8 dead, dozens missing in California dive-boat fire, officials say
Eight people died and more than two dozen passengers remained unaccounted for after a 75-foot commercial diving boat on a Labor Day excursion caught fire off the coast of Santa Cruz Island in Southern California, officials said.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam responds to audio recording where she discusses quitting
Hong Kong's beleaguered leader Carrie Lam says she never contemplated discussing her resignation with China's central government, after a leaked audio recording revealed her saying she would like to quit.
How will a no-deal Brexit hit travel in and out of the UK and Europe?
The prospect of Britain crashing chaotically out of the European Union seems increasingly likely as time goes on.
Protesters turned Hong Kong into a tinderbox. But it's the government that holds the matches
The young protesters who have thronged Hong Kong's streets for three months warned the city's leaders from the beginning: "If we burn, you burn with us."
Israel and Hezbollah exchange border fire for first time in years
The Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has attacked an Israeli army base and a nearby military vehicle as tensions remain high along the border between Israel and Lebanon.
G7: the cost of uselessness
THE G7 Summit is an obsolete, useless talking shop, as Finnian Cunningham so adroitly says. RT calls it The Unbearable Pointlessness of G7. Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, and the
Under the curtain: Kashmir residents contend with pellet guns and restrictions
When the Indian government stripped the state of Jammu and Kashmir of its autonomy and reclassified it as a union territory earlier this month, it left many citizens there in a state of confusion and concern.
US sails warship near contested islands in South China Sea amid tensions with China
The US Navy sailed a warship within 12 nautical miles of two contested islands in the South China Sea Wednesday, part of what it calls a "freedom of navigation operation" (FONOP).
KASHMIR LOCKDOWN 500 protests, many injured
At least 500 incidents of protest have broken out in Indian Kashmir since New Delhi stripped the region of its autonomy and imposed a military clampdown more than three weeks ago, a senior government source said Wednesday. The Himalayan valley is under a strict lockdown, imposed hours before India’s decision to bring Kashmir under its direct rule. Movement is restricted and phone and internet services have been cut.
Why pro-democracy troublemaker Jimmy Lai is the only Hong Kong multi-millionaire standing up to China
Jimmy Lai has been a public target for decades. It all started after the Hong Kong business tycoon — a refugee from China — reinvented himself in the mid-1990s as the founder of the city's provocative, anti-Beijing tabloid, Apple Daily.
