A restaurant in the northern Chinese province of Shanxi offering hugs with lion cubs while diners have a four-course tea has been criticised by animal welfare groups and drawn condemnation
Britain has lifted a five-year ban on Pakistani airlines, allowing them to apply to resume UK flights just as Islamabad steps up efforts to privatise its national carrier, Pakistan International
A Beijing court on Wednesday sentenced a Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma to 3-1/2 years in prison, the Nikkei newspaper reported, citing the Japanese ambassador to China.The man had been
A blast has killed three Kenyan soldiers patrolling a road in the east of the country near the Somali border, the military said.The al Qaeda-linked Islamist group al Shabaab said
Iran’s parliament said the country should not resume nuclear negotiations with the United States until preconditions are met, in a statement reported on Wednesday by Iranian state media.“When the U.S.
Clashes between Syrian government troops and local Druze fighters resumed in the southern Druze city of Sweida early on Wednesday, collapsing a ceasefire announced just hours earlier that aimed to
At least 20 Palestinians were killed on Wednesday at an aid distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), in what the U.S.-backed group said was a crowd surge
Russian drone attacks and a missile strike hit different parts of Ukraine and killed at least two people, officials said early on Wednesday.Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 400 drones
A volcano erupted on Wednesday in southwest Iceland, authorities said, with live media images showing it belched smoke and dramatic flows of glowing hot yellow and orange lava, the latest
UN humanitarians said Tuesday they are gravely concerned by escalating fighting in Sudan, mainly attacks in North Kordofan State.The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said attacks