Japanese royal couple in Vietnam to mark 50 years of ties *HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) - Japan's Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko were welcomed Thursday in Hanoi by lines of flag-waving schoolchildren, as they began a visit marking the 50th anniversary...
Canada to 'adjust' number of diplomats in India as row over Sikh leader murder escalates *NEW DELHI (AFP) - Canada's High Commission said it would "adjust" diplomat numbers in India and the South Asian nation suspended visa processing in Canada Thursday as a row between Ottawa and New Del...
Syrian President Assad in China, seeks exit from diplomatic isolation *BEIJING (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has arrived in China's eastern city of Hangzhou, kicking off his first visit to the Asian nation since 2004 as he makes further strides to end mor...
Charles III welcomed in France for first visit as king *PARIS (AFP) - King Charles III on Wednesday began his first state visit to France as monarch, a rescheduled trip aimed at showing the fundamentals of the cross-Channel alliance remain strong despite ...
Karabakh Armenians agree to ceasefire after Azerbaijan military operation *YEREVAN (Reuters) - Ethnic Armenians in Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh agreed to a Russian proposal for a ceasefire on Wednesday, 24 hours after Azerbaijan began an offensive to ta...
Iran MPs vote to toughen penalties for women flouting dress code *TEHRAN (AFP) - Iranian lawmakers passed a bill on Wednesday to toughen penalties for women who flout the Islamic dress code, with jail terms of up to 10 years, state media reported.* The assembly app...
Canada warns India to treat Sikh slaying allegation seriously *MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday demanded that India treat with "utmost seriousness" Canada's allegations of New Delhi's possible involvement in the slaying of a Sikh...
Egypt jails leading dissident as pressure mounts ahead of vote *CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) - An Egyptian court has sentenced prominent dissident Hisham Kassem to six months in prison, his lawyer and political movement said, a move barring him from taking part in campaign...
Erdogan accuses EU of 'distancing itself' from Turkey *ISTANBUL (AFP) - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday accused the European Union of pulling away from Turkey, whose efforts to join the bloc have stalled amid criticism of Ankara's efforts to a...
Poland, Hungary, Slovakia defy end of EU Ukraine grain import ban *BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) - The European Union said Friday it was ending an import ban on Ukrainian grain in five member states, but Poland, Hungary and Slovakia immediately announced they would defy t...
