Money 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
September 28, 2026China's industrial profit growth slowed further in August as strength in technology manufacturing amid the AI boom was outweighed by persistently weak domestic demand.
September 28, 2026Russian drones set ablaze a market outside the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Sunday, killing two people, while three others died in strikes by Moscow's forces in different regions and
September 27, 2026The Chinese government has signaled it could allow some domestic companies like ByteDance and Alibaba to buy Nvidia's chip built for high-end professional computers, The
September 27, 2026Floodwaters receded in many parts of the Thai capital Bangkok on Sunday after torrential rain eased, even as residents in
September 27, 2026A deputy chair of President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK Party stepped down after an opposition politician accused her of making a large profit on shares just before a funds
September 27, 2026The foreign ministers of Russia and Germany met in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Saturday in the
September 26, 2026China and the U.S. have agreed to set up a channel for handling AI-related incidents and accelerate work on military crisis communications
September 26, 2026How one of the most bombed places on the planet survived
September 26, 2026Thousands in Nepal have lost their homes and livelihoods after last month's devastating floods
September 26, 2026South Africa remains open to talks with the US on areas of dispute, including rules for foreign investors on Black employment and ownership, although
September 26, 2026US television networks resumed coverage of President Donald Trump’s White House events on Friday, providing the first live pool access for Chinese
September 25, 2026A new report on Charlie Kirk’s assassination last year says his Turning Point USA organization insisted he speak outdoors despite security concerns from officials at the university where he was killed
September 26, 2026President Donald Trump has vowed to campaign in 35 of the most competitive battleground races in the final sprint to November’s midterm elections
September 26, 2026Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party has postponed a planned long march from Peshawar to Islamabad until October 4, the chief minister of the
September 26, 2026The Supreme Court is allowing states to resume using a controversial federal tool to check voter eligibility before the November elections
September 25, 2026Daily protests in Kosovo against war crimes convictions for former rebel commanders have spread throughout the small Balkan country
September 25, 2026A laboratory-confirmed case of mpox was identified in the northeastern Congolese city of Bunia, the director of a local hospital and two health officials said, raising
September 25, 2026Pakistan says its forces have killed at least 13 Afghan Taliban personnel in overnight fighting along the countries’ southwestern border, a claim Afghanistan denies
September 25, 2026Driver accused of hitting, killing MaineDOT workers on I95 arrested, charged
September 25, 2026Wall Street's main stock indexes were steady at open on Friday as AI optimism offset worries regarding high oil prices and rising Treasury yields, while investors monitored chances
September 25, 2026Residents of northern Ethiopia's largest city are living in fear as renewed fighting has erupted between federal troops and rebels
September 25, 2026U.S. President Donald Trump’s elaborate reception of Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington, D.C., has impressed the Chinese public
September 25, 2026A defence pact between Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan could turn into a broader pact "for the Muslim world" that includes Iran, Turkey's parliament speaker said on
September 25, 2026Finland and Sweden said on Friday they had scrambled fighter jets to intercept and identify Russian military aircraft in international airspace over the Gulf of Finland,
September 25, 2026Washington's talk of a possible ban on diesel exports is widening the gap between US crude oil futures and the global Brent benchmark, a signal that markets expect US
September 25, 2026Olena Kalynychenko is among thousands missing after devastating floods hit the Nepal-China border
September 25, 2026Cambodia is gathering evidence against suspected "masterminds" of massive cyber fraud operations, the country's anti-scam minister said, amid
September 25, 2026The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) accused China on Friday of obstructing a resupply mission to troops on board a grounded World War Two-era warship in the South China Sea,
September 25, 2026She chatted with US first lady Melania Trump in English without a translator, and sang along quietly when serenaded by a youth choir, looking
September 25, 2026Jailed former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has asked a court to suspend a 15-year prison sentence imposed on him for his involvement in a multibillion-dollar
September 25, 2026President Donald Trump warmly welcomed Chinese leader Xi Jinping, but protesters gathered outside the White House
September 25, 2026North Korea said on Friday that South Korea would become a "decisive target" for collective retaliation if it served as a central hub in a US-led collective defence system,
September 25, 2026The nation’s cybersecurity agency has released an election infrastructure security plan 40 days before November’s midterms
September 24, 2026Wall Street's main stock indexes opened lower on Thursday as simmering Middle East tensions lifted oil prices and Treasury yields, while investors also exercised caution ahead of a
September 24, 2026A senior Morgan Stanley banker covering financial sponsors in Asia accidentally leaked their deal pipeline in an email sent to clients,
September 24, 2026Iranian airlines were barred from neighbouring countries including the UAE and Oman on Thursday in response
September 24, 2026Major Chinese auto group Geely has unveiled new ultrafast EV charging technology that can recharge a battery from 10% to 70% in just 4.5 minutes
September 24, 2026Scissor lift collapses, traps two Walmart workers in Lancaster County, dispatchers say
September 24, 2026The White House has pushed federal agencies to accelerate their review of at least 47 state voter rolls obtained by the Department of Homeland
September 24, 2026Taiwan has upgraded its maritime patrol capacity around the Pratas Islands in the disputed South China Sea, including regularly sending larger ships there, the government
September 24, 2026The son of Israel’s ambassador to the United States has been gravely injured in a ramming attack in the occupied West Bank
September 24, 2026Ukrainian President President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is urging world’s leaders to keep choking Russia’s revenues and impede its war efforts
September 24, 2026Wall Street ended lower on Wednesday, pulled down by Alphabet and Amazon, as Treasury yields climbed and Iran's president said Tehran would never surrender to US
September 23, 2026France on Wednesday welcomed Azerbaijan's pardon of French citizen Martin Ryan as a humanitarian gesture that would pave the way for improved
September 23, 2026The Hungarian central bank's move to lower its inflation target has sent a fresh signal to investors that the new government in
September 23, 2026Forces from the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray launched a major offensive against the federal government on Wednesday, a senior Ethiopian official said, shattering a four-year
September 23, 2026Police and local authorities in South Africa say three gunmen opened fire at a house party and killed 11 people including a pregnant woman
September 23, 2026The easy part for Fariba Hashimi was winning a silver medal in the women’s cycling road race at the Asian Games
September 23, 2026Purges of military leaders may have dented China's war-fighting readiness, but are likely to have strengthened President Xi
September 23, 2026The Philippine Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, on Wednesday lowered the number of votes needed to convict Vice President Sara
September 23, 2026Singapore's effort to offer trading in American stocks during Asia hours has gotten off to a sluggish start as rival products and wary investors
September 23, 2026Taiwan will continue to keep in close touch with the US to promote the implementation of arms sales according to plan, a
September 23, 2026A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.
September 23, 2026Listening to loud music on a Singapore bus? It’ll cost you
September 23, 2026A Sri Lankan court has convicted 15 men for their roles in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 267 people
September 22, 2026A federal judge has ordered Texas to install air conditioning in all of its prisons by the end of 2029, saying that inmates in lockups without it are being given punishments that violate their constitutional rights
September 23, 2026Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says that trade negotiations with India are making “good progress” and that the two countries are aiming to conclude talks by the G20 summit in mid-December
September 23, 2026The United States, Denmark and Greenland have signed an agreement to strengthen security in the Arctic and North Atlantic
September 22, 2026President Donald Trump said Cuba was a failed state and freedom would be coming to the island nation in a UN address on Tuesday that increased tensions with the
September 22, 2026Nigerian prison guards sprayed an unidentified substance into a crowded cell where dozens of detainees died and kept the doors
September 22, 2026The tech-heavy Nasdaq hit a record closing high on Tuesday, while oil prices and Treasury yields dipped in choppy trading as crude flows through the
September 22, 202650 travel destinations to inspire you for 2027, chosen by Lonely Planet
September 22, 2026China has added four more gold medals in swimming, giving the powerful team 15 in 20 events over the first three days in the pool at the Asian Games
September 22, 2026The Sudanese pound has haemorrhaged nearly half its value in army-held territory since the start of the
September 22, 2026France has started drafting a UN Security Council resolution in coordination with the United States on setting up an international mission to restore
September 22, 2026Father shuttles between 2 hospitals as wife and baby face harrowing diagnoses
September 22, 2026An attacker opened fire near a high school in western Turkey, wounding at least 11 people
September 22, 2026The US auto safety regulator on Tuesday closed an investigation into rear-view camera failures in 129,092 Honda Ridgeline pickup trucks, recalled in 2022, without further action.
September 22, 2026One person was killed and four wounded after Ukrainian drones hit civilian areas in Russia's Samara region overnight, the local governor said on Telegram on Tuesday.
September 22, 2026The European Union and the Philippines have reached substantial agreement on a new free trade deal
September 22, 2026The attorney for a Venezuelan man shot by a federal immigration officer in Texas says he is back in the hospital after being held at a detention center with a bullet still lodged in his back
September 21, 2026China's Xi Jinping is expected to press US President Donald Trump to halt Taiwan arms sales under a 1982 joint
September 22, 2026A gas and power crisis has hit production at most Bangladeshi garment makers, but at 4A Yarn Dyeing, a supplier to Walmart, Gap and
September 22, 2026South Korea’s liberal President Lee Jae Myung is calling for a practical and step-by-step approach to achieving North Korea’s nuclear dismantlement
September 22, 2026A showdown over green space is pitting South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, who is trying to address a national housing crisis as his approval ratings slump,
September 22, 2026A board member of the Bank of Korea said on Tuesday the central bank will determine the timing and pace of further interest rate hikes by closely assessing inflation,
September 22, 2026CNN’s Paula Hancocks reports on the latest Houthi attacks targeting Saudi Arabia, as well as a fire at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. The cause of the airport fire remains unclear, and Saudi authorities have not yet responded to CNN’s request for comment.
September 21, 2026Prime Minister Andy Burnham says Britain has agreed to provide limited military support to Saudi Arabia to repeal attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen
September 22, 2026The Japanese yen retreated on Monday and was set for its fifth decline in six sessions as investors were attuned to any signs of a possible currency
September 21, 2026The Nasdaq hit a record closing high on Monday, lifted by gains in Advanced Micro Devices and other AI heavyweights, while falling oil prices and long-
September 21, 2026Pakistani fighter jets have struck sites in eastern Afghanistan, targeting what officials describe as militant hideouts
September 21, 2026Víctor Rodríguez, a 72-year-old retiree, rose before dawn to nab his spot in line at a bank in Havana several kilometers from his home.
September 21, 2026China has expelled two top military leaders, Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli, from the Communist Party and the military, an official announcement showed on Monday, citing
September 21, 2026Pakistan's government said on Monday that it launched airstrikes in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region, killing at least 28 militants, with one security
September 21, 2026LNG buyers are looking to diversify sourcing as the US-Israeli war against Iran cuts Gulf shipments, with importers seeking
September 21, 2026A powerful typhoon was approaching Japan's Pacific coast on Monday, bringing torrential rain, violent winds and a heightened risk of landslides across the
September 21, 2026British sportswear retailer JD Sports on Monday announced its expansion into Mexico through a long-term franchise partnership with fashion retailer Grupo Axo, betting on strong
September 21, 2026An explosion has injured three South Korean military officers inside the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone separating the Koreas
September 21, 2026A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.
September 21, 2026Hong Kong has held a state funeral for the city's first post-colonial leader, Tung Chee-hwa
September 20, 2026Local authorities say a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and wounded a man in Austin, Texas, where anti-ICE protesters gathered for hours
September 21, 2026Vietnamese stocks were added to FTSE Russell's emerging market indexes on Monday, marking a milestone for the country's stock market after years of reforms aimed at
September 21, 2026Europe faces a fourth-quarter jet fuel deficit, even as it turns to far-flung suppliers including South Korea, which is set to boost its jet
September 21, 2026Ex-husband of Hong Kong socialite goes on trial for murder in case that shocked world
September 21, 2026Eighteen suspects who were arrested in the July 2021 killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse are being extradited to the U.S. It marked the end of a drawn-out judicial process in Haiti for a killing that shocked the troubled Caribbean country
September 20, 2026Russians living abroad cast their votes on Sunday, the final day of a parliamentary election, in what many described as a moral duty, if ultimately a futile act of
September 20, 2026Violence flared in the occupied West Bank on Sunday when a suspected Palestinian gunman shot dead an Israeli man, police said, and Israeli soldiers killed
September 20, 2026For someone who had to disguise herself as a man, dodge thrown stones and eventually flee her homeland to pursue cycling, Fariba Hashimi's
September 20, 2026South Korea’s military says North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea
September 20, 2026Saudi Arabia has confirmed that Yemen’s Houthi rebels tried to attack its capital with a ballistic missile
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