US ending its temporary permits for Haiti refugees

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump faced a backlash on Tuesday over his tough immigration policies after announcing that 59,000 Haitians who took refuge in the United States following the 2010 earthquake must return home.

Japan set to begin Constitution debate

Japan's ruling and opposition parties agreed on Wednesday that the parliament will start substantive deliberations on constitutional revision on Nov 30, the Kyodo News reported.

Uber paid hackers to cover up data breach

SAN FRANCISCO - The chief of Uber on Tuesday gave details of the theft of personal information of 57 million customers after the US ride-hailing giant this week fired its chief security officer for concealing the data breach.

Thousands flee over Bali volcano fears

KARANGASEM, Indonesia - Thousands living in the shadow of a rumbling volcano on Indonesia's resort island of Bali fled on Wednesday as fears grow that it could erupt for the first time in more than 50 years.

'Wage theft' in Australia reported

SYDNEY - International students and backpackers working in Australia are subjected to "systemic wage theft", with about one-third paid half the minimum wage and those from Asia the worst-hit, a study found on Tuesday.

China restates its friendly policy toward Zimbabwe

China's friendly policy to Zimbabwe will not change, and Robert Mugabe remains "a good friend of Chinese people" despite his resignation from the presidential post, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said on Wednesday.

Iran declares end of IS group

TEHERAN - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani declared the end of the Islamic State group on Tuesday while a senior military commander thanked the "thousands of martyrs" killed in operations organized by Iran to defeat the militants in Syria and Iraq.

Tightening bonds to have 'positive impact'

Sino-Russian relations play an important role for the global political and economic stability, and the coordination between the Belt and Road Initiative and the Eurasian Economic Union will boost bilateral investments, said a top economic consultant of Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in Beijing.

Macron takes Europe's center stage

PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron looks like the last, best hope to salvage a unified Europe, as Britain drifts away and Germany bogs down.

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Syria's Assad travels to meet with Putin

MOSCOW - Russian state TV reported on Tuesday that President Vladimir Putin has met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi.

China calls for ease in tension after Trump makes DPRK move

China on Tuesday called for more efforts to ease tension over the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue and settle it through dialogue, after US President Donald Trump designated the Democratic People's Republic of Korea as a state sponsor of terror, moving the country back into a list which also includes Iran, Sudan and Syria.