US President Donald Trump’s executive clemency to his longtime friend and adviser Roger Stone not only commuted the veteran Republican operative’s prison term but it also spared him a hefty fine and two years of supervised release. The details of the clemency arrangement were made […]
India’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld the right of a former royal dynasty to run the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple, one of the world’s richest places of worship, after the state government tried to take it over when the family patriarch died. When one of the […]
India’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld the right of a former royal dynasty to run the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple, one of the world’s richest places of worship, after the state government tried to take it over when the family patriarch died. When one of the […]
Dancers and puppeteers, all wearing protective face shields, pose for a photo with a Hanuman puppet at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok on July 13, 2020. The Monkey God Hanuman is a character from the Ramakien, the Thai version of the Hindu epic Ramayana. The […]
Hong Kong is set to impose its toughest curbs yet to control the coronavirus, after authorities warned the risk of a large-scale outbreak was extremely high. Under the new measures, which come into force at midnight (16:00 GMT), face masks will be mandatory for people […]
Japan’s annual defence review has accused China of pushing its territorial claims under the cover of the coronavirus pandemic and claims Beijing is spreading propaganda and disinformation as it provides medical aid to nations fighting COVID-19. China “is continuing to attempt to alter the status […]
The United States on Monday rejected China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea, drawing an angry response from Beijing, which claimed Washington was trying to inflame tensions in the disputed waters. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the there was no legal basis […]
As many as 33 rivers in China have risen to their highest levels in history after days of torrential rain, a senior water ministry official has said, with more rain forecast. Ye Jianchun, vice minister of water resources, told a briefing on Monday that 433 […]
Ebola is spreading in the western Democratic Republic of the Congo, with nearly 50 known cases across a large region bordering the Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Mike Ryan, the WHO’s top emergencies expert, […]
Workers clean roads and places in the Rayong Municipality on Monday after an Egyptian soldier infected with the coronavirus stayed at a hotel and went to shopping malls in Muang district. (Photo from Rayong Municipality Facebook account) The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has […]
