AFP, STOCKHOLM: Julian Assange will be questioned next week over longstanding rape accusations, Sweden’s public prosecutor’s office announced Monday, saying an Ecuadorian prosecutor would visit the WikiLeaks founder in the embassy where he has been holed up since 2012.Through his lawyer…

AFP, MOSCOW: Russia on Monday said its air force was continuing to hold off on strikes against war-ravaged Aleppo, after rebels snubbed Moscow’s offer to quit Syria’s second city. “The ceasefire in the operation of the Russian air force is continuing,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry…

AFP, WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton’s possible election next week to America’s highest office has raised a sticky question: What’s the…

AFP, MANILA: Firebrand Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday he would cancel an order for about 27,000 American-made assault rifles, in his latest display of defiance against the United States. The rifles were due to be provided to the Philippine police but Duterte said he would look for…

AFP, LONDON: British authorities on Sunday put an end to a prison riot involving up to 200 inmates, which broke out just days after a warders’ association warned of a “bloodbath” in the UK’s detention facilities. Police, ambulance and fire services were called to the prison in…

AFP, BEIJING: China Monday passed a controversial cybersecurity bill tightening restrictions on online freedom of speech and imposing new rules on online service providers, raising concerns it is further cloistering its heavily controlled internet. The ruling Communist Party oversees a vast censorship…

AFP, ANKARA: Turkey protested to EU envoys and branded relations with Brussels as “fragile” on Monday over the bloc’s criticism of its crackdown in the wake of the July 15 coup. In recent days, the European Union has strongly criticised Turkey, a candidate for accession, over the arrests…