When the Trump administration imposed tariffs on Chinese imports last year, officials insisted China would pay the cost - implying Chinese firms would have to cut their prices to absorb import “taxes” of up to 25% when the goods hit US shores.

China has summoned the US ambassador to demand that United States scrap legislation backing Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement, or "bear all the consequences".

Myanmar is in breach of a global convention banning chemical weapons and may have a stockpile left over from the 1980s, the United States said on Monday.

A Sri Lankan detective investigating high-profile cases has fled the country after receiving death threats soon after the change of

Israel was set to expel the country director of Human Rights Watch yesterday after a lengthy court battle over claims he supports a

Robbers made off with three priceless diamond sets from a state museum in Dresden, police and museum directors confirmed yesterday,

Saudi Arabia has detained at least eight people, mostly intellectuals and writers, two sources including London-based Saudi rights group

The chief of the US Navy on Sunday criticised Donald Trump after being sacked in a dispute over an elite SEAL commando whose

India will offer incentives to private hospitals to take part in the government’s health insurance programme, potentially the biggest of its kind in the world, a senior government official told Reuters.

More than 60 doctors wrote an open letter published yesterday saying they feared Julian Assange’s health was so bad that the WikiLeaks founder could die inside a top-security British jail.

On the hairpin bend of a Swiss mountain pass, a Victorian-era hotel built for tourists to admire the Rhone Glacier has been abandoned now that the ice has retreated nearly 2 km (1.2 miles) uphill.

Former prime minister Tony Blair said yesterday that Britain was in a dangerous mess and that neither his own Labour Party nor Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives deserved to win a December 12 election.

Australia’s prime minister insisted he was “not naive” to the threat of foreign interference yesterday, as authorities investigated an alleged plot by China to recruit a businessman and get him elected.

Leaked government documents outlining the need to prevent escape, double lock doors and constantly monitor detainees in China’s network of internment camps in Xinjiang refute Beijing’s defence of “vocational education centres” in the region, experts say.

Saudi-led coalition airstrikes killed eight Yemeni Huthi rebels near the port of Hodeidah yesterday, triggering fierce battles around the

Greenhouse gases levels in the atmosphere, the main driver of climate change, hit a record high last year, the UN says, calling for action to safeguard "the future welfare of mankind".

Bangladesh and Japan have recently discussed the issues of maritime security and marine environment protection and will undertake an action plan in light of the discussion.

Hong Kong's deeply unpopular leader vowed Monday to "listen humbly" to voters after the pro-democracy camp scored a crushing victory in community-level elections that revealed broad public support for a protest movement that has sparked months of violence.

Disney's Frozen 2 ices out the box office competition in North America, where family audiences powered the animated adventure to a dazzling $130 million debut.

A 23-year-old Irish man has been charged with human trafficking offences in connection with the deaths of 39 Vietnamese nationals