In this May 24, 2021 file photo, the flag of Iran waves in front of the International Center building with the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria. (FLORIAN SCHROETTER / AP) DUBAI – Iran summoned Britain's ambassador for the second time, Iranian media reported on Wednesday, stepping up accusations of Western […]
Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York City on Sept 22, 2022. (YUKI IWAMURA / AFP) DUBAI – Kuwait's crown prince reappointed Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf al-Sabah, the ruling emir's son, as prime minister on Wednesday after the […]
A view of the skyline of Manama, capital of Bahrain, at night Oct 20, 2010. (HAMAD I MOHAMMED / REUTERS) GENEVA – Bahrain will no longer run in an election to the UN's top human rights body later this month, a UN website showed. A UN site showed that Bahrain withdrew its candidacy on Sept 26 […]
People watch a TV screen showing a news program reporting about the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's missile launch with a file image, at a train station in Seoul, the Republic of Korea on Jan 14, 2022. (LEE JIN-MAN / AP) SEOUL – Hours after a ballistic missile was flown over Japan on Tuesday, the […]
Skyscrapers crowd Sydney's central business district (CBD), 26 June 2005. (TORSTEN BLACKWOOD / AFP) SYDNEY – The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) launched two internet sweeps to seek out companies with misleading environmental marketing claims and fake business reviews. The findings of the two sweeps will be published and followed up with activities to […]
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers a policy speech in Tokyo on Oct 3, 2022. (KAZUHIRO NOGI / AFP) TOKYO – Japan will take "unprecedented" measures to curb rising electricity bills for households and businesses as a weak yen fans inflation and global recession fears pose big risks to the economy, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida […]
In this Nov 29, 2015 file photo, UN peacekeeping soldiers from Bangladesh arrive at the evangelical theological school dof Bangui, in the Central African Republic. (ANDREW MEDICHINI / AP) UNITED NATIONS – A UN spokesman said that an explosive device on Tuesday killed three Bangladesh members of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African […]
Commuters leave a train station during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Singapore, Sept 23, 2021. (EDGAR SU / REUTERS) SINGAPORE / YANGON / MANILA / HANOI – Singapore reported 7,146 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the total tally to 1,924,139. Of the new cases, 444 were detected through PCR (polymerase chain reaction) […]
This aerial photo dated July 15, 2020 shows a view of the Ban Ladhan Mekong River Super Major Bridge some 230 km north of Vientiane, capital of Laos. (CREC-8/HANDOUT VIA XINHUA) VIENTIANE – The governing board of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) has approved a milestone document that clarifies guidelines for hydropower project designs to […]
Members of Bangladesh security personnel stand guard beside Rohingya refugees rescued from the sea after a Malaysia bound boat sank off the Bangladesh coast in Teknaf on Oct 4, 2022. (AFP) DHAKA – At least three people were killed and 17 went missing after a boat carrying scores of people mostly Rohingya refugees capsized in […]
In this photo provided by the Defense Ministry of the Republic of Korea, an Army Tactical Missile System or ATACMS, missile is fired during a joint military drill between US and the ROK at an undisclosed location in the ROK, Oct 5, 2022. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said the ROK and US militaries successfully […]
A riot police officer fires tear gas during a riot after the league BRI Liga 1 football match between Arema vs Persebaya at Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java province, Indonesia, Oct 2, 2022, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. (ANTARA FOTO / ARI BOWO SUCIPTO / REUTERS) JAKARTA – Indonesian police wrongly used tear […]
A health worker in personal protective equipment collects a swab sample from a woman during a rapid antigen testing campaign for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a railway station platform in Mumbai, India, Aug 27, 2021. (Francis Mascarenhas / REUTERS) SEOUL / ISLAMABAD / KUALA LUMPUR / NEW DELHI / WELLINGTON – New Zealand could […]
A man walks as he talks on his phone as another man runs behind him on a Winter day in central Sydney, Australia, July 4, 2017. (DAVID GRAY / REUTERS) SYDNEY – Australia's largest telecoms firm Telstra Corp Ltd said on Tuesday it had suffered what it called a small data breach, a disclosure that […]
A TV screen showing a news program reporting about the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s missile launch with file footage is seen at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, the Republic of Korea, on Oct 4, 2022. (LEE JIN-MAN / AP) SEOUL/TOKYO – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired a ballistic missile over […]
Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn speaks at a press conference at the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Phnom Penh on Aug 6, 2022. (TANG CHHIN SOTHY / AFP) PHNOM PENH – Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn has emphasized the need to enhance ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) connectivity, saying that a well-connected […]
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers a policy speech at the Extraordinary Diet session in Tokyo on Oct 3, 2022. (KAZUHIRO NOGI / AFP) TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in a policy speech marking the start of an extraordinary parliamentary session on Monday vowed to reboot the nation's hard-hit tourism industry by targeting […]
Internally displaced flood-affected people take refuge in a camp at Kotri in Jamshoro district of Sindh province, Pakistan on Sept 28, 2022. (RIZWAN TABASSUM / AFP) ISLAMABAD – The death toll from this season's monsoon rain and flood since mid-June has risen to around 1,695 along with 12,865 others injured in Pakistan, the National Disaster […]
Indonesian football supporters named Ultras pray during a candlelight vigil to show their condolences to victims of a stampede, in Jakarta on Oct 2, 2022. (ADEK BERRY / AFP) MALANG, Indonesia – Seventeen children were among at least 125 people killed in a soccer stampede in Indonesia at the weekend, officials said, as pressure builds […]
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid makes an opening statement as he chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Oct 2, 2022. (MAYA ALLERUZZO / POOL / AP) JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Sunday welcomed a US-brokered proposal for demarcating a maritime border with Lebanon, saying it could increase profits for both countries […]
UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg holds a press conference upon his arrival in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on June 8, 2022. (ALAA MOHAMMAD / AFP) SANAA – UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg announced on Sunday that no agreement has been reached to renew the expired truce between the Yemeni warring parties. "The […]
Prime Minister of Kuwait Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters on Sept 22, 2022. (JASON DECROW / AP) Kuwait's crown prince accepted the government's resignation on Sunday following a parliamentary election in the Gulf Arab country in which opposition candidates made considerable gains, state […]
Soccer fans carry an injured man following clashes during a soccer match at Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java, Indonesia on Oct 1, 2022. (YUDHA PRABOWO / AP) MALANG, Indonesia – Up to 174 people were killed and 180 injured in a stampede at a soccer stadium after police sought to quell violence on the […]
Contestants participate in the Miss Universe Myanmar 2022 pageant in Yangon, Myanmar, Oct 1, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) YANGON – A total of 14 beauty contestants participated in the Miss Universe Myanmar 2022 finale in Yangon on Saturday. Miss Universe Myanmar Pageant 2022 is the ninth time of such kind which has been held since […]
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (right) shakes hands with South Korean Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Choo Kyung-ho as they pose for a photo before their meeting at Lotte Hotel in Seoul, South Korea on July 19, 2022. (CHUNG SUNG-JUN / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) SEOUL – The United States and […]
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) SYDNEY / HANOI / SINGAPORE / MANILA / YANGON – Australia will end the mandatory five-day home quarantine for COVID-infected people on Oct 14, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday, even as some doctors […]
In this March 26, 2022 file photo, Yemeni police inspect a site of Saudi-led airstrikes targeting two houses in Sana'a, Yemen. (HANI MOHAMMED / AP) ADEN, Yemen – An updated UN proposal calling for an extension of the existing truce set to expire on Oct 2 has been received by both sides of Yemen's warring […]
Soccer fans carry an injured man following clashes during a soccer match at Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java, Indonesia on Oct 1, 2022. (YUDHA PRABOWO / AP) JAKARTA – At least 129 people were killed and around 180 injured at a soccer match in Indonesia after panicked fans were trampled and crushed trying to […]
Volunteers pray in front of bodies of people who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during their funeral at a cemetery in Mandalay, Myanmar July 14, 2021. (Stringer / REUTERS) YANGON / KUALA LUMPUR / SEOUL / SINGAPORE / MANILA / HANOI – Myanmar will extend its COVID-19 preventive measures until Oct 31, according […]
New Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob waves from a car, as he leaves after the inauguration ceremony, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Aug 21, 2021. (LIM HUEY TENG / REUTERS) KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia's United Malays National Organisation party, which forms the biggest component of the ruling coalition, agreed to hold a general election this […]