Former Singapore leadership candidate plans new opposition party
Move by former ruling party stalwart Tan Cheng Bock could boost opposition amid talk of election as soon as this year.
Qatar beat Saudi Arabia 2-0 to top Group E in Asian Cup
Almoez Ali scores two goals for the Maroons as they secure a crucial win over the Green Falcons in Abu Dhabi.
Lebanon summit reveals Arab divisions over Syria, Iran
Several heads of state have pulled out of an Arab economic summit in Beirut this weekend.
EU slaps duties on Cambodia, Myanmar rice exports
Bloc says says big increase of imports of Indica rice from two countries caused financial damage to European producers.
Truck-bomb blast at Colombia police academy kills 21
In the worst attack in Bogota in 16 years, authorities say at least 68 people wounded in explosion targeting police.
Syria's war: Who is responsible for the dying children of Rukban?
The 'man-made' tragedy in the encampment of about 50,000 people already killed eight children this winter.
Indonesia presidential candidates trade barbs in first debate
Joko Widodo aims to defeat controversial retired general Prabowo Subianto to win second term in office at April polls.
Chicago cops acquitted of alleged coverup in black teen's killing
Relatives of Laquan McDonald, who was killed in 2014, call ruling step backward for black community's fight for justice.
N Korea envoy 'arrives in US' to hold talks on Kim-Trump summit
Arrival of top official comes as new US defence policy singles out North Korea as ongoing and 'extraordinary threat'.
Citing 'serious doubts', AU urges delay to final DRC vote results
African Union agrees to urgently send 'high-level delegation' to Kinshasa to find way out of DRC's political crisis.
Honduran refugees await papers in Mexico as new caravan arrives
A new caravan of more than 1,800 Central Americans left Honduras and El Salvador earlier this week.
Arizona police shoot dead teenager carrying airsoft gun
Police, who say the boy was robbing a vehicle, mistook the 14-year-old's airsoft gun for a real weapon.
Undeterred by tightened borders, Honduran caravan continues to US
More than 1,800 Central Americans continue to make their way through Guatemala in search of better life in the US.
Five die in California as storms bring flooding, snow, mudslides
Thousands of people have also been left without electricity as storms pound California.
Trump grounds Speaker Pelosi's travel amid shutdown feud
After Pelosi sought to delay the State of the Union, Trump cancels the Democrat's foreign trip, citing the shutdown.
Doctor and child killed as protests break out across Sudan
Police fire tear gas as demonstrations calling for President Bashir's resignation try to march on presidential palace.