INTERNATIONAL: Tokyo and Seoul joined the drills, the first of their kind since 2017
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INTERNATIONAL: A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to six years in prison on Monday after finding her guilty in four corruption cases, a source with knowledge of…
INTERNATIONAL: A Russian-backed separatist court in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk charged five foreign nationals captured fighting with Ukrainian forces with being mercenaries on Monday, saying three could…
INTERNATIONAL: China's military said it carried out more exercises near Taiwan on Monday as a group of U.S. lawmakers visited the Chinese-claimed island and met President Tsai Ing-wen, who said her government…
WASHINGTON: Aug 10 - China's war games around Taiwan have led Biden administration officials to recalibrate their thinking on whether to scrap some tariffs or potentially impose others on Beijing, setting…
China is using its large-scale militarily exercises around Taiwan to prepare for an invasion of the self-governed island, Taipei’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu claimed Tuesday.
SEOUL: Aug 9 - At least eight people died in and around Seoul overnight, South Korean authorities said on Tuesday, after torrential rain knocked out power, caused landslides and left roads and subways…
PALM BEACH, Fla., Aug 8 - Former President Donald Trump said FBI agents raided his Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday and broke into his safe in what his son acknowledged was part of an investigation into Trump's…
COLOMBO: Aug 8 - Sri Lanka said on Monday it had asked China to defer the planned visit of a Chinese ship to the island country after initially approving its arrival this week, yielding to diplomatic…
INTERNATIONAL: Aug 8 - Singer Olivia Newton-John, who soared to the top of the world's pop music charts in the 1970s and 1980s with such tunes as "I Honestly Love You" and "Physical" and starred in the…
INTERNATIONAL: Israel has announced a ceasefire between its forces and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). The truce comes into effect at 11:30pm local time. The agreement ends three days of tit-for-tat…
SINGPAORE: The Foreign Minister of Singapore, Vivian Balakrishnan, announced that he has tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday, 6 August, upon returning to Singapore after attending the 55th ASEAN…
JAPAN: The United States and Japan have agreed to cooperate on maintaining peace in the Taiwan Strait, as tensions grow in the region over U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan on Tuesday,…
KHIMKI, Russia, Aug 4 - A Russian court sentenced U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison on Thursday after finding her guilty of deliberately bringing cannabis-infused vape cartridges…
TAIPEI, Aug 4 - China launched unprecedented live-fire military drills in six areas that ring Taiwan on Thursday, a day after a visit by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the self-ruled…
PHNOM PENH: The ASEAN Foreign Ministers have released a joint statement expressing concern on recent cross strait development. This statement was released in the context of heightened tensions between…
INTERNATIONAL: China is likely to react with a show of force while the US continues its provocations. War isn’t starting today, but the crisis will deepen in the long term. China has made it clear that…
TAIWAN: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday night, 2 August, as part of her current Asia tour, making her the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the island in 25 years.
TAIWAN: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday, 2 August, as part of her current Asia tour. This makes her the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the island in 25 years.
INTERNATIONAL: A senior Taiwanese government official and U.S. official have stated that U.S. House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, is expected to visit Taiwan on her current Asia tour. China, which considers…
INTERNATIONAL: The United States killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a strike in Afghanistan over the weekend; President Joe Biden said on Monday, the biggest blow to the militant group since…
INTERNATIONAL: A ship carrying grain left the Ukrainian port of Odesa for foreign markets on Monday under a safe passage agreement, a Ukrainian minister said, the first departure since the Russian invasion…
INTERNATIONAL: China has reportedly raised the stakes in its row with Washington over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s planned trip to Taiwan, saying it may respond militarily if the California Democrat…
WASHINGTON, July 29 - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Cambodia for a U.S.-ASEAN minister's meeting next week during which he will address the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, Myanmar…
SAUDI ARABIA: The Saudi Arabian government has released designs for its futuristic linear city called ‘The Line,’ which is envisioned as a vertically constructed smart city with no roads or cars, running…
INTERNATIONAL: NATO Special Operations Forces need to be able to tackle the most complex tasks in the most difficult environments – from scaling the side of a ship while under fire to diving to the depths…
INTERNATIONAL: President Xi sent a blunt message on Taiwan in “candid” phone call with Biden. Taiwan is a part of China and the 1.4 billion Chinese will not tolerate any challenges to the country’s national…
INTERNATIONAL: There have been more than 18,000 cases of monkeypox reported globally from 78 countries, with the majority in Europe, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday 27th July.
PHNOM PENH: The Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Head of the Secretariat of the National Commission for Organizing the ASEAN Summits and Related Meetings, Luy David, has…
Washington: US President Joe Biden tested negatively for Covid-19 today after infected it on July 21.
INTERNATIONAL: The Russian energy giant Gazprom significantly cut natural gas supplies through Nord Stream 1 pipeline to just 20 per cent of its capacity on Wednesday.
INTERNATIONAL: Russia's new space chief on Tuesday (July 26) signalled his country's intent to withdraw from the International Space Station after 2024, but a senior NASA official said Moscow has not…
KYIV: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson presented Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy with the Sir Winston Churchill Leadership Award on Tuesday, 26 July.
INTERNATIONAL: A brief protest was staged in Yangon on Monday 25th July after Myanmar's military junta executed four democracy activists which it accused of helping to carry out 'terror acts'.
INTERNATIONAL: The agreement between Kiev and Moscow with help from Turkey and the UN could alleviate global food crisis concerns
INTERNATIONAL: Myanmar's military authorities have executed four democracy activists accused of helping carry out "terror acts", state media said on Monday, the Southeast Asian nation's first executions…
INTERNATIONAL: Russia and Ukraine signed a landmark deal to reopen Ukrainian Black Sea ports for grain exports, raising hopes that an international food crisis aggravated by the Russian invasion can be…
INTERNATIONAL: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday activated its highest alert level for the growing MonkeyPox outbreak, declaring the virus a public health emergency of international concern,…
CHONBURI: Thai farmers raced their water buffalo at a muddy annual race on Sunday, 24 July, marking the beginning of a new rice growing period at the start of the monsoon season in a tradition that dates…
INTERNATIONAL: The sex offenders claimed they were providing “humanitarian assistance”
INTERNATIONAL: U.S. President Joe Biden said he was "doing well" in a video released by the White House Thursday 21st July after he tested positive for COVID.
INTERNATIONAL: The European Union (EU) approved the "maintenance and alignment" package of sanctions against Russia, allowing exports of agricultural products and oil to third countries, the European…
ZAKHO, IRAQ: Turkey believes an attack on Iraq's northern Dohuk region, which killed eight and wounded 23 others, was a terror attack and calls on Iraqi authorities to avoid making statements influenced…
INTERNATIONAL: Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told state news agency RIA Novosti on Wednesday that Russia's military "tasks" in Ukraine now go beyond the eastern Donbas region.
INTERNATIONAL: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed parliament at his last appearance during Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday 20th July. As the fight for his job is down to two Sunak…
INTERNATIONAL: Ranil Wickremesinghe, a lawyer who served as Sri Lanka's prime minister a record six times, has finally made it to the top job, securing the presidency after winning a parliamentary vote…
BRUSSELS, July 19 - The European Union will amend its sanctions on Moscow on Wednesday by allowing the unfreezing of some funds of top Russian banks that may be required to ease bottlenecks in the global…
INTERNATIONAL: The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday 19th July that 25 million people around the world are victims of human trafficking, including many 'highly vulnerable' Ukrainians after Russia's…
INTERNATIONAL: Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Iran for a fifth time. Is it a lot or a little? Well, if you count back to 2000, when he first became the leader of Russia, it doesn’t seem much.
INTERNATIONAL: Britain's former finance minister Rishi Sunak held onto his lead in the race to become Britain's next prime minister on Monday as another hopeful was knocked out, leaving four candidates…
INTERNATIONAL: Much of Europe is baking in a heat wave that scientists say is consistent with climate change and has pushed temperatures into the mid-40s Celsius (over 110 Fahrenheit) in some regions,…
INTERNATIONAL: At least 12 people were killed after the bus fell off a bridge into a river in India's central Dhar district on Monday 18th July.
INTERNATIONAL: Thousands of Palestinians on Thursday staged demonstrations in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip against U.S. President Joe Biden's first visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories,…
INTERNATIONAL: For the first time in modern history the East can be on equal terms with the West, as the global dominance of the US and its allies comes to an end, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair…
THAILAND: A team of veterinarians, national park staff and volunteers successfully rescued a baby elephant that fell into a manhole, along with its mother on Wednesday, 13 July, in Khao Yai National Park,…
INTERNATIONAL: Wildfires raged across tinder-dry country in Portugal, Spain, France, Croatia and Turkey on Thursday, burning homes and threatening livelihoods, as much of Europe baked in a heat wave that…
INTERNATIONAL: Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said on Friday it was vital for G20 finance leaders to reach a consensus during talks in Bali, warning otherwise it could be "catastrophic"…
INTERNATIONAL: Ivana Trump, the first wife of former U.S. President Donald Trump and the mother of his three oldest children, who helped her husband build some of his signature buildings including Trump…
INTERNATIONAL: Bodies of Mexican migrants who died in a sweltering trailer truck during a failed smuggling attempt in San Antonio last month were repatriated on Wednesday (July 13) so their families can…
INTERNATIONAL: U.S. President Joe Biden said he would use force as a last resort to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon as he began a trip to the Middle East.
NICARAGUA: Two endangered jaguar cubs have become the joy of the National Zoo of Nicaragua.
INTERNATIONAL: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country for the Maldives on Wednesday, hours before he was due to step down amid widespread protests over his handling of a devastating…
INTERNATIONAL: The self-styled Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) on Tuesday 12th July opened an embassy in Russia, one of only two countries to recognize the breakaway state let in eastern Ukraine, and…
WASHINGTON, D.C.: U.S. President Joe Biden and NASA's chief Bill Nelson released on Monday (July 11) the debut photo from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope - an image of a galaxy cluster revealing the…
INTERNATIONAL: A motorcade carrying the body of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived at his home in the Japanese capital on Saturday 9 July, as police in the western city of Nara where he was assassinated…
INTERNATIONAL: Conflict broke out at the building of People's Bank of China in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou where hundreds of protesters gathered over the freezing of deposits by some rural-based banks…
INTERNATIONAL: Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that he will resign; the prime minister's office said on Monday, after tens of thousands of protesters…
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is willing to resign to make way for all-party government, his office said in a statement on Saturday, 9 July.
JAPAN: Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has died, according to a report from public broadcaster NHK, on Friday, 8 July.
TOKYO: Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe collapsed and later showed no sign of life in hospital after being shot on Friday during a speech in the western city of Nara, local media reported.
TOKYO: Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been taken to hospital bleeding after collapsing while delivering a speech in the western city of Nara, public broadcaster NHK reported on Friday.
CAMBRIDGE: Holograms are helping to train doctors at one of the UK’s most prestigious universities, replacing the actors who traditionally put student medics through their paces by pretending to be unwell.
INTERNATIONAL: Boris Johnson will announce his resignation as British Prime Minister on Thursday, the BBC reported, after being abandoned by newly-appointed ministers and more than 50 others in a rebellion…
INTERNATIONAL: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday 6th July he was not going to resign and that the last thing the country needed was a general election.
INTERNATIONAL: As Chilean school kids start winter vacation, they leave behind a semester marked by violence. Several high schools around Santiago were taken over by students; one was set on fire while…
INTERNATIONAL: Emergency vehicles and cordon tapes were still seen outside Copenhagen’s Field’s mall in the early hours of Monday 4th July after three people were killed and several more were wounded…
INTERNATIONAL: An Easyjet flight heading from London to the Spanish holiday island of Menorca on Sunday 3rd July was escorted to its destination by a Spanish fighter jet after a British teenager onboard…