Asia Pacific
South Korean farmers scuffle with police at protest over dog meat ban
By Jimin Jung and Dogyun Kim Reuters About 200 South Korean farmers who breed and raise dogs for human consumption held a ...South Korea to ban eating dogs
By Ju-min Park Reuters South Korea aims to ban eating dog meat and put an end to the controversy over the ancient ...Kazakhstan welcomes France’s Macron under Moscow’s disapproving gaze
French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Kazakhstan on Wednesday on the first leg of a trip to Central Asia, a region long ...China’s smog-covered north on highest pollution alert as visibility drops
By Liz Lee Reuters Authorities issued their highest warnings for fog and haze on Tuesday as smog enveloped major cities in northern ...Muslims protest around world to demand end to Israel’s Gaza campaign
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Nafisa Eltahir Reuters Protesters from Jakarta to Tunis on Friday demanded an end to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza after nearly ...Armenia says it is ready to make peace but Azerbaijan says process undermined
By Felix Light Reuters Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Tuesday said he was ready to sign a peace deal with Azerbaijan ...Putin visits ‘dear friend’ Xi in show of no-limits partnership
By Ryan Woo Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on a ...Karabakh Armenians dissolve breakaway government in capitulation to Azerbaijan
By Felix Light Reuters Ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh said on Thursday they were dissolving the breakaway statelet they had defended for three ...Nagorno-Karabakh’s 120,000 Armenians will leave for Armenia, leadership says
By Felix Light and Guy Faulconbridge Reuters The 120,000 ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh will leave for Armenia as they do not want ...Azerbaijan pounds Karabakh as Russia and US call for calm
By Felix Light Reuters Azerbaijan on Wednesday pounded Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway region controlled by ethnic Armenians, despite calls from Russia and the ...