(FMT) - At least fifteen people were killed and another four injured in attacks by suspected Muslim rebels in Thailand’s violence-wracked south, an army spokesman said today, the largest death…

(FMT) - President Xi Jinping on Tuesday pledged to further open China’s economy, declaring the world must “knock down walls” as he opened an annual trade fair in Shanghai. Xi addressed an…

(SCMP) - China was ranked the world’s worst abuser of internet freedoms for the fourth consecutive year by a US human rights organisation that also said global internet freedom was declining.…

(Bloomberg) - Sharp divisions between the rich and poor are fueling a global wave of unrest -- but that’s just one of the grievances driving people onto the streets, according to a leading scholar…

(FMT) - Some 300 to 400 Singaporeans on Sunday held a rare rally in a park against the government’s immigration policies, a hot button issue likely to figure in a parliamentary election expected…

(SCMP) - Chinese experts have rejected the claim by a senior Pentagon official that the US is lagging behind China in some key dual-use technologies. Michael Brown, director of the US…

(CNA) - Protests have flared around the world, with citizens rallying for the last few weeks demanding change in their countries. Here are the reasons seven of them from Catalonia to Chile are…

(Reuters) - Senior government officials in multiple U.S.-allied countries were targeted earlier this year with hacking software that used Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) WhatsApp to take over users’ phones,…

(Reuters) - Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) will ban political advertising on its platform next month, the company’s chief executive said on Wednesday, a move that won praise from Democrats and scorn from…

(Bloomberg) - China’s plan to allow Hong Kong autonomy had “fundamental flaws” from the start because Beijing never trusted the former British colony to uphold its rule, the head of the city’s…

(NST) - Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has fired four more officials, two palace announcements said on Tuesday, the latest shake up after the sacking of the king’s royal consort last week.…

(BBC) - Boris Johnson's Brexit deal will leave the UK £70bn worse off than if it had remained in the EU, a study by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has found. It…

"I am standing as a candidate to be the next prime minister and in these volatile political times that is absolutely possible," said Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson. (BBC) - The UK is set to go to the…

(Washington Post) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered two political drubbings on Monday: He was forced to grudgingly accept the European Union’s offer to delay Brexit until January,…

(FMT) - LA MÈDE: Greenpeace activists on Tuesday blocked the entrance to a refinery in southern France where oil giant Total uses controversial palm oil to produce biofuel. Environmentalists…

(CNA) - Hong Kong has fallen into recession, hit by five months of anti-government protests that erupted in flames at the weekend, and is unlikely to achieve any growth this year, the city's…

(CNN) - ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is believed to have been killed in a raid conducted by the US military in northwest Syria on Saturday, according to a senior US defense official and a…

(BBC) - The PM has said he will give MPs more time to debate his Brexit deal, if they agree to a 12 December election. Boris Johnson told the BBC he expected the EU to grant an extension to his…

(CNA) - A Chinese oil survey vessel that has been embroiled in a tense standoff with Vietnamese vessels in the South China Sea left Vietnamese-controlled waters on Thursday (Oct 24) after more…

(BBC) - Hong Kong's legislature has formally withdrawn a controversial extradition bill that has sparked months of unrest. The bill - which would have allowed for criminal suspects to be…

(The Star) - China is drawing up a plan to replace Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam with an "interim" chief executive, the Financial Times reported, citing people briefed on the deliberations, which…

(Reuters) - Chinese-ruled Hong Kong and Taiwan engaged in a rare squabble on Wednesday over a Hong Kong man accused of murder in Taiwan whose case was used by Hong Kong to promote a now-withdrawn…

The PM will push for a general election if the EU proposes to delay Brexit until January, No 10 has indicated. (BBC) - Boris Johnson "paused" his Brexit bill on Tuesday after MPs rejected his plan…

(CNA) - Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has stripped his newly appointed consort of her titles and military ranks for being "disloyal", the Royal Palace announced in the Royal Gazette late on…