BAKU, Oct 8 - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Thursday he had discussed with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stepping up efforts to find people missing from decades of conflict, as a conference in Baku ended with Azerbaijan detailing its exchanges of
The move follows the shutting of all schools in Johor on Oct 8 and 9 owing to unhealthy air quality.
AMSTERDAM, Oct 8 - Judges at the International Criminal Court have found that former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is fit to stand trial, the court said on Thursday.
Lance Corporal Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, has denied killing 39-year-old Anna Yagi.
TOKYO, Oct 8 - Dozens 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 holding signs decrying crimes by US service members.
LONDON, Oct 8 - Tankers are facing a higher risk of attacks and intimidation as they try to get critical shipments through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran issued new warnings it would block routes that it has not authorized, sources said.
EV registrations, including hybrids, surged 130% annually from January to August.
ANKARA, Oct 8 - Turkey is assessing how it can help Saudi Arabia defend against attacks by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi militants under a joint defence pact with Pakistan, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Thursday, ruling out Turkish participation in offensive operations.
A Taiwanese celebrity who attended Shen's rally has also been mired in controversy over his stance on 'Taiwan independence'.
Mochamad Subchi Azal Tsani had been secretly released on parole in 2025, after serving less than half his sentence.
LONDON, Oct 8 - British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the UK was open to Germany joining the GCAP programme, a partnership between Britain, Italy and Japan to build a new fighter jet, after he met Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin on Thursday.
Police say the bear entered a traditional nomadic dwelling near Ulaanbaatar, killing a man and seriously injured a woman.
The cybercrime group began operating around October 2022 and has attacked some 4,000 companies worldwide.
MOSCOW, Oct 8 - Russia's health regulator denied on Thursday that someone had fallen ill after coming into contact with a worker at a plague research laboratory in Siberia who died last week.
STOCKHOLM, Oct 8 - Canadian poet and writer Anne Carson won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature \"for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature,\" the award-giving body said on Thursday.
ISLAMABAD, Oct 8 - Eleven years after Pakistan's parliament voted to keep the country out of a Saudi-led intervention in Yemen in 2015, Islamabad has agreed to rapidly deploy more forces to Saudi Arabia without a parliamentary vote, highlighting the military's grip on foreign
Parties are also making “good progress” on the code of conduct for the South China Sea, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said at a forum in Singapore.
BENGALURU, Oct 8 - Indian opposition groups demonstrated for a third day on Thursday, protesting police action against Congress party leaders and demanding the resignation of the chief election commissioner over a controversial revision of voter lists.
Cadillac driver Valtteri Bottas says he was chased by dogs, saw snakes and leapt over a lizard as he cycled from Malaysia to Singapore for this weekend's Grand Prix.
The Malaysian Transport Minister said an earlier launch date of January was “technically” plausible but he was seeking “some buffer” to complete the necessary safety assessments and regulatory approvals.
It is the latest in a diplomatic spat after Kyiv disclosed that two North Korean prisoners were transferred to Seoul.
Malaysian officials welcome it as a convenient buffer to ensure flawless operations.
RIYADH, Oct 8 - Syria may deploy troops to help Saudi Arabia fight Yemen's Houthis, a US official and a Syrian defence official said, as the Iran-aligned group steps up its missile and drone attacks on the kingdom, killing three people at Saudi airports this week.
A flurry of landmark arms deals is reshaping Central Asia’s strategic landscape, as regional states leverage alternative defense suppliers to assert their sovereignty amid Russia’s waning dominance and an intensifying Sino-Indian rivalry. Indian Defense Secretary Rajesh Kumar
The WHO will release the complete list of nominees after final regional committee meetings, expected in early November.
TEL AVIV – Every Israeli election of the past decade has been sold as the last chance to save the country, and every one has ended in the same place: a long night of counting, followed by weeks of bargaining among men who swore they would never sit together. The vote on October
But official denies claims, saying El Nino effect had triggered a prolonged dry season in the country.
NADI, Fiji, Oct 8 - Restricting global warming is a matter of survival and too many countries are shirking their responsibility to cut emissions, the official presiding over the UN's flagship upcoming climate conference said on the final day of the meeting's precursor event on
The Malaysia visit came amid deportation of thousands of Myanmar nationals.
The island is also expected to house office towers, hotels and waterfront apartments.
The shark had previously been disturbed by nighttime visitors who shone flashlights on her.
TAIPEI, Oct 8 - A 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 first known sighting of such a craft in the sensitive area.
It’s not often that events in Mumbai reverberate through global markets. But the Reserve Bank of India’s first interest rate hike in almost four years speaks volumes about the chaotic state of play. The inflation slamming Asia’s third-biggest economy and the rupee’s drop to
Indonesia has attracted massive investment into its metal industry and smelting, but recent policies have raised concerns from some business players.
A new Chinese state documentary has also revealed how Beijing made three unsuccessful attempts to persuade powerful crime families in northern Myanmar to shut down their scam operations.
The incident drew mixed reactions online, with some raising concerns over the risk of accidents.
The videos drew outrage online, fueling resentment among small business owners towards teenage boys.
Bear sightings have risen in Mongolia, with 24 confirmed sightings so far in 2026 in Ulaanbataar.
Every year, the Indonesian government forgoes taxes it could collect. Through tax holidays, rate cuts and exemptions, it courts investment while easing the burden on households and small businesses. Economists call this “tax expenditure” because giving up revenue is another way
The fitness coach is accused of strangling and assaulting a woman while on holiday in Queensland.
Beijing’s funding for development banks reached US$3 billion (S$3.84 billion) in 2024, says report.
While China completed the bridge in 2014, North Korea left its Customs facilities unfinished.
India’s telecoms ministry said 3 entities were at broadly the same regulatory stage.
Patekar enjoyed a career spanning nearly five decades across Hindi and Marathi cinema, winning several National Film Awards and receiving the Padma Shri, one of the highest civilian awards in India, in 2013.
Five years after seizing Kabul, the Taliban’s strongest argument for international acceptance rests on control. The Taliban governs every provincial capital and faces no conventional army capable of marching on Kabul. It repeatedly cites improved security as proof that
Several flights had to be diverted to Kuala Lumpur as well as to Changi Airport in Singapore.
North Korea has denied being behind the explosion.
Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing is on a two-day visit to Malaysia as he looks for greater international legitimacy after being installed in April as civilian president.
