[ad_1] Three former organizers of Hong Kong’s annual vigil to commemorate victims of China’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests were jailed Saturday for four and a half months for failing to inform authorities about the group under national security laws.…
[ad_1] Regulators rushed to seize assets from one of Silicon Valley’s top banks, marking the biggest failure of a US financial institution since the financial crisis nearly 15 years ago. Silicon Valley Bank, the 16th largest bank in the US,…
[ad_1] U.S. intelligence officials have determined that people with ties to Russian intelligence are planning the protests in hopes of toppling the Moldovan government, according to the White House. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the intelligence…
[ad_1] Ukraine has decided to fight in the ruined city of Bakhmut because the war was pinning down the best units of Russia and degrading them ahead of the planned spring Ukrainian counter-offensive, an aide to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.…
[ad_1] Now21:08Rohingya refugees fear that the world has forgotten their plight WARNING: This story contains disturbing details. Enam Uddin was 12 when he and his family, along with around 742,000 people, were forced to flee Myanmar in August 2017 to…
[ad_1] Iran and Saudi Arabia on Friday agreed to restore diplomatic ties and reopen embassies after years of tensions between the two countries, including an attack that damaged the heart of the kingdom’s oil production caused by Tehran. The deal,…
[ad_1] A former member of Jehovah’s Witnesses shot six people, plus an unborn baby, in a church hall in the German city of Hamburg, before killing himself after police arrived, authorities said Saturday. Police said the unborn baby also died,…
[ad_1] Robert Blake, the Emmy-award-winning actor whose acting rose to fame when he was tried and acquitted of murdering his wife, died Thursday at the age of 89. A statement released for his niece, Noreen Austin, said Blake died of…
[ad_1] Xi Jinping achieved a precedent-breaking five-year presidential term on Friday during a parliamentary session where he further tightened control as China faces mounting challenges at home and globally. Nearly 3,000 members of China’s rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress…
[ad_1] US Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell was treated Thursday for a concussion and is expected to remain in hospital for “a few days” after he tripped and fell at a hotel dinner the night before, a spokesman said. The…