CNN — International pressure is mounting on Thailand – including from the new US administration – over the fate of…
Rail accident kills 12 in western India after passengers jump onto tracks over fire alert
New Delhi AP — At least 12 train passengers were killed in western India Wednesday after being struck by another…
China’s navy commissions new-generation frigate as competition rises with US and others
Taipei, Taiwan AP — China’s navy has commissioned a new-generation frigate as competition rises with the US and other regional…
Xi and Putin hail tightening ties in call hours after Trump inauguration
Hong Kong CNN — Chinese leader Xi Jinping vowed to take his country’s ties with Russia to a new level…
Iraqi lawmakers pass a bill that critics say legalizes child marriage
Baghdad, Iraq AP — Iraq’s parliament passed three divisive laws Tuesday, including amendments to the country’s personal status law that…
Russia convicts lawyers for late Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny
CNN — Three lawyers for Alexey Navalny, the Kremlin critic who died last year in an Arctic prison, have been…
Across Africa, Russia is growing in influence. What might Moscow want?
CNN — While Russian ally Bashar al-Assad was being toppled by rebels in Syria, another friend of Moscow, President Faustin-Archange…
Israel’s approval of the Gaza deal unmasks deep schisms that could threaten the ceasefire and Netanyahu’s political future
CNN — Don’t let Israel’s approval of the Gaza ceasefire fool you: There are deep schisms in Israeli politics that…
Trump holds ‘very good’ phone call with China’s President Xi
CNN — Donald Trump said he held a “very good” phone call with China’s President Xi Jinping, as the US…
Adopted wild boar threatened with euthanasia can stay with owner, court rules
CNN — A wild boar adopted by a French horse breeder can remain with her owner, a court ruled on…
