The most recent air pollution data from the World Health Organization gives India a dubious lead. The world’s ten most polluted cities are Indian. The air quality database for 2016 was released by WHO on Wednesday and showed that the north Indian industrial city of Kanpur had the highest measured levels of PM2.5, or small […]

Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan called for a general strike Wednesday after falling short in his bid to be the country’s next prime minister. Pashinyan was the only candidate up for consideration to replace former Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan, who resigned in April. He needed 53 votes from the 105-seat Armenian National Assembly to secure the […]

SEOUL  – North and South Korea began dismantling loudspeakers that blared propaganda across their heavily fortified border on Tuesday, South Korea’s defense ministry said, fulfilling a promise made at last week’s historic summit. The moves are the first practical, if small, steps toward reconciliation after Friday’s meeting between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and the […]

ANKARA/ISTANBUL, April 26 – The editor-in-chief of Turkey’s opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper said on Thursday he was unbowed by a government crackdown and would not abandon journalism, a day after a court sentenced him and more than a dozen colleagues to prison on terrorism charges. Murat Sabuncu was one of 14 Cumhuriyet staff given sentences ranging […]

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister said Saturday the United States is trying to divide Syria. During a meeting with his counterparts from Iran and Turkey, Sergey Lavrov said the recent U.S.-led missile strikes on Syria “seriously aggravated the situation.” He added that statements about supporting the territorial integrity of Syria “are only words that, […]

New Delhi –Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday at the beginning of his informal two-day relation-building summit in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. The meeting, widely interpreted as an attempt to reset relations and rebuild trust, follows an extended period of diplomatic estrangement between the two neighboring nuclear […]

Donald Trump is likely to meet the Queen when he visits the UK this July, the BBC understands. They will either meet at Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle, BBC North America editor Jon Sopel said. The US president is to visit the UK on Friday, 13 July, after previously cancelling a trip amid claims he […]

Thirty-two years after the explosions at the Ukrainian nuclear power plant, we revisit the disaster and its legacy. Exactly 32 years ago, explosions at the then-Soviet Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant set off what has been described as the world’s worst nuclear disaster. The blasts released large levels of radiation into the atmosphere, forcing thousands to flee […]

BEIJING – China’s efforts to reduce its reliance on debt and find a more sustainable route to grow its economy may be derailed by the simmering trade dispute with the United States, economists warn. This was the year that Beijing was expected to step up its controls on unfettered lending, particularly in the so-called shadow […]

Washington (CNN)The White House is continuing its push to temper expectations around a potential face-to-face meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un — insisting that the US will not negotiate any concessions until Pyongyang takes concrete steps toward dismantling its nuclear and missile programs. Trump immediately touted North Korea’s pledge […]