GENEVA - Tens of thousands of Muslim-minority Rohingya, who were feared to be trapped amid fighting in western Myanmar, had nowhere to flee, the United Nations human rights chief said on Tuesday.
RIYADH/MINA - Throngs of tightly packed pilgrims struggled through searing heat which has claimed lives during the annual Haj pilgrimage as temperatures reached 51.8 degrees Celsius (125.2 Fahrenheit) in the shade of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi state TV said on Tuesday.
An investigation found the US military aimed to sow doubt about the safety and efficacy of vaccines.
DHARAMSALA, India - A group of U.S. lawmakers arrived in India on Tuesday to meet Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, with the head of the delegation saying President Joe Biden would soon sign a bill that aims to press China to resolve the Tibet dispute.
BEIRUT - The United States is trying to avert a greater war between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein said on Tuesday, following an escalation in cross-border fire between the foes along Lebanon's southern frontier.
Russian energy giant Gazprom is reported to have been hit particularly hard by sanctions imposed as a result of the war with Ukraine. An internal report – obtained and published by the Financial Times – has forecast that the company is unlikely to recover gas sales lost as a
France has signed a contract to sell CAESAR self-propelled howitzers to Armenia, Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Tuesday, as Yerevan deepens military ties with the West and moves away from its traditional ally Russia.
Manila and Beijing again traded sharp accusations after what the Philippine navy called an “intentional high-speed ramming”.
Kuala Lumpur has pitched an East Coast Rail Link extension stretching to Kunming via Thailand and Laos.
AI’s increasing presence on the battlefield is a major concern for strategic stability. In the ongoing conflict in Gaza, the alleged use of AI for targeting should raise alarm bells and motivate greater efforts towards regulation and arms control. It is only a matter of time
Seoul believes the border violation was not intentional, as North Korea prepares for Putin's visit.
SYDNEY - Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he had told China's Premier Li Qiang that an incident at parliament house, where Chinese officials tried to obstruct a journalist previously jailed in Beijing, was \"unacceptable\".
SYDNEY - Australia is sending seven ministers and its police chief to Papua New Guinea to hold security and trade talks with its northern neighbour, government officials said on Tuesday, amid concerns over China's ambitions to expand its policing role in the Pacific Islands.
US President Joe Biden raised tariffs on Chinese-made goods sharply in May, claiming that the “Chinese government has cheated by pouring money into Chinese companies … hurting competitors who play by the rules.” The tariffs are 25% on steel and aluminum, 50% on semiconductors
Malaysia is the latest Southeast Asian nation to express interest in joining the trade alliance. The others include Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia, while Vietnam and Indonesia are considering.
As at June 9, the preliminary number of cases in the country since the beginning of this year reached 1,019.
It was a rare ruling against lawmen involved in a deadly drug war under former president Rodrigo Duterte.
Beijing slams the EU for “imposing one’s own model on others”.
If she wins, three members of the Gandhi political dynasty will be in the Indian parliament.
Activists are hoping the first weddings could be celebrated as early as October.
Increasingly cordial ties between Russia and North Korea should serve to refocus global attention on a peninsula that remains as dangerous as ever, says Gearoid Reidy for Bloomberg Opinion.
A passenger suffered burns on her abdomen and back after hot coffee was spilled on her.
China is incorporating more advanced stealth drones, drone carriers and novel unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV) into its military mix, signaling a shift to a drone-focused naval strategy for a potential Taiwan conflict against the US. This month, The War Zone reported that
KOLKATA, India - India will launch an investigation on Tuesday into a train collision that killed nine people in the state of West Bengal and injured more than 50, a day after a top railway official blamed the incident on driver error.
Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said that targeted diesel subsidies are critical to saving the country financially by stemming fund leakages caused by unscrupulous parties.
His visit comes as Russia searches for arms and allies, two years after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
SEOUL - North Korea and Russia have ramped up diplomatic and economic exchanges in recent months, culminating in this week's visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to North Korea for the first time in 24 years.
WELLINGTON - New Zealand will increase its contribution to North Korea sanctions monitoring, out of Japan, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said Tuesday.
Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said that subsidies for eggs would cost the government RM100 million (US$21.1 million), as opposed to a subsidy allocation of RM927 million in 2023.
The bloc has doubled in size at the start of 2024, potentially enhancing its economic clout.
The two accidents occurred just minutes apart.
Some 20 to 30 soldiers breached the line by 20m, but South Korea does not believe the breach was intentional.
Activists are hoping the first weddings could be celebrated as early as October.
According to a survey by a local pollster, nearly eight in 10 South Koreans oppose the doctors’ strike.
Taiwan reports Chinese warplanes and warships operating there on a daily basis.
The city has been an outlier among major financial hubs for its market closure during severe weather.
Thailand would become only the third place in Asia where same-sex couples can tie the knot, after Taiwan and Nepal.
Behaviour being targeted includes name-calling and online abuse of rival fans and referees.
As one of the world's fastest-ageing societies, China represents a huge growing market for products geared towards the elderly.
He could face pre-trial detention if he is denied bail.