AFP, KUALA LUMPUR: Asia-Pacific leaders opened a final summit Sunday with attention expected to swing back to the maritime standoff in the South China Sea, closing a marathon week of diplomacy largely overshadowed by the recent jihadist attacks. Heads of government from 18 countries including the United…

AFP, DAMASCUS: Syrian government troops are advancing on “nearly every front” thanks to Russian air strikes that began in September, President…

AFP, JOHANNESBURG: As the race to adapt to climate change quickens, a South African scientist is leading global research into developing crops that mimic…

AFP, JERUSALEM: Two Palestinians, including a teen, attacked Israelis with knives and a car in the West Bank Sunday and were killed when civilians and security forces intervened, the latest in a nearly two-month wave of violence. No Israelis were reported seriously wounded in the two attacks, which…

AFP, KATHMANDU: Nepalese police shot and killed two protesters after fresh clashes erupted in the country’s southern plains as a crisis over a new constitution deepens, a senior local officer said Sunday. The clashes broke out late on Saturday in the southeastern district of Saptari as protesters…

AFP, MOSCOW: Russia said Sunday it had killed 10 fighters linked to the extremist Islamic State group in a special operation in its volatile North Caucasus region. “According to preliminary information, 10 bandits have been neutralised,” Russia’s national anti-terrorism committee said…

AFP, CAIRO: Egyptians voted Sunday across 13 of the country’s 27 provinces in the second phase of parliamentary elections after a low turnout marred the first stage in the absence of any opposition. The election is expected to elect lawmakers who firmly back President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who…