
CHINA
China returns US craft seized in disputed waters
A Chinese naval vessel seized the unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) around 50 nautical miles northwest of Subic Bay last week.

A Chinese naval vessel seized the unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) around 50 nautical miles northwest of Subic Bay last week.

The liberation of Aleppo debunked the kind of narrative that Western states and media have been trying to propagate since the beginning of the Syria war, an analyst says.

Palestinian official Sa’eb Erekat says American embassies would face closure in the Arab world if the US moved its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem al-Quds.

UK MEP Nigel Farage says Barack Obama’s presidency defamed the US around the world.

Venezuelan officials said on Monday that the three people were shot dead during violence over cash shortages on Saturday.

A dense gray haze has been engulfing nearly two dozen northern cities, closing schools, stopping flights and endangering public health.

Bernie Sanders says Donald Trump would not have been elected president in a "democratic society."

Indonesia says it plans to buy 1 million barrels of crude oil from Iran in the first quarter of the next year.

Iran’s envoy to the UN on Monday urged the enhancement of trade ties between the international community and Afghanistan to help the latter’s development.

South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in July 2011 but plunged into a bloody civil war in December 2013.

Swiss police say the attacker stormed the Islamic Center and fired several shots at a group of worshipers..

Former US president Bill Clinton says Hillary lost the election as she could not overcome interference from the FBI and Russia.

US President-elect Donald Trump has condemned the assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey during a visit to an art gallery in the capital Ankara.

Donald Trump secures the 270 Electoral College votes necessary to be declared as the president of the United States.

Turkish and Russian presidents say the shooting dead of Moscow's ambassador to Ankara was meant to destabilize their ties.

Saudi Arabia admits to the use of banned cluster bombs during its relentless airstrikes on Yemen.

At least 12people have been killed and over 48 others injured after a truck drove into a Christmas market in the German capital Berlin.

Trump is going to be “even more supportive of Israel’s occupation of Palestine than previous US administrations,” an analyst says.