magazine, two outlets unapologetically pro-democracy and critical of Beijing

10 Aug 2020 3:19 AM GMT

Lebanons Information Minister Manal Abdel Samad. (AFP)

Lebanon information minister quits in first government resignation...

The head of Lebanon's Maronite church meanwhile called on the entire government to step down over the August 4 explosion

9 Aug 2020 10:17 AM GMT

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. (AP)

Trump official lands in Taiwan for highest-level US visit since 1979

China described the visit as a threat to peace and stability', while the defence minister warned against US making any...

9 Aug 2020 9:44 AM GMT

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko casts his ballot at a polling station during the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus. (AP)

Belarus' strongman president faces a tough election

Incumbent Alexander Lukashenko has made it clear he won't hesitate to quash any protests against the results of Sunday's...

9 Aug 2020 8:47 AM GMT

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani gestures as he speaks during the first day of the Loya Jirga, a grand assembly of Afghan elders, at the Loya Jirga Hall in Kabul. (AFP)

Afghan's traditional council frees 400 Taliban prisoners

The move also looks to bring the United States a little closer to bringing its troops home and ending its longest...

9 Aug 2020 8:03 AM GMT

Saki Morioki, 5 years old, prays as paper lanterns float along the Motoyasu River in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima. (AP)

Nagasaki hopes for a 'nuclear-free world' on 75th anniversary of...

On August 9, 1945, Nagasaki was flattened in an atomic inferno three days after the first US atomic bombing in Hiroshima

9 Aug 2020 7:21 AM GMT

A man prays in front of the cenotaph for the atomic bombing victims before the start of ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the bombing in Hiroshima, western Japan. (AP)

'Unspeakable horror': The attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

The twin bombings dealt the final blow to imperial Japan, which surrendered on August 15, 1945, bringing an end to World...

9 Aug 2020 6:39 AM GMT

Mitch Westmoreland looks at the flower buds on hemp plants in a growth chamber at Utah State University. (AP)

'Not marijuana': US hemp farmers battle a tough market and thieves

Hemp looks and smells like marijuana but contains very little tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is what gets users high

9 Aug 2020 6:04 AM GMT

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa greets supporters following his election victory in the general election at his residence in Tangalle, Sri Lanka. (AP)

Rajapaksa sworn in as PM in Sri Lanka, cementing family rule

Rajapaksa is highly popular among the ethnic majority Sinhalese for ending the country's 25-year civil war against Tamil...

9 Aug 2020 5:21 AM GMT

Customers enjoy lunch in the sunshine at the Riverside Market in Christchurch, New Zealand, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. New Zealand marked a 100 days of being free from the coronavirus in its communities Sunday, Aug. 9, with just a handful of infections continuing to be picked up at the border where people are quarantined. (AP)

New Zealand reaches 100 days without coronavirus transmission

There are still 23 active cases but all were detected at the border when entering the country and are held in managed...

9 Aug 2020 4:57 AM GMT

A man poses for a picture with a cardboard cut-out of Hassan Nasrallah (L), the head of Lebanons Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah, and former Foreign Minister Gibran Bassil hung by Lebanese protesters in downtown Beirut. (AFP)

Lebanese protesters storm ministry buildings as anger grows over...

Protesters set up symbolic nooses at Beirut's Martyrs' Square to hang politicians whose corruption and negligence they...

9 Aug 2020 4:27 AM GMT

US President Donald Trump signs executive orders extending coronavirus economic relief, during a news conference in Bedminster, New Jersey. (AFP)

Trump signs coronavirus relief orders after talks with Congress fail

The orders could face legal challenges questioning the US president's authority to spend taxpayer money without express...

9 Aug 2020 3:36 AM GMT