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US fighter jet crashes in Germany

 An American F-16 fighter jet crashed and its pilot ejected to safety near the city of Trier in western Germany Tuesday, the German air force told AFP. The airman was "recovered with minor injuries" after crashing during a "routine training mission," the US Air Force base at nearby...

US blacklists Chinese entities that ‘abuse’ Muslims

The United States has added dozens of Chinese entities to a trading blacklist for their alleged involvement in a crackdown on ethnic Uighurs in China’s autonomous Xinjiang province.  A filing by the Commerce Department released Monday said the 28 entities are “implicated in human...

Hong Kong 'won't rule out' Chinese over protests: leader

Hong Kong's under-fire leader Carrie Lam said Tuesday she would not rule out accepting help from mainland China in tackling increasingly violent pro-democracy protests. The financial hub has been gripped by four months of rallies, and last weekend saw much of the city grind to a halt as...

'Every child raised in Afghanistan experiences war'

Every single child born and raised in Afghanistan has experienced war and conflict since the start of 18-year war between the coalition forces and the Taliban, said an international charity report on Monday. Since the start of the conflict on Oct. 7, 2001, an estimated 20 million children...