Algeria has asked 12 French officials to leave in 48 hours, the French foreign minister said Monday, adding that this was linked to the arrest of three Algerian nationals in France.

The Maldives will attempt to stamp out smoking across the South Asian luxury tourist archipelago this year with a ban making it illegal for anyone currently under 19 to ever buy cigarettes.

Markets on Monday welcomed a US tariffs reprieve for electronics, but President Donald Trump warned no country would get "off the hook" in his trade war -- especially China.

Some key novels by Nobel literature prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa, who died on Sunday: Vargas Llosa based his first novel in a military academy in the Peruvian capital Lima that marked him for life, ...

A new MOP10 billion ($1.2 billion) fund will be established to assist small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with loans, ...

In his inaugural policy address, Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai announced a series of significant enhancements to social welfare ...

Recent exemptions to sweeping US import tariffs may be short-lived, with Donald Trump warning that no one was "getting off the hook" ...

Iran's foreign ministry said Sunday that talks with the United States slated for next weekend would remain "indirect" with Omani mediation ...

US President Donald Trump's on-and-off tariffs have clouded the picture for European Central Bank policymakers meeting this week to decide ...

China said Monday that exports soared more than 12 percent last month, beating expectations as businesses rushed to get ahead ...

World leaders condemned a Russian missile strike on Ukraine, one of the deadliest attacks in months, while US President Trump called it a "horrible thing" ...

In recent years, the SAR has devised a number of five-year plans and blueprints charting the development of a wide range of ...