Malaysia's economy grew 5.3% from a year earlier in the third quarter, slowing from the previous three-month period, official advance estimates showed on Friday.
October 16, 2026China is aiming to spur more effective and accessible global governance solutions at a forum next week, convened under its push for an alternative governance system for the
October 16, 2026Yemen's Houthis fired missiles at the presidential palace complex in the southern city of Aden on Thursday,
October 15, 2026Asian Cup organizers have confirmed that plans for the continental soccer tournament in Saudi Arabia remain on track despite ongoing conflict in the Middle East
October 16, 2026Trump admin files ‘long shot’ lawsuit after California wouldn’t open a thumb drive of alleged non-citizens
October 16, 2026The US-Israeli war on Iran has altered bunker buying patterns for shippers globally as they turned to more spot and shorter-term purchases to cope with
October 16, 2026FBI employees fired for their roles in the investigation of President Donald Trump’s retention of classified documents at his Florida estate are suing to get their jobs back, calling their terminations unlawful acts of “political retribution.”
October 15, 2026South Korea is reviewing an expansion of its military operations in the Middle East, the Kyunghyang Shinmun newspaper reported on Thursday, as the US ally faces pressure from
October 16, 2026The AI equity rout accelerated significantly in Asia on Thursday on growing fears about the murky, circular financing powering the intelligence
October 16, 2026A potential Trump administration plan to ease sanctions on vessels that have transported sanctioned oil and fuel would likely have limited impact on
October 16, 2026Taiwan's government has told its people to shun events in China next month for the anniversary of the birth of a man officially lauded by both Taipei and
October 15, 2026North Korea's missile chief said South Korea's newly tested hypersonic glide vehicle may not have achieved hypersonic flight as claimed, state media KCNA reported on Thursday
October 15, 2026Brent crude was little changed on Thursday as investors weighed possible US steps to ease restrictions on the world’s "shadow fleet" of tankers, while
October 15, 2026Pakistan school roof collapse kills at least 32 children and one teacher
October 15, 2026China's economic growth likely accelerated modestly in the third quarter from a more than three-year low, supported by fresh policy easing, though the pickup
October 15, 2026(This story has been refiled to correct the type of duck subject to European anti-dumping probe in paragraph 6.)
October 15, 2026New North Korea-China bridge finally opens. But will it help Pyongyang evade sanctions?
October 15, 2026China must deliver bigger fiscal stimulus as its economy teeters on deflation, a senior International Monetary Fund official said on Thursday.
October 15, 2026The International Monetary Fund on Thursday projected Asia's economic growth would moderate next year and warned of heightening risks from the Iran war-
October 15, 2026China’s newly opened joint military airfield in Laos is Beijing’s first overseas facility focused on air power
October 15, 2026Clad in his khaki wildlife officer’s uniform, Dewagiri Mudiyanselage Thilakaratne Bandara rides his motorbike the
October 15, 2026The Russian and Chinese foreign ministers discussed the state of bilateral cooperation as well as the crises in Ukraine and Iran during an Asia security meeting, the Russian Foreign
October 15, 2026Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro was seen slightly ahead of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva heading into the October 25 presidential runoff, a Quaest poll showed on
October 15, 2026A federal judge has extended an order blocking the Trump administration from banning reporters from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House
October 14, 2026U.S. stocks dropped to their worst day since July
October 14, 2026Pollution readings in Singapore reached their highest level this year on Wednesday while East Timor shut its schools for three days in response to
October 14, 2026Indian importers continue to lock in future dollar purchase rates to protect against the rupee weakening, despite the banks charging more per month for such
October 14, 2026Chinese state buyers purchased 8-10 Panamax cargoes of US soybeans this week, the first such deals since the September summit between Presidents Donald
October 14, 2026Taiwan said on Wednesday it was making progress in talks to buy liquefied natural gas from Alaska LNG and
October 14, 2026Taiwan is planning to buy liquefied natural gas from a U.S. project once extraction starts and could invest up to $4.4 billion in it
October 14, 2026European leaders gather in Brussels on Thursday to weigh up the future of trading ties with China, whose surging exports of cars and other
October 14, 2026South Korean police have verified additional victims from a stabbing attack in Incheon on Tuesday, bringing the total number of people wounded to 10, media reports said on
October 14, 2026Vietnamese electric taxi operator Green and Smart Mobility (GSM), a partner of VinFast said on Wednesday it launched its all-electric ride-hailing and taxi service in Los
October 14, 2026A new bridge linking China and North Korea is set to open Thursday after more than a decade of delay
October 14, 2026Vietnam and the US have nearly completed negotiations covering a trade deal, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Tuc said on
October 14, 2026China’s trade surplus reached $938 billion for the first nine months, with expectations growing that it could surpass last year’s full-year $1.2 trillion record
October 14, 2026Grab announces new Thailand initiative with OpenAI
October 14, 2026Asian countries must remind themselves about what happened during the region's financial crisis in the late 1990s and guard against a recurrence of such
October 14, 2026Taiwan must "bear the consequences" of its Coast Guard using a water cannon against a Chinese fishing boat near an atoll in the South China Sea, a Chinese government
October 14, 2026Iran is deploying new tactics to target ships sailing through the Strait of Hormuz as it seeks to keep oil
October 14, 2026The head of MI5 says Iran is trying to hit military sites in the U.K. and the suspected plot to attack a U.S.-run military air base in September is not unique
October 13, 2026President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Yemen's Houthi militants of deliberately trying to drive up oil prices ahead of the US midterm
October 13, 2026CVS Pharmacy Inc. and various subsidiaries have agreed to pay $315 million to resolve a Justice Department case alleging it unlawfully dispensed medically unnecessary prescriptions of highly addictive opioids
October 13, 2026The dollar slipped from an 18-month high on Tuesday as oil prices retreated and investors reassessed the AI-fueled rally that has supported demand for US
October 13, 2026Iran is stepping up attempts to hit harder targets such as military sites in Britain and Russia is increasing its hybrid warfare against Ukraine's allies,
October 13, 2026South Korean police said they had detained a man suspected of stabbing eight people on Tuesday at a shopping mall in the city of Incheon, and the Yonhap news agency said one
October 13, 2026Taiwan's foreign minister warned the European Union that dependence on Chinese suppliers poses a risk to the bloc's freedom during a speech in Poland on Tuesday ahead of a
October 13, 2026President Donald Trump said on Monday he did not believe that China and Russia were helping Iran "at all," even as US
October 13, 2026US payments firm Visa has received approval from China's central bank to begin preparations for a domestic bank card clearing institution in the country, ending years of waiting to
October 13, 2026ASEAN foreign ministers will during a meeting next month seek to tackle the transboundary haze blanketing parts of the region, the bloc's chair, the Philippines, said on
October 13, 2026The International Monetary Fund trimmed its growth forecasts for Latin America and the Caribbean for this year and next and said most of the region was getting little lift
October 13, 2026North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a defence industry museum displaying an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the
October 13, 2026British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Monday that a suspected plot targeting the RAF Fairford air base in Britain was "highly likely" to have been
October 12, 2026Oil prices climbed on Monday as attacks on Saudi Arabia overshadowed hopes for supply improvements, and expectations for higher US
October 12, 2026European households and industries face at least another year of high gas prices, even if the Iran war is resolved and winter proves mild, as the continent will
October 12, 2026The dollar held at an 18-month high on Monday, supported by safe-haven demand as attacks escalated in the Middle East over the weekend, keeping investors
October 12, 2026China on Monday placed sanctions on Paraguay's communications minister and the foreign minister of Belize over their countries' ties
October 12, 2026Thousands of opposition demonstrators marched to India's Supreme Court on Monday and petitioned it against a
October 12, 2026Rescue helicopters and ground troops have been deployed to villages along the Budhi Gandaki River in Nepal following flash flooding
October 12, 2026Pakistan detained politicians from former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party after suspending its provincial government under an emergency rule, escalating
October 12, 2026Forest and land fires in Indonesia's Bangka Belitung province have spread into a densely populated residential area, the local disaster mitigation agency said on Monday,
October 12, 2026Artificial intelligence could help offset Asia's shrinking workforce as some countries' populations age, provided its adoption is scaled evenly across the region
October 12, 2026German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil has canceled the India leg of his Asia trip this week, his ministry said on Monday, citing "current developments" in an emailed
October 12, 2026South Korea’s military says North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, adding to a recent streak in weapons demonstrations
October 12, 2026Hurricane Simon pounds Mexico’s Pacific coast as a Category 3 storm
October 11, 2026Standing knee-deep in the Ken River, with mud smeared on her face to symbolize a connection to land her family has farmed for more
October 12, 2026Man injured after being struck by ICE vehicle while fleeing on foot during enforcement operation, officials say
October 11, 2026Pakistan's president has declared a state of emergency in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and suspended its government, led by former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party
October 11, 2026Nepali authorities urged villagers on Sunday to move to safer places after a flood in a river in the central part of the country swept away several houses
October 11, 2026US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday vowed to cooperate with Japanese authorities investigating allegations that a US Marine murdered a woman in Okinawa, a case
October 11, 2026Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te says Taiwan cherishes peace but won't give up its freedom
October 10, 2026Adam Scott and Justin Thomas have moved into contention at the PGA Tour’s Baycurrent Classic in Japan, one stroke off the lead after three rounds at the Yokohama Country Club
October 10, 2026President Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court on Friday to revive his dismissed lawsuit against his 2016 Democratic rival Hillary Clinton accusing her of
October 10, 2026The Justice Department has moved to allow more people to purchase firearm suppressors — known as silencers — short-barreled rifles and other certain guns without registering them with the federal government following a court ruling that struck down provisions of a key law
October 10, 2026The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Navi Pillay has highlighted longstanding tensions between Israel and global institutions pledged to uphold international law
October 09, 2026An Omani flydubai co-pilot had intended to seize a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight and crash it into a terminal at Israel's
October 09, 2026Republican nominees for Senate, the U.S. House and governor’s offices across the country are sidestepping President Trump or openly distancing themselves as they debate Democratic opponents before Election Day
October 09, 2026Turkey is moving further away from its objective of joining the European Union because of its recent efforts to crack down on the LGBTQ+ community
October 09, 2026The Trump administration is pushing forward with a $46 billion border wall from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico
October 09, 2026Pope Leo approved Filipino Cardinal Luis Tagle's election as the dean of the Catholic Church's college of cardinals, the Vatican said on Friday, in
October 09, 2026Major European companies are expected to report substantially higher third-quarter earnings, defying a challenging backdrop in global markets as borrowing costs in some of the
October 09, 2026The collapse of Nvidia-backed data centre operator Firmus' $5 billion IPO is a blow to Australia's capital markets which are already facing a shrinking pool
October 09, 2026China is set to resume October refined fuel exports after a brief halt during its Golden Week holiday, four traders familiar with the matter
October 09, 2026Eswatini's king pledged on Friday to strengthen his country's "enduring friendship" with Taiwan, during a return visit to Taipei after
October 09, 2026Singapore is expected to tighten monetary policy at a scheduled review on Wednesday as robust growth and inflation risks bolster the case
October 09, 2026Explosions have been heard in Saudi Arabia's capital and at the Riyadh airport where flights were halted
October 08, 2026This old CIA airfield is now a Chinese base
October 09, 2026Federal budget deficit climbs to $2 trillion as fiscal jitters multiply
October 09, 2026A witness says explosions have rocked Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh, including a blast at the international airport
October 08, 2026US prosecutors on Thursday charged ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores with conspiring to torture political opponents and
October 08, 2026Nicolás Maduro and his wife face new charges over alleged torture of Americans
October 08, 2026Dozens of protesters lined up in front of Japan's Foreign Ministry on Thursday after a US Marine was accused of killing a woman in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, many
October 08, 2026Trump stumps for embattled Texas Senate candidate at raucous rally
October 08, 2026A Chinese militia boat was spotted along with two other vessels off Taiwan's Pacific coast in August, according to a surveillance report reviewed by Reuters, the
October 08, 2026Malaysia hosted Myanmar's junta chief-turned-President Min Aung Hlaing on Thursday, saying it aimed to reintegrate the country
October 08, 2026Thailand's central bank chief said on Thursday there is no rush to raise interest rates and monetary policy could not address structural issues constraining economic growth.
October 08, 2026The number one challenge to expansion for BYD is geopolitics, Stella Li, BYD's executive vice president, said on Thursday, months after the Chinese company's chairman
October 08, 2026Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration is ramping up efforts to shed its growth and easy money image through changes in
October 08, 2026President Donald Trump has turned emergency relief into a campaign talking point as a major hurricane approaches the U.S. Gulf Coast
October 08, 2026The FBI has arrested an 18-year-old man who had been plotting to carry out a mass shooting at the Mall of America near Minneapolis in the name of
October 08, 2026Christa Pike is “angry and confused” after surviving an attempt to execute her in Tennessee
October 07, 2026The FBI says it thwarted an attack on the Mall of America by a teenager after agents supplied him with an assault rifle
October 07, 2026Hezbollah has received $200 million from Iran to help Lebanese displaced by this year’s war with Israel, two people with direct knowledge of
October 07, 2026The leader of Myanmar’s military-backed government is traveling to Malaysia for talks with its leaders as the two Southeast Asian nations work to repatriate thousands of Myanmar nationals
October 07, 2026Thailand is at "the last paragraph" of a trade agreement with the United States, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Wednesday.
October 07, 2026A judge of Germany's Federal Court of Justice issued a formal arrest warrant against a former spy chief accused of buying secret documents and using them in an
October 07, 2026The Kremlin said on Wednesday that France's test launch of a nuclear-capable missile showed that Europe was building its defence identity around confrontation with Russia,
October 07, 2026Indian households are expecting inflation to head higher, a central bank survey showed on Wednesday, signalling that rising food and fuel prices are starting to have an impact beyond
October 07, 2026The governor of Okinawa has demanded the central government do more to ensure discipline among U.S. troops on the southern Japanese island
October 07, 2026The world's rich view rising rates and yields as the biggest threat to global economic growth, while a large majority expect Asia to be the most stable geopolitical region
October 07, 2026The mayor of Izmir, Turkey's third-largest city and a bastion of its secular opposition, joined President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK
October 07, 2026Russia fired 70 missiles and also drones in one of its biggest strikes at Ukraine, targeting the Ukrainian energy sector and killing at least 11 people across the country,
October 07, 2026Blackstone-backed AirTrunk said on Wednesday it was investing an additional $1 billion in its 300-plus-megawatt hyperscale data centre campus in the eastern Japanese city of
October 07, 2026Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday its forces had carried out a "massive strike" on military-industrial facilities in Kyiv and other Ukrainian regions, using high-
October 07, 2026US soldiers stationed on Japan's Okinawa have been given a month-long curfew and banned from drinking alcohol while they undergo discipline training after a
October 07, 2026North 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
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
September 19, 2026The opening ceremony of the Asian Games has marked the official start of the 16-day event
September 19, 2026Canada is optimistic about concluding negotiations on a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) with India by year-end, the country's minister for
September 19, 2026Several of the nation’s largest left-leaning voter engagement and racial justice organizations are facing steep funding shortfalls and staffing cutbacks
September 19, 2026South Africans gathered for memorial runs and protests this week after the killings of nine women near Johannesburg reignited anger and fear over violence that many
September 19, 2026US defence tech firm Anduril's founder Palmer Luckey said on Saturday that President Donald Trump's delay in approving arms sales to Taiwan is affecting
September 19, 2026Shahd Najeeb still remembers the trauma of fleeing Islamic State fighters during Syria's civil war.
September 19, 2026The death toll in a suicide attack at a police compound in northwest Pakistan has reached 31, AFP reported on Saturday, citing a police official.
September 19, 2026South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's nominee for justice minister withdrew from consideration on Saturday, the second of Lee's cabinet picks to step aside this month as
September 19, 2026President Donald Trump’s conflict with Iran has not led to the doomsday oil price spike many feared at the start of the war
September 19, 2026President Donald Trump has signed a major sanctions package targeting Russian officials and key sectors of its economy
September 19, 2026Russian forces committed widespread sexual violence against civilians and prisoners of war in Ukraine, including gang rape and electric shocks to the
September 18, 2026President Donald Trump announced that all 50 states will join a program to provide Most Favored Nation pricing for some Medicaid drugs
September 19, 2026Wall Street closed out an up-and-down week with a mixed finish for U.S. indexes as bond yields rose and oil prices swung
September 18, 2026NATO's top commander, US Air Force General Alexus Grynkewich, took part in a virtual briefing on Friday for Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby on potential approaches
September 18, 2026South Korean field hockey players were perplexed when the national anthem of North Korea was played instead of their own before a men's field hockey match against Bangladesh at the Asian Games
September 18, 2026The Olympic Council of Asia is attempting to quell complaints about lodging for athletes and officials at the Asian Games
September 18, 2026‘World’s best airline’ for 2026 is named
September 18, 2026Anusa Thapa Magar rushed home from her job in the Maldives after hearing about Nepal's
September 18, 2026The dollar jumped against the yen on Friday after two policymakers at the Bank of Japan dissented from a widely expected decision
September 18, 2026Authorities imposed an overnight curfew in Nigeria's central city of Minna on Friday after security forces opened fire as hundreds of people took to the streets to
September 18, 2026Deadly US strike on Iran school may have been a war crime, UN report finds
September 18, 2026‘Women are terrified’: Ninth body found as South African police probe series of killings
September 18, 2026At least 112,000 people have been displaced inside Yemen within the last two weeks as fighting continues along the country's west coast amid a renewed
September 18, 2026Weapons detection system alerts staff to loaded handgun at Joppatowne High School
September 18, 2026Chipmaker SK Hynix's subsidiary Solidigm is considering building a NAND flash memory chip factory in the US, with
September 18, 2026A 16-year-old student shot dead at least two fellow students and then killed himself at a school in the southern Philippines on Friday
September 18, 2026Indonesian divers retrieved three bodies from a passenger ship that capsized and sank in the Java Sea, although more
September 18, 2026Volkswagen is recalling 208,724 vehicles in the US due to a faulty steering rack bolt that could break and cause a loss of steering control, the US National Highway Traffic Safety
September 18, 2026US officials make rare trip to Myanmar to free former marine as isolated regime seeks greater recognition
September 18, 2026Malaysia’s king has granted former Prime Minister Najib Razak a rare royal clemency, allowing him to serve the rest of his prison term under house arrest
September 18, 2026Indonesia is welcoming its first aircraft carrier, the former Italian Navy vessel ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi, marking a major step in President Prabowo Subianto’s military modernization drive
September 18, 2026New Zealand has not had any discussions with the European Union about becoming an associate member, a spokesperson for New Zealand
September 18, 2026A Chinese woman crossed the border for a concert. It could cost her family their welfare
September 18, 2026Russia and China have vetoed a U.N. resolution that would have authorized U.N. experts to keep monitoring sanctions that were reimposed against Iran over its nuclear program
September 18, 2026A man initially accused of being a high-profile al-Qaida figure and who was tortured in CIA custody has appeared at a hearing to review his detention
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