Israel has plans drawn up to carry out US President Donald Trump’s proposal to remove most of the Palestinian population from the Gaza Strip, according to its defense minister, Israel Katz. Katz has been a fervent cheerleader for the proposal made by Trump last February to have
China is beefing up a decades-old state-linked network spanning rural shops, agricultural supplies and distribution. The reasons go well beyond everyday commerce, say analysts.
Air India’s mounting losses and challenges are cause for concern, but they do not make walking away the best option for Singapore Airlines, says former financial journalist Ven Sreenivasan.
Teenagers are beating the social media ban in Australia, while Malaysia’s approach has raised privacy concerns. CNA’s Talking Point sees how the restrictions are playing out while a different playbook takes shape in Singapore.
Experts say China may have had a hand in the filing of no confidence in Prime Minister Matthew Wale’s leadership.
Seat allocations pose a key obstacle to sustained cooperation between PAS and UMNO.
“We are very confident that there is life in there,” Nepal Electricity Authority board member Amshu Kiran Shahi says of trapped workers in hydropower tunnels.
“The landscape is adjusting after the mega event, so [it] could trigger a few more landslides,” one Nepali government source says as Nepal installs sensors, cameras and VSAT.
He will likely need to serve any sentence in its entirety after his current one ends in January, legal expert says.
A Swiss man in custody after a rave shooting that kills an Italian woman and wounds five suffers from “psychological problems” and stays silent, prosecutors say.
The suspect’s name and the name of the school are being withheld.
The Green Climate Fund was established by the UN to help developing countries deal with the impacts of climate change.
Deputy Health Minister Tran Van Thuan was taken into custody.
The platform will be an Indonesian version of one that Singapore businesses use when expanding abroad.
Police say groups who caused chaos in Jakarta were not part of the original protest rally.
More than 1,200 people have died and thousands are missing, as rescue efforts continue and aid is airlifted to villages.
Air India is seeking fresh capital as it undergoes a costly transformation. What does Singapore Airlines stand to gain from India’s aviation market, and what will it take for Air India to deliver sustainable returns?
Human urine is responsible for an estimated 154,000kg of melt in the thawing Khumbu Glacier.
As rescue efforts have continued on both sides of the border following the devastating floods in Nepal and Tibet, a fight over how the disaster is being reported has been growing in intensity on social media. The dispute centers on the claims and counterclaims following a story
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s administration has placed food security, energy self-sufficiency and military modernization at the center of Indonesia’s national development agenda. Under the framework of Asta Cita, these strategic and defensive sectors are expected to
With authorities wary of potential trouble, security has been stepped up in the city.
Access to major highway has been restored, allowing emergency supplies to reach hardest-hit area.
A 57-year-old Korean was found unconscious inside the capsized tugboat but later died in hospital.
The recommendation follows a series of armed robberies carried out by people recruited via social media.
An interim inquiry found the neonatal nursery had no fire alarm or sprinklers, while an earlier blaze had already exposed deficiencies at the hospital.
Sept 2 - In June, a secretive unmanned Chinese spaceplane closely monitored by U.S. military analysts released a small satellite hundreds of miles above Earth in an orbital region crowded with commercial and military satellites. The object then looped around another Chinese
The USS Abraham Lincoln is docking close to Pattaya, known for its neon-lit nightlife, and for sex tourism.
Nepali authorities have rescued 279 people from hydropower projects so far.
US partners in the region are reviewing their strategic relationships after amid the Iran war.
Both countries will cooperate in areas including personnel exchanges between relevant institutions and the sharing of knowledge and research on social welfare policies and programmes.
In the second of a two-part series on climate resilience, CNA looks at how farmers in China are using AI, drones and other technology to prepare for storms – and the challenges of making these tools more widely available.
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Egypt today for his first state visit in a decade. There, he will find a relationship that no longer fits neatly on the Middle East’s map. China’s Middle East policy has long been read through Gulf oil, trade with Saudi Arabia and the
NEW DELHI, Sept 2 - The Indian government is facing fierce opposition on proposed food warning labels from both health experts and food giants - activists say many items will escape scrutiny while companies warn that the strict thresholds will put red flags on a wide range of
Nepal’s push adds to the debate over who should bear the cost of disasters linked to climate change.
Heavy and accumulated rainfall could cause flash floods, rapid run-off and short-term inundation.
HONG KONG, Sept 2 - Hong Kong's High Court on Wednesday rejected a request from the lawyer for the founder of embattled Chinese property company Evergrande to use funds controlled by liquidators to pay HK$1.2 million ($153,039) in legal costs.
The main Malaysia Day celebration will be held indoors at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching.
Tokyo is stepping up efforts to harness dual-use technologies – innovations developed for civilian purposes that can also have military applications – as it seeks to bolster national security while opening new markets for Japanese firms at home and abroad.
Non-governmental watchdog Network for Education Watch said that as of Aug 8, there had been some 37,600 cases of food poisoning linked to the free-meals programme.
South Korea’s intelligence agency had said North Korea and the US are showing signs of resuming dialogue.
Some 463kg of meth were seized from a shipping container that arrived in Colombo.
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Sept 2 - Russian President Vladimir Putin has renamed the planned \"Power of Siberia 2\" gas pipeline to China to the \"Power of Baikal\" pipeline, Russia's Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev said on Wednesday.
Indonesia needs to verify their identities, citizenship status, recruitment process and the nature of their involvement, its foreign ministry said. This comes after Ukraine released names of the eight Indonesians.
The BBC's Jonathan Head looks at the historical echoes of US troops arriving in Pattaya, a beach resort famous for its racy bars.
The massive rock-and-ice collapse has left behind unstable terrain and metres of debris that could trigger further floods and landslides, experts say.
A 23-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man were arrested.
In-class learning at several schools has also been suspended temporarily.
Large numbers of heavy machines have now reached the site in Gyirong where the Chinese border inspection complex once stood, along with equipment to reinforce search operations, says state broadcaster CCTV.
