Men walk past the headquarters of Japanese advertising company Dentsu Inc in Tokyo Jan 23, 2019. (EUGENE HOSHIKO / AP PHOTO) TOKYO – Tokyo prosecutors and Japan's Fair Trade Commission on Monday raided the headquarters of major advertising firm Hakuhodo Inc over suspected bid-rigging connected to the Tokyo Olympic Games held last year. The search […]
In this file photo dated May 20, 2022 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference in Istanbul, Türkiye. (PHOTO / TURKISH PRESIDENCY VIA AP) ISTANBUL – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in comments broadcast on Sunday that a process of building relations with Egypt will start with ministers of the two countries […]
Members of an Indonesian search and rescue team examine the wreckage of a team helicopter on July 4, 2017, after it crashed in Temanggung, central Java. (STR / AFP) JAKARTA – At least one crew was killed after a helicopter operated by the Indonesian police went down in the waters of Indonesia's western province of […]
Skyscrapers are seen in streets of Singapore. (Photo / IC) Defense ministers agree at meeting to step up efforts for harmonized security The recent meetings of ASEAN defense ministers and their dialogue partners have helped foster harmony in the region and strengthened collaboration between them, analysts say. Chheang Vannarith, president of the Asian Vision Institute, […]
Rescue workers carry a body retrieved from rubble at Cugenang village in Cianjur, West Java on Nov 26, 2022, following a 5.6-magnitude earthquake on Nov 21 that left 272 people dead. (MAS AGUNG WILIS / AFP) JAKARTA – The Indonesian government plans to rebuild hundreds of houses in a new safer ground for the victims of the […]
The Sydney Opera House and city centre skyline are seen as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Sydney, Australia, April 20, 2020. (LOREN ELLIOTT / REUTERS) SYDNEY – Australia lowered its terrorism threat level on Monday to "possible" from "probable" for the first time in eight years, citing a reduced risk of […]
Australia's former prime minister Scott Morrison speaks to media during a press conference in Sydney on August 17, 2022. (STEVEN SAPHORE / AFP) SYDNEY – Australia's Labor government said it will move a parliamentary censure motion against former Liberal prime minister Scott Morrison this week after an inquiry found his secret appointment to multiple ministries […]
Members of the Public Service and Transport Workers Union stage a rally to support the ongoing trucker strike outside the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, June 14, 2022. (AHN YOUNG-JOON / AP) SEOUL – South Korea's government plans to meet the country's striking truckers' union for talks on Monday for the first time since […]
Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he addresses his supporters at his party headquarters during Israel's general election in Jerusalem, Nov 2, 2022. (REUTERS/AMMAR AWAD) JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party and far-right Noam party signed a coalition deal on Sunday, moving Netanyahu one step closer to forming what is expected […]
In this handout photo released by Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev (right) and the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ebrahim Raisi hold signed documents during their meeting at the Samarkand Congress Center on the eve of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on […]
Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (center) leaves Putra Mosque after prayers in Putrajaya, on Nov 25, 2020. (ARIF KARTONO / AFP) KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia is reviewing its government subsidies program, aiming to direct money toward low-income groups, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Sunday, prioritizing the rising cost of living as he takes office […]
In this photo taken on Oct 29, 2021, seagulls fly as visitors stand close to the shoreline during sunset at Gyeongpo Beach in Gangneung, Gangwon, South Korea. (ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) SEOUL – Five people were killed as a helicopter crashed in the eastern coastal county of Yangyang, Gangwon province, South Korea on Sunday, Yonhap […]
A handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shows him saluting a crowd of Basij volunteers loyal to the Islamic republic, before addressing them in the capital Tehran, on Nov 26, 2022. (KHAMENEI.IR / AFP) TEHRAN – Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that the country's […]
Singapore Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong attends the G20 Finance Ministers Meeting in Nusa Dua, on Indonesia resort island of Bali, on July 16, 2022. (SONNY TUMBELAKA / POOL / AFP) SINGAPORE – Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong received a top post in the ruling party on Saturday, cementing his […]
Members of the Public Service and Transport Workers Union stage a rally to support the ongoing trucker strike outside the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea on June 14, 2022. (AHN YOUNG-JOON / AP) SEOUL – South Korea's transport ministry plans to meet with the striking truckers union on Monday for negotiations, a ministry official […]
This video grab taken from footage provided by the Iranian military to Fars news agency social media on Sept 29, 2022, reportedly shows a missile launch from the Iranian Kurdistan (Komalah) region directed towards Sulaimaniyah in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region. (FARS NEWS AGENCY / AFP) TEHRAN – Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has stepped […]
In this file handout image made available by the Turkish Ministry of Defense Press Office on June 17, 2020, Turkish Minister of Defense Hulusi Akar looks at a map with members of the Turkish Armed Forces Command during a meeting at the Army Command Control Center in Ankara during the military operation dubbed "Claw-Tiger" on […]
This photo released by Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service shows the International Space Station on March 30, 2022, photographed by the crew of a Russian Soyuz MS-19 spaceship after undocking from the station. (ROSCOSMOS SPACE AGENCY PRESS SERVICE VIA AP) TOKYO – Japan's space agency admitted on Friday that one of its research teams "fabricated" […]
Israel's Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu makes a statement after Israel's President Isaac Herzog assigned him the task of forming a government, in Jerusalem, Nov 13, 2022. (MAYA ALLERUZZO / AP) JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu's conservative Likud party signed its first coalition deal with Itamar Ben-Gvir's far-right Jewish Power party, Likud said […]
Shareholders arrive to attend a shareholders meeting for Japanese advertising agency Dentsu in Tokyo on March 30, 2017. (JIJI PRESS / AFP) TOKYO – Tokyo prosecutors raided the headquarters of ad agency Dentsu Inc and an events company on Friday, part of a widening scandal into corruption during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The companies are […]
A hand reads "pay" calling for reparations for loss and damage at the COP27 UN Climate Summit, Nov 18, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (PETEE DEJOING / AP) Pacific Lsland nations may not have got everything they hoped for at COP27, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt, but they, along with other poorer […]
Muslim men attend Friday prayers at a volleyball field as their nearest mosque was damaged following Monday's earthquake in Cianjur, West Java province, Indonesia, Nov 25, 2022. (STEFANNO SULAIMAN / REUTERS) CIANJUR, Indonesia – Hundreds of Indonesians prayed out in the open next to rice paddies and in the streets on Friday, after an earthquake […]
Staff check a client at a drive-through COVID-19 testing clinic at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia on Jan 8, 2022. (MARK BAKER / AP) CANBERRA / NEW DELHI / SEOUL / SINGAPORE / ISLAMABAD – Australia has reported a small uptick in active COVID-19 cases as the country nears the peak of its fourth wave […]
Appointment of political veteran as PM seen as helping to restore Malaysia stability Anwar Ibrahim speaks to reporters outside the National Palace after an audience with Malaysia's king in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. (FL WONG / AP) Longtime Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was appointed as prime minister on Thursday, setting the stage for a […]
Malaysia's newly appointed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and his wife Wan Azizah waves as they arrive at a gatheringin Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nov 24, 2022. (VINCENT THIAN / AP) KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim is expected to start discussions on forming his cabinet on Friday as he begins work as prime minister at a […]
In this Nov 15, 2022 file photo, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol talks during the G20 leaders summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. (DITA ALANGKARA / POOL / AP) SEOUL – South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol warned that the government might step in to break up a nationwide strike by truckers, calling it illegal and […]
Australia's former prime minister Scott Morrison speaks to media during a press conference in Sydney on August 17, 2022. (STEVEN SAPHORE / AFP) SYDNEY – Australia will introduce rules to increase transparency in ministerial appointments after an inquiry into secret ministerial appointments by then prime minister Scott Morrison found they corroded public trust in government. […]
This handout photograph released by the Pakistan Press Information Department on Nov 24, 2022, shows Pakistan's President Arif Alvi (left) meets with the nomination of the next Pakistan's army Chief General Syed Asim Munir (right) at the President House in Islamabad. (PAKISTAN PRESS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT / AFP) ISLAMABAD – Pakistani President Arif Alvi on Thursday […]
Premier of Victoria state, Daniel Andrews addresses the media during his daily televised press conference in Melbourne, Australia on Oct 28, 2020. (ASANKA BRENDON RATNAYAKE / AP) SYDNEY – Australia's Victoria state will vote to select its next government on Saturday in what polls predict to be a close-run contest with the incumbent Labor government's […]
In this blurred handout photograph released by Press Office of the Presidency of Turkey on Nov 20, 2022, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) speaks with National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar (left) in an undisclosed location onboard the presidential aircraft. (HANDOUT / TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP) ANKARA – Turkish army will continue responding […]