CHINA
Tsai Ing-wen wins Taiwan election
Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen from the pro-independence opposition wins the presidential election.
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BUSINESS
China opens AIIB, sends chills to US
China has officially launched the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
PAKISTAN
Pakistan PM ‘to visit Riyadh, Tehran’
The Pakistani premier will visit Saudi Arabia and Iran in a bid to resolve a Tehran-Riyadh diplomatic row, a senior Pakistani official says.
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Second Burkina restaurant under attack
Security forces end militant siege at hotel and nearby restaurant in the Burkinabe capital, but another assault is underway.
SYRIA
West politicizing Syria crisis: Russia
Russia accuses the US, Britain and France of taking political advantage of the humanitarian crisis in Syria.
BRAZIL
Brazilians protest transport fare hike
Protesters in Brazil’s Recife demonstrate against hikes in public transportation fare.
POLITICS
Clinton plans ad blitz as Sanders surges
US Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton is planning a massive advertising blitz as Bernie Sanders surges in the polls.
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Self-harm acts grow in Australia camps
Incidents of self-harm among asylum seekers in Australia's detention camps are reaching crisis levels.
YEMEN
Saudi warplanes kill 30 in NW Yemen
Saudi Arabian warplanes kill as many as 30 people in attacks on northwestern Yemen.
AFGHANISTAN
US drone raid kills 11 in Afghanistan
At least 11 people are killed in a new US assassination drone strike in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar.
KOREAS
North Korea offers to end N-tests
North Korea says it will end its nuclear tests if the US stops drills with the South and signs a peace treaty with Pyongyang.
SYRIA
Syria army gears up for biggest operation
The Syrian army is preparing for its biggest operation since the beginning of the conflict to recapture the country's second city of Aleppo.
POLITICS
Iran: All sanctions to be annulled today
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says “all oppressive sanctions imposed against the Islamic Republic will be annulled today.”
BUSINESS
Maduro declares economic emergency
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro declares a 60-day nationwide economic emergency.
SYRIA
‘Saudi terror ties hinder Syria peace’
The Syrian foreign minister says Saudi Arabia’s support for terrorists in his country hampers peace efforts for Syria.
POLITICS
Senators: 'Gitmo North' in US illegal
Republican senators warn the Pentagon that its plan to shut down the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is illegal.
POLITICS
Zarif in Vienna for ‘Implementation Day’
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is in Vienna for high-level talks talks on the implementation of a landmark nuclear agreement.
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Militants kill 7 in northern Mali
Two separate attacks in northern Mali leave four assailants and three security officers killed.
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