Australian rugby star Hayne will not face new rape trial
Prosecutors have dropped rape charges against Jarryd Hayne having "carefully considered" the public interest.
Prosecutors have dropped rape charges against Jarryd Hayne having "carefully considered" the public interest.
Months of relentless exchanges between Israel and Lebanon’s militant group Hezbollah have seen mass civilian evacuations and widespread death, injury and destruction. The violence has worsened since early June, accompanied by increasingly heated rhetoric. Both sides have
Australian pressure, British legal process and a US realisation it needed a deal led to Wikileaks founder's release.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has a very short list of countries on his list of available international travel destinations these days. He made a wise choice to travel to Pyongyang, where he could be feted as a fellow dictator and share relief from sanctions-imposed
In a bold move to restore its long-range strike capabilities, Australia is set to test-launch a US hypersonic missile from one of its combat jets. This month, The War Zone reported that the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is set to conduct test launches of the US Air Force’s
Enthusiasm is increasing worldwide for small modular reactors (SMRs) and advanced modular reactors (AMRs). The International Atomic Energy Agency describes SMRs as “advanced nuclear reactors that have a power capacity of up to 300 MWe [megawatts electric] per unit, which is
The envoy said Chinese officials had pressured citizens not to attend 61 public events organised by the US embassy since November.
The move runs counter to prevailing practices regarding aviation safety.
Malaysia was previously allowed to ship only the whole frozen fruit and other durian-based products.
Chinese carmakers have not only met domestic demand, but also enriched supply in international markets: Li Qiang
Twenty-three people died in a lithium battery explosion and fire in a South Korea factory.
Climate finance has long been one of the most divisive issues in three decades of UN climate negotiations.
JAKARTA - A former chief executive of Indonesia's state energy firm Pertamina has been sentenced to nine years in jail for graft in a case related to a long-term contract to procure liquefied natural gas from a unit of U.S. company Cheniere Energy.
LONDON - Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla welcomed Japan's Emperor Naruhito and his wife to London on Tuesday, marking the start of a three-day state visit which includes a military parade, carriage procession and state banquet.
Beijing’s move is meant to dial up the pressure on President Lai Ching-te through legal means, say analysts.
Fighting is raging across swathes of Myanmar as ethnic armed groups and pro-democracy forces battle the military.
Transport Minister Anthony Loke said motorists who incur traffic fines should settle them before leaving Johor.
Residents discovered the bruised body of high-school student Afif Maulana in a river close to a village.
HWASEONG, South Korea - In tears, Chae Sung-bum rushed to a battery factory on the outskirts of South Korea's capital on Tuesday hoping to find the body of his daughter, or at least the necklace that would identify her, after a deadly blaze there killed her and 22 other workers.
The exemption of the annual fee of 40 baht (S$1.48) per hotel room will cost the government 54 million baht.
Manila had contacted the US embassy in Manila but was referred to the US Defence Department.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is due to plead guilty on Wednesday to violating U.S. espionage law, in a deal that will set him free after a 14-year British legal odyssey and allow him to return home to Australia.
His two sons are also planning to run in the country’s Senate election in 2025.
LONDON - Stella Assange, the wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian, told Reuters on Tuesday they would seek a pardon after he agreed to plead guilty to violating U.S. espionage law, bringing his long-running legal saga in Britain to an end.
BEIJING - Chinese police have detained a man suspected of wounding three people, including two Japanese nationals, in a knife attack on a bus used by a Japanese school in the eastern city of Suzhou, local authorities said on Tuesday.
The photo quickly went viral and sparked hygiene concerns and criticism from netizens.
Only 15 per cent of Muslim workers in the world’s most populous country were regularly employed in the financial year ending in March 2023.
SAO PAULO - Setting aside an additional 1.2% of the world's land as nature preserves would prevent the majority of predicted plant and animal extinctions and cost about $263 billion, according to a study published on Tuesday.
The 78-year-old chief monk was shot dead by security forces last week in a village in central Myanmar.
Singapore was the only stop in Southeast Asia for Taylor Swift's "The Eras Tour" earlier this year, with six sold-out concerts that were held in March.
The probe returned with the first ever samples from the Moon's unexplored far side.
LONDON - Julian Assange's wife Stella said on Tuesday she was \"elated\" and it was \"incredible\" her husband was set to be freed following a 14-year legal battle.
The Indian capital is facing a water crisis as a prolonged heatwave has pushed up consumption.
June 25, 2024, marks 74 years since the beginning of the Korean War.
SYDNEY/WASHINGTON - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is due to plead guilty on Wednesday to violating U.S. espionage law, in a deal that will end his imprisonment in Britain and allow him to return home to Australia, ending a 14-year legal odyssey.
Unesco warned that the world’s largest coral system “remains under serious threat“.
The Chang'e-6 has landed after collecting the first ever samples from the far side of the Moon.
A consortium led by Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund in May announced an offer to take the firm private.
Afghanistan qualify for the semi-finals of a World Cup for the first time in their history after beating Bangladesh in a low-scoring classic in St Vincent.
Thousands believed he was a reincarnation of Buddha.
The probe has returned with soil and rocks from the side of the Moon that faces away from Earth.
Iranians will choose between mostly hardline candidates in an early presidential election on June 28 following the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last month.
DUBAI - Iranians choose a president on Friday in a tightly controlled election following Ebrahim Raisi's death in a helicopter crash last month, with the outcome expected to influence the succession to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's top decision-maker.
- Iranians will vote in a snap presidential election on Friday to choose a successor to Ebrahim Raisi following his death in a helicopter crash, a contest set to be dominated by security hardliners who share his uncompromising anti-Western views.