PRAGUE, Nov 2 - A Prague court ruled on Monday that a Chinese man suspected of espionage in the Czech Republic was not guilty and ordered his release, the news agency CTK reported.
There’s some pretty grim news, but news that we must face. This summer and fall have seen a noticeable and continuing increase in the number of Ukrainian civilians being deliberately targeted and killed by Russian bombing. It is becoming more and more common to have mass
Workers blocked roads, vandalised factories and clashed with police in manufacturing districts, prompting 679 factories to halt production.
Taiwan is moving to criminalize the unauthorized export of advanced AI chips to China, aiming to close a loophole exposed when Nvidia-powered servers bought on the island reached Chinese buyers via Indonesia, Japan, and Hong Kong. The Legislative Yuan’s Economics Committee held
As President Donald Trump and Iranian officials traded threats over the weekend, and with the Trump administration reportedly considering renewed attacks against an underground complex it claims is a nuclear site – which Iran denies – critics of the US-Israeli war on the Middle
The Japanese online financial services provider's chief and three other execs will suffer pay cuts.
The file was posted days before Lee travelled to Europe in June.
Nov 2 - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's passport details and those of some of his staff were leaked online in a file posted in June on a paid website, the South Korean broadcaster KBS reported on Monday.
The vast majority of transplants in Vietnam rely on living donors.
The girl's family allege the competition had continued despite earlier lightning strikes.
The girl, who was seriously injured, is out of danger, but remains traumatised by her assault, her family said.
The weapons were loaded alongside diplomats’ belongings onto a cargo ship.
A cross-border storm breaks out as a fictional spy drama collides with real-world geopolitics.
The hackers use AI to seek out high-value crypto businesses to compromise.
In India, the participation of foreigners in political protests can be treated as a violation of visa rules.
NEW DELHI, Nov 2 - An Indian court allowed Bollywood actor Imran Khan to remain in the country until early next month after he apologised on Monday for taking part in a protest, local media reported, a move that had led the government to ask him to leave for breaching
HULL, England, Nov 2 - A British adventurer who has been walking around the world for almost three decades is due to finish his trek on Monday, ending a 31,000-mile journey at the house where he grew up.
The World Health Organization should focus on reprioritising its spending rather than chasing replacement funding, said Indonesia's Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin.
PARIS, Nov 2 - Military production for navies, including ships and submarines, has surged nearly 50% in value over the past two years, France's Naval Group said on Monday, as Western governments respond to threats from Russia and instability in the Middle East.
More than 350 workers at the National Disaster Management Agency will oversee preparedness, emergency response and reconstruction efforts.
BANGKOK, Nov 2 - A newborn baby was among at least 15 people killed in Myanmar military strikes at multiple locations over the weekend, including a maternity clinic and a school, an ethnic armed group, an aid worker and rights monitors said on Monday.
The move revives questions about Gibran’s eligibility to remain in office.
The initiative is expected to take shape in 2027, when ASEAN and the US mark 50 years of relations.
Wildfires in Indonesia are threatening forests linked to carbon credit projects. What does this mean for companies that have paid to offset their emissions, and are the safeguards enough?
The Johor-Singapore Cooperation Ministerial Committee (JSCMC) held its first meeting on Monday (Nov 2).
BEIJING, Nov 2 - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in separate meetings with Iranian and Saudi national security officials in Beijing on Monday, said all parties in the Middle East conflict should focus on political solutions rather than resorting to arms again.
Nov 2 - Iranian negotiators have left talks with Qatari mediators aimed at ending the war with the United States, and a draft proposal is being circulated with a follow-up meeting possible, an official briefed on the talks said on Monday.
Faced with an emerging multipolar order, the United States appears to be relying less on dominance of every frontier technology than on leveraging its influence over the world’s most finite and strategically vital commodities: oil and gas. Control, disruption or the credible
Hengdian World Studios saw more than 2,000 people shooting their own dramas.
Affected staff await clarity as publisher weighs restructuring after placing workers on leave.
The author of Jasper Jones and Runt pleaded guilty in May after police raided his home months earlier.
Criteria for the hotels include proximity to medical institutions and emergency service arrangements.
TAINAN, Taiwan, Nov 2 - Taiwan must be the master of its own maritime information and conduct its own ocean surveys given the island's fate rests on protecting its waters, the minister in charge of the Coast Guard said on Monday.
Nov 2 - Saudi Arabia's civil defence authority on Monday said the threat had passed shortly after issuing alerts for the southern and western cities of Khamis Mushait, Abha, Taif and Najran, amid weeks of escalating hostilities with Yemen's Houthis.
"The Middle East Gulf region should not become an arena for great-power rivalry and geopolitical conflict. Peace and stability in the region require joint nurturing and protection by all parties," says Chinese President Xi Jinping.
SINGAPORE – When it comes to the 2026 US elections, the congressional midterms draw most of the media attention. Will the Democrats take back the House? Can they get a majority in the Senate, too? For Asia, though, the outcome will not immediately affect the two issues that
Kabul said it was prepared to engage constructively with Washington on the issue.
Nov 2 - The Afghan Taliban government asked the United States to act responsibly when deporting Afghan immigrants back home, the Afghan foreign ministry said on Monday, adding that Kabul was prepared to engage constructively with Washington on the issue.
The workers’ demands reflect mounting pressure from rising living costs and persistent inflation.
See the likely path, wind extent and arrival times for Murasu.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— US President Donald Trump’s Republicans enter Tuesday’s midterm elections facing a potentially punishing voter verdict. His approval rating stands at just 32% in a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll, while Democrats lead the national congressional ballot by more than
The death comes amid heightened tensions along the border after three South Korean soldiers were wounded in landmine explosions south of the Military Demarcation Line in September.
An environmental advocacy group said it poses a risk to one of the world’s biodiversity hot spots.
The AI unit will work with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology as its anchor academic partner, although the bank's CEO Georges Elhedery did not disclose headcount details.
Cyclone Murasu is expected to be less intense than last week's Cyclone Arnab, where six people were killed and dozens of houses and crops were destroyed.
The figure could still change as the government compiles the budget.