Hong Kong police Saturday said they had uncovered a makeshift factory producing high-powered explosives alongside pro-independence leaflets, ahead of another weekend of protests in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. Police said they swooped on an industrial building in the district of...

Saudi Arabia said Saturday it had sent a crew member of an Iranian ship who was previously evacuated for medical reasons from a vessel off the Yemeni port of Hodeida, to Oman. Iran and Saudi Arabia are arch-adversaries in the Middle East, backing opposite sides in several regional wars...

North Korea's state media has slammed Japan for its recent trade restrictions against Seoul over wartime slavery disputes, accusing Tokyo of "destroying the trend of peace" on the Korean peninsula. After South Korea's high court ordered Japanese firms that used forced labour to compensate...

Libya’s El Sharara oilfield, its largest, has been shut down since Friday due to a suspected valve closure and an investigation has been launched, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) said on Saturday. It was not immediately clear what or who had caused the shutting of the valve, but the...