North Korea criticised the United States over its arms sales and military support for Taiwan, accusing Washington of fuelling tension in the Taiwan Strait, state
October 07, 2026A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rocky Swift Wall Street indexes scaled new heights overnight on earnings optimism, but the buzz fizzled out in Asia as oil prices climbed
October 07, 2026The amount of oil in storage that is accessible to the global market is running low, industry executives said at a forum
October 06, 2026Bulgaria’s prime minister says that two commercial vessels have been struck by drones in the first attack on shipping in the NATO member’s exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea
October 06, 2026North Korea's Foreign Ministry rejected on Tuesday blame from South Korea for a border landmine blast, and threatened its neighbour with "immediate and
October 06, 2026Light attack aircraft and military vehicles have arrived at the new China-Laos joint training facility announced last Tuesday,
October 06, 2026The Philippines' National Security Council said it is looking into information presented during the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte alleging that a company
October 06, 2026Indonesia's Constitutional Court will issue a ruling late on Tuesday on a case that seeks to annul Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka's election win because of alleged
October 06, 2026Thailand's headline consumer price index rose 2.82% in September from a year earlier, after a 2.53% annual increase in the previous month, driven by higher fuel and food
October 06, 2026The World Bank raised its growth forecast for South Asia, citing resilient consumer demand despite an energy shock, but warned that persistently high oil
October 06, 2026Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Tuesday that around 10,000 Myanmar nationals have been sent back to their country since January, part of efforts to
October 06, 2026A U.S. Marine's arrest on suspicion of robbing and killing a woman in Okinawa has sparked outrage in Japan
October 05, 2026Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces staged a lightning advance on Monday to retake the coast around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait up to the city of
October 05, 2026Airstrikes and artillery fire rocked northern Ethiopia's Tigray region overnight into Monday, aid sources said, in clashes between federal government and rebel forces that have
October 05, 2026France and Germany have proposed that the European Union reinforce its economy by enacting a new rapid-action measure to
October 05, 2026Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday that her government has requested evidence from US authorities regarding
October 05, 2026Nepal has ended the search and rescue operation for those still missing after the devastating flood in August that killed at least 1,455 people, officials
October 05, 2026Germany is at risk of entering a violent conflict as Moscow steps up an increasingly aggressive "shadow war" against European democracies, its head of
October 05, 2026Gulf oil exporters topped pre-war levels for about half of September, shipping data showed on Monday, though attacks on tankers and logistical constraints
October 05, 2026US authorities arrested a California woman on Sunday and accused her of spying on a son of Taiwan's president at the behest of Chinese officials, the
October 05, 2026Thousands of supporters of Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan have started a long march to Islamabad to demand his release, his party said on Monday, amid
October 05, 2026US Marine arrested on suspicion of murder in Okinawa, sparking outrage in Japan
October 04, 2026When Halima
October 05, 2026Britain's judicial office said on Monday a court hearing would take place on Thursday after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, brother of King Charles,
October 05, 2026Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Monday pledged to "control" bond issuance and act swiftly against market turbulence, seeking to reassure investors
October 05, 2026Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an on Monday defended the city as welcoming and inclusive after a police raid of a gay bar sparked protests by the
October 05, 2026California woman arrested for spying for China and surveilling Taiwanese president’s son, officials say
October 05, 2026Japan's service sector expanded at a weaker pace in September as business activity and new orders grew more slowly and earthquake disruption dampened demand, a business survey
October 05, 2026The U.S. Air Force has brought home its bombers stationed at a U.S.-run military air base in England used to strike Iran following an investigation into a planned terror attack at the RAF Fairford base
October 05, 2026Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he believed Russia may have shared jet-drone technology with its longstanding ally North Korea.
October 04, 2026Body camera footage shows moment officer shoots woman in Baltimore County
October 04, 2026Nearly 1,500 Myanmar nationals have arrived in the country’s largest city after being sent back from Malaysia
October 04, 2026Around 100 members of Taipei's LGBTQ+ community protested on Sunday after police raided a gay bar the day before and detained its customers, a
October 04, 2026Hurricane Nolo has strengthened into a Category 3 storm in the remote Pacific Ocean, far to the west of Hawaii’s main islands and population centers
October 04, 2026Crude futures finished down after European leaders agreed to US President Donald Trump's request to release diesel reserves to lower prices and reduce fuel
October 02, 2026The Justice Department says a Department of Energy electrical engineer has been arrested on charges of providing support to the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen
October 02, 2026Investment firms Petersen Energia and Eton Park petitioned the US Supreme Court on Wednesday to reinstate a $16.1 billion judgment against
October 02, 2026Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has fast-tracked a proposed oil pipeline to the Pacific coast
October 01, 2026The US Supreme Court agreed on Thursday to hear a dispute over a policy by President Donald Trump's administration that subjects millions of immigrants who
October 01, 2026Man accused of neglecting, starving dog, sheriff's office says
October 01, 2026Cricket heavyweights India and Pakistan will meet in the Asian Games gold medal match after winning their semifinals on Thursday
October 01, 2026Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan have killed 10 civilians, mostly children, Afghanistan and the United Nations say
October 01, 2026Both parents of toddler found with loaded handgun at Canton daycare to be arraigned
October 01, 2026Russian President Vladimir Putin believes his meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at an APEC summit in China next month will yield results and benefit ties, Russian news
October 01, 2026Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan hit three houses on Thursday, killing nine people, the Afghan Taliban government said, while Islamabad said the strikes killed 22 "
October 01, 2026Factory growth in the euro zone continued its upward march in September, hitting its fastest rate in more than four years, as resilient demand drove new
October 01, 2026An Indonesian police spokesperson said on Thursday that the captain of a ship that capsized in the Java Sea last month has been arrested and will face criminal charges for
October 01, 2026India's manufacturing sector expanded sharply in September, ending a three-month slowdown as robust demand drove the fastest growth in factory activity in seven months,
October 01, 2026A senior Taiwan naval commander has been transferred to the Coast Guard to boost coordination at a time China has ramped up its maritime presence around the
October 01, 2026Iranian officials say they have received an official U.S. response to Tehran's own proposal to end the seven-month war, which U.S. President Donald Trump rejected days earlier
September 30, 2026Money the ‘root cause’ behind Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi’s murder, prosecutors say
September 30, 2026A second federal judge on Wednesday blocked an unprecedented $100,000 fee that US President Donald Trump has imposed on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign
October 01, 2026South Korea's factory activity grew in September at the strongest pace in four months, as export demand hit the fastest pace in 15-1/2 years led by the chip and auto sectors,
October 01, 2026A bill aiming to permanently ban the sale of Chinese vehicles in the United States stalled in the Senate as lawmakers headed for the exits until after the November midterm elections
October 01, 2026More than 270 Catholic clerics sexually abused nearly 1,000 children across three Massachusetts dioceses over decades, according to an investigative report
September 30, 2026The White House is considering regulatory relief that would expand sales of red-dyed diesel, a tax-exempt fuel typically used for farming, as prices surge
October 01, 2026Human rights advocates have asked a United Nations panel to intervene in a new U.S. government practice that they say amounts to the “enforced disappearance” of noncitizens
October 01, 2026The U.S. military has completed the withdrawal of all American troops from Iraq, ending a 12-year mission against the Islamic State group
September 30, 2026A Turkish court has ordered access to the website and social media accounts of independent news portal T24 to be blocked over content deemed "LGBT propaganda", the Justice
September 30, 2026Senate Democrats block bill to restrict lawmaker stock trading and impose new voter ID requirements
September 30, 2026Heartbreaking video shows deputies honor K9 Dundee who died in the line of duty
September 30, 2026Spain's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday it had alerted prosecutors to an Amnesty International report alleging the military tortured or mistreated migrants in Ceuta, and
September 30, 2026Stock market investors might have been expected to run for the hills in the face of an extraordinary surge in global borrowing costs, currency interventions,
September 30, 2026Caterpillar said on Wednesday it plans to invest about $1 billion in North Carolina to expand manufacturing capacity for its compact equipment business amid rising customer demand.
September 30, 2026Violence against women in South Africa is a national shame, President Cyril Ramaphosa said, after another woman's corpse was found dumped over the weekend.
September 30, 2026China’s latest expansion of its overseas military footprint was carved from a patch of farmland in Laos over the past year, satellite
September 30, 2026How a nomadic tent network opened the untamed ‘Mountains of Heaven’ to hikers
September 30, 2026A Chinese government survey shows the country's factory activity has expanded for the first time since June, signaling a positive shift as officials aim to boost economic growth
September 30, 2026China's government on Wednesday accused Taiwan of "desecrating the martyrs" with its criticism of Beijing's interpretation of World War Two, saying that to question the
September 30, 2026South Korea made no promise to provide military support for Ukraine's fight against Russia in the transfer of two captured North Korean soldiers, a South
September 30, 2026North Korea on Wednesday dismissed as a "farce" a South Korean investigation that found Pyongyang responsible for a mine blast in the
September 30, 2026Japan's factory output unexpectedly fell in August from the previous month, government data showed on Wednesday.
September 30, 2026The United Nations expressed alarm on Tuesday at reports that an airstrike by the Myanmar military near the country's border with Bangladesh had killed 50 people and wounded dozens
September 30, 2026A US Justice Department lawyer asked an appeals court on Tuesday to terminate a judge's inquiry into whether Trump administration officials willfully
September 30, 2026An appeals court is weighing whether a judge can continue investigating whether the Trump administration illegally flouted an order blocking the deportation of planeloads of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador
September 30, 2026Alex Eala is prioritizing representing the Philippines at the Asian Games over the WTA Tour for the moment
September 29, 2026Iran's leaders may radiate bullishness in their war with the United States, but life is becoming ever tougher for ordinary citizens unable
September 29, 2026U.S.-Canada relations, already tense, are likely to deteriorate further after the United States went ahead early Tuesday with a decision to ban nearly $1 billion worth of Canadian imports, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motorcycles
September 29, 2026Iran's Revolutionary Guards, whose power and influence have expanded since the US and Israel pursued war against Iran, have appealed to US
September 29, 2026China's foreign exchange regulator said on Tuesday it expects the country's trade in goods and services to keep growing, and cross-border investment to remain
September 29, 2026US forces are set to pull out from their last bases in Iraq by Wednesday, a departure celebrated as a victory by Iran and its allies who now have deep
September 29, 2026Malaysia has begun repatriating Myanmar nationals under a voluntary program, despite warnings from the UN refugee agency and rights groups about unsafe conditions in Myanmar
September 29, 2026Thailand's cabinet has approved 1.26 trillion baht ($37.5 billion) in new borrowing for the 2027 fiscal year starting in October, the finance ministry said on Tuesday.
September 29, 2026South Korea's defence minister said on Tuesday North Korean mines caused a blast last week that injured two South Korean personnel in the Demilitarized Zone
September 29, 2026The death toll from rains and flooding in Thailand has risen to 23, authorities said on Tuesday, as waters receded from the
September 29, 2026They have become a familiar sight on Islamabad’s roads whenever a protest is expected: shipping containers lined along streets or placed across key routes to restrict demonstrators’ movement and keep them from reaching sensitive areas of Pakistan’s capital
September 29, 2026A lawyer who backed President Donald Trump’s false 2020 election claims has resigned from a Justice Department investigation into whether former government officials conspired against the Republican president, according to a person familiar with the matter
September 29, 2026North Korea has used its yearly U_N_ platform to warn other world leaders of “a harsh reality rampant with unprecedented mutual distrust and confrontation.”
September 29, 2026Seoul has demanded an apology after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed what it says was supposed to be a secret transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea
September 28, 2026Denmark is confident that NATO will maintain a heightened presence in Greenland and the broader Arctic region over the long term following a security
September 28, 2026China's Gotion will invest €1.1 billion ($1.25 billion) in Volkswagen's battery plant in Valencia under a broader plan to jointly develop a European battery
September 28, 2026Indonesian investigators found signal and communication problems were the main cause of a deadly train collision near the capital Jakarta which killed 16 in April, a
September 28, 2026China and the United States have agreed to cut tariffs imposed on $60 billion worth of goods imported from each other, on an array of products ranging from US
September 28, 2026South Korea's military said on Monday that it was "highly likely" that the blasts that seriously injured two South Korean soldiers in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) at the
September 28, 2026Lebanon hopes for a new staff-level agreement with the
September 28, 2026Thailand's Constitutional Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging the legality of February's general election, ruling
September 28, 2026Rain has eased in Thailand’s capital on Sunday, but flooding persisted in several low-lying areas, with thousands forced to evacuate
September 27, 2026Officials say at least 62 people have died after days of heavy rain and flooding in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state
September 28, 2026Private home prices in Hong Kong were largely flat in August, stabilising after the first fall in 16 months in July, data from the Rating and Valuation Department showed
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