Category: World

Some 300 Russian military police have arrived in Syria to patrol the flashpoint Syrian-Turkish frontier, the Russian defence ministry said on Friday. The military police, who arrived from the Russian region of Chechnya, will work to ensure the safety of the population and help Kurdish forces withdraw to a line 30 kilometres (18 miles) from […]

Turkey on Friday warned Washington that any meeting with the leader of a US-backed Syrian Kurdish-led force risked “legitimising terrorists”. US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he had talked with Mazlum Abdi, commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) which fought against extremists in Syria, and that he had “really enjoyed” the conversation. In […]

Police investigating the deaths of 39 people, believed to be Chinese nationals, found in a truck near London said they had arrested two people on Friday on suspicion of human trafficking and continued to question the driver as a murder suspect. As China called on Britain to seek “severe punishment” for those involved in the deaths, […]

Yemen’s southern separatists have struck a power-sharing deal with the internationally-recognised government aimed at ending a conflict simmering within the country’s long-running civil war, sources on both sides said on Friday. The deal would see the secessionist Southern Transitional Council (STC) handed a number of ministries, and the government return to the southern city of […]

MOSCOW: Russia warned Syrian Kurdish YPG forces on Wednesday they face further armed conflict with Turkey if they fail to comply with a Russian-Turkish accord calling for their withdrawal from the entire length of Syria’s northeastern border with Turkey. Moscow’s warning came shortly before Russian and Syrian security forces were due to start overseeing the […]

All 39 people found dead in a container truck near an English port were Chinese citizens, British police confirmed on Thursday as they pressed to investigate one of the country’s deadliest cases of people smuggling. The Essex Police force said 31 men and eight women were found dead in the truck early Wednesday at the […]

Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria left several positions along the long border with Turkey on Thursday, complying with a deal that sees Damascus, Ankara and Moscow carve up their now-defunct autonomous region. Russian forces have started patrols along the flashpoint border, filling the vacuum left by a US troop withdrawal that effectively handed back a […]

A court in Bangladesh sentenced 16 people to death on Thursday over the murder of a 19-year-old female student burnt alive in April that provoked outrage across the country. Nusrat Jahan Rafi was doused in kerosene and set on fire after refusing to withdraw a sexual harassment complaint against the head teacher of the seminary […]

Village council elections were held on Thursday across India-occupied Kashmir, with the detention of many mainstream local politicians and a boycott by most parties prompting expectations that the polls will install supporters of the central Hindu nationalist-led government that revoked the region’s semi-autonomous status in August. Indian officials are hoping the election of leaders of […]

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito completed his ascension to the Chrysanthemum throne on Tuesday in a ceremony steeped in the traditions and grandeur of a monarchy that claims 2,000 years of history. The rituals cemented a transition that began with his father’s abdication earlier this year, and drew royalty and political leaders from around the world. A […]