Politics

Jailed Thai Ex-premier Thaksin To Be Freed Sunday: PM
Jailed former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra will be freed on Sunday, the kingdom's prime minister has said, just six months after returning from 15 years of self-imposed exile.The controversial...
Zelensky To Rally Leaders For Support At Munich Conference
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday will seek to rouse allies from war fatigue and step up their financial and military backing at a critical juncture in his country's...
Coups, Conflicts And Crises Confront African Summit
African leaders open a two-day summit on Saturday as the continent wrestles with coups, conflicts, political crises and regional tensions.Ahead of the gathering in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa,...
Singapore Engineer Pivots From Oil Rigs To ‘Fish Farm Of The Future’
A high-tech fish farm floats just off the coast of Singapore, part of a plan by a retired engineer who once built oil rigs to bring diners cleaner, healthier...
Fears Grow For Crucial Gaza Hospital After Israeli Raid
Fears mounted Saturday for people trapped in one of Gaza's main hospitals after Israeli troops raided the facility and the Hamas-run territory's health ministry said several patients had died...
El Salvador, Where A Miscarriage Can Land You In Jail
Lilian was 20 when her newborn baby died of medical complications at a hospital in El Salvador, where abortion is a crime and even the suspicion of one can...
New York Ruling Deals Trump Business A Major Blow
The sweeping punishment meted out Friday by a New York judge on Donald Trump and his family business deals a serious blow to the former president in his longtime...
Ailing Woods Pulls Out Of Genesis Invitational In 2nd Round
Golf superstar Tiger Woods withdrew in the second round of the Genesis Invitational because of illness on Friday in the latest setback for the 15-time major champion.The US PGA...
WTO Chief Insists Global Trade Body Still Counts
The head of the World Trade Organization insisted Friday the WTO was still relevant as it prepares for its main gathering with few major deals on the table.WTO members'...
Paraguayan Policeman On Trial For Torture Meted Out Decades Ago
Five decades ago, he was a feared policeman nicknamed "the Whip," an enforcer of Paraguay's military dictatorship. Today, aged 87, Eusebio Torres is finally standing trial on torture allegations...