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UN calls for talks to end Bolivia crisis as death toll rises
Shadowed by street violence and food shortages, a U.N. envoy is urging the government of Bolivia’s self-proclaimed interim president and supporters of ...Iran leader backs petrol price hike that sparked deadly unrest
Iran\'s supreme leader threw his support behind a decision to hike petrol prices, a move that sparked nationwide unrest in which he ...Syrian troops begin deploying along border with Turkey
Syrian government forces started deploying in areas close to the Turkish border in the country’s northeast as part of an agreement reached ...Tear gas grenades kill 4 protesters in Baghdad
Four protesters were killed by tear gas canisters in Baghdad, medics told AFP, the latest deaths from what rights groups have slammed ...Kuwait PM, cabinet quit after disputes with parliament
Kuwait’s Cabinet submitted its resignation, days after the country’s minister of public works announced she would step down after being grilled by ...Israel, Islamic Jihad cease fire after heavy Gaza fighting
Israel and the militant Islamic Jihad group in Gaza reached a cease-fire to end the heaviest Gaza fighting in months that killed ...Belt and Road Initiative: Challenging South and Southeast Asia
The euphoria about the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Indonesia and elsewhere in South and Southeast Asia (SEA) has been felt ...Saudi Arabia, Yemen’s Houthi rebels in indirect peace talks
Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Iran-backed rebels are holding indirect, behind-the-scenes talks to end the devastating five-year war in YemenIraqi protesters defiant in face of deadly crackdown
Iraqi protesters said that an intensifying crackdown by authorities has been instilling fear and reducing turnout, but said they were remaining defiant ...Hong Kong clashes rage on university campus and business district
Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters fought intense battles with riot police on a university campus and paralysed the city\'s upmarket business district, extending ...






