Troops backed by attack helicopters battled dozens of militants linked to the Islamic State group holed up in a besieged city in the southern Philippines on Thursday after attempts to secure volatile ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-25
South Korea's military fired warning shots at a suspected drone from North Korea on Tuesday amid tensions over Pyongyang's latest missile test which drew international condemnation and a warning from ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-24
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that shared concern about Iran was driving Israel and many Arab states closer and demanded that Tehran immediately cease military and financial backing of "ter ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-23
China is urging all parties in the Korean standoff to stay calm and "stop irritating each other," a day after North Korea accused the United States of pushing the region to the brink of nuclear war, R ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-04
Since she took office as British prime minister in July last year, Theresa May had repeatedly said she would not seek a general election before the scheduled 2020 poll. But she went back on her word a ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-21
A French policeman was shot dead and two others were wounded in central Paris on Thursday night in an attack carried out days before presidential elections, Reuters reports. The Islamic State group ha ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-21
A Hong Kong bookseller detained in mainland China for publishing books on the personal lives of President Xi Jinping and other Communist Party leaders has won a prize for free speech and press freedom ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-20
China's Ant Financial has sweetened its bid for MoneyGram International Inc. by over a third, beating a rival offer to gain approval from the US electronic payment firm's board, although it still face ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-18
China's economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter as higher government infrastructure spending and a gravity-defying property boom helped boost industrial output by the most in over two y ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-18
Polls showed France's presidential election campaign tightening further as financial markets fretted about the rising popularity of a far-left candidate who wants to put France's European Union member ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-13
US President Donald Trump is open to authorizing additional strikes on Syria if its government uses chemical weapons again or deploys barrel bombs in the country, according to a spokesman. "The sight ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-11
A joint command center made up of the forces of Russia, Iran and militias supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad slammed Friday's US strike on a Syrian air base, saying the move crossed "red line ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-10
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he ordered missile strikes against a Syrian airfield from which a deadly chemical weapons attack was launched, declaring he acted in America's "vital nationa ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-07
Australia's consumer watchdog has sued Apple Inc. alleging it used a software update to disable iPhones which had cracked screens fixed by third parties. The US technology giant "bricked" – or disable ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-06
Southeast Asian Islamic State fighters who are returning from the Middle East following the group's setbacks are expected to rebase in the southern Philippines, experts said at a security conference. ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-05
SpaceX successfully relaunched a rocket recovered at sea from its maiden flight last year and capped the feat with another return landing on an ocean platform. The unprecedented twin achievements of r ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-31
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold their first face-to-face talks next week, a highly anticipated meeting between leaders at odds over trade, China's strategic ambiti ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-31
Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor is set to become Hong Kong's first female chief executive after she won 777 votes in Sunday's election, an event that will open a new chapter for herself as well as our city ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-28
A joint committee of ministers from OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers has agreed to review whether a global pact to limit supplies should be extended by six months, Reuters reports, citing a statement. ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-27
French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen the European Union will disappear, promising to shield France from globalisation as she sought to fire up her supporters in the final four weeks before voti ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-27
