As Britain courts Beijing, golf club rues Chinese takeover
London has been cozying up to Beijing in recent years in the hope of attracting Chinese investment, but in one leafy corner of England the love-in has turned to acrimony.
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Dutch government says no to ‘encryption backdoors’
The Netherlands has said it will not force tech firms to share encrypted communications such as emails with its security agencies.
Donald Trump questions whether Cruz can be president
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has questioned whether rival candidate Ted Cruz is eligible to become his party's nominee because he was born in Canada.
Saudi Arabia faces ‘economic bomb’ and hikes gas prices 50%
Saudi Arabia is running out of money.
The ‘unprecedented’ case of the missing Hong Kong bookseller
When four associates of the Causeway Bay Bookstore went missing last October, it was their colleague, Paul Lee who raised the alarm.
Putin signs law allowing Russia to overturn rulings of international rights courts
President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing Russia's Constitutional Court to decide whether or not to implement rulings of international human rights courts.
GOP establishment worries about Cruz-Trump showdown
Call it the Republican establishment's nightmare scenario.
Concern for China human rights lawyers
Thursday is United Nations Human Rights Day but not everywhere is it celebrated with equal enthusiasm.
ISIS soldiers told to rape women ‘to make them Muslim’
Sitting on a shabby green sofa somewhere in the ISIS-controlled city of Mosul, Iraq, the militants laugh and joke as one of them films their excited chatter.
Social media companies step up battle against militant propaganda
Facebook, Google and Twitter are stepping up efforts to combat online propaganda and recruiting by Islamic militants ...
