1US President Joe Biden on December 1 issued an official pardon for his son Hunter, who was facing sentencing for two criminal cases, despite assurances…
Sales by major arms makers were boosted last year by wars in Ukraine and Gaza and tensions in Asia, with marked increases for manufacturers based…
Oil producers including Russia and Saudi Arabia have slowed negotiations for a plastic pollution treaty to a crawl, dimming chances that an agreement to tackle…
Protesters and police skirmished in Georgia's capital for a fourth straight night on December 1, with signs that opposition was spreading across the country to…
Russia on December 1 said it was helping the Syrian army "repel" rebel forces in three northern provinces, as Moscow seeks to support the government…
Kosovo's Interior minister Xhelal Svecla said on November 30 that police had arrested eight people after an explosion hit a canal that sends water to…
Dozens of people were killed on December 1 in clashes between fans at a football match in N'Zerekore, Guinea's second largest city, hospital sources told…
Iraq's parliament postponed until December 2 a vote on controversial legal amendments, including a reworked family law bill that had sparked civil outrage over fears…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised President-elect Donald Trump that Canada would toughen controls over the long undefended joint border, a senior Canadian official said…
At least seven Naxals were killed on December 1 in a fierce gunfight with government forces in the southern Indian state of Telangana, police said.…
Bangladesh’s High Court on December 1 acquitted former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s son, Tarique Rahman, and 48 others, overturning their verdicts in a deadly 2004…
Indian tycoon Gautam Adani said his conglomerate is committed to “world-class regulatory compliance” after being indicted in the US on fraud charges and an alleged…
Deadly sectarian clashes have continued in Pakistan's north-western Kurram district in spite of a tentative ceasefire struck late last week, local officials said, with the…
The Philippines is close to approving a key security pact with Japan that would deepen defence cooperation between the two sides and make it easier…
Troops stationed at junta security checkpoints are forcing civilians passing through a major highway in central Myanmar to perform landmine clearance operations, residents told Radio…
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on December 2 the reported presence of a Russian submarine in the Philippine's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South…
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said JPMorgan's relationship managers provided inaccurate or incomplete information to clients in 24 instances of over-the-counter bond transactions, charging…
Thailand protested an incident involving Myanmar's navy firing on Thai fishing vessels, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on December 1, after one fisherman drowned, two…
Three Americans who Washington says were wrongfully imprisoned in China have landed back on US soil as part of a rare prisoner swap with Beijing,…
South Korea has completed the development of a homegrown Long-range Surface-to-Air Missile, or L-SAM, system, a move hailed by its president as a “significant breakthrough”…
China vowed "resolute countermeasures" on December 1 to a recently approved US arms sale to Taiwan, and complained to the US for arranging for the…
Australia's prime minister said December 1 he was ready to "engage" with billionaire X owner Elon Musk over his criticism of the government's ban on…
New Caledonia's largest pro-independence party, the Union Calédonienne (UC), on November 28 unveiled the main outcome of its Congress last weekend, including its plans for…
Tuvalu purchased millions of dollars of property in Fiji from prominent Chinese Communist Party-allied businessman Zhao Fugang, just weeks after reporting by OCCRP and partners…
An Air New Zealand flight was stuck on the tarmac for hours before being canned on November 30 night after it suffered a fuel fault…
