Protests have come to an end after protesters spent days camping at the British High Commission in Kigali following the arrest of the Rwanda head of the National Intelligence and Security Services General Karenzi Karake.
As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sets about fulfilling his legacy of normalizing Japan's military and reversing decades of time-honored pacifism, revelations of institutionalized bullying and harassment within the ranks of the Self-Defense Force (SDF), as well as a resistance to Abe's plans for a more proactive military, are raising questions of the SDF's preparedness for such a shift.
American-Brazilian investor David Neeleman, the new owner of TAP Air Portugal, wants to expand the airline's operations in the United States and Brazil, he revealed at the official signing ceremony on Wednesday at the ministry of finance in Lisbon.
Tokyo shares inch down by break on concerns over Greece's default
Infection with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in South Korea increased to 179 Wednesday as four more cases were added, the health ministry said.
U.S. President Barack Obama said in an interview aired on Monday that racism was still embedded in the United States.
At least 10 people were killed and 60 others injured in twin blasts which hit a local bus station and market in Nigeria's Maiduguri city, capital of the northeastern state of Borno and theater of violence by Boko Haram, a local hospital official and witnesses said.
It was a curious surprise for many visitors of the nutrition-themed world exposition in Italy's Milan to be able to taste an original made-in-China zongzi and an original made-in-Italy slice of pizza one after the other on Saturday.
Singapore Police Force on Sunday night have classified a shooting at a hospital on Saturday as unlawful discharge of firearms, which carries the death penalty.
The white gunman suspected of killing nine African-Americans in a "hate crime" shooting in the southeastern U.S. city of Charleston, South Carolina, was caught on Thursday, law enforcement said.
Indonesian former State-owned Enterprises (SoE) minister Dahlan Iskan was grilled by prosecutors at the Attorney General Office (AGO) on Wednesday after he was slapped a suspect status in several corruption cases occurred during his service as the minister.
South Korea on Thursday reported three more deaths from infection with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and three additional cases of contagion.
A highly unpredictable hot and dry climate prevented large plant-eating dinosaurs from dominating tropical regions near the equator for up to 30 million years after they first evolved, a new research suggested Monday.
Tokyo stocks end slightly lower amid Greece fears
Israel's military on Sunday tried and handed light probation sentences to soldiers caught on video beating and insulting an unarmed Palestinian man in a West Bank refugee camp.
South Africa's High Court in Pretoria on Sunday postponed an earlier order to have Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir arrested, at the request of the South African government.
Deaths from infection with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) increased to 16 in South Korea as two more deaths were reported Monday, while the MERS infection rose to 150 with five new cases, the health ministry said.
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