April 27 - Bahrain has revoked the citizenship of 69 people over what it described as sympathy with Iran's hostile acts and collaboration with foreign entities, the kingdom's interior ministry said in a statement.
Parties involved were told to “cancel the acquisition transaction”, said China’s top economic planning agency.
BAMAKO, April 27 - Al Qaeda's West Africa affiliate said on Monday that Mali's army was withdrawing from the northern town of Tessit, as the insurgents press an offensive that began with weekend attacks near the capital and in several other locations.
MOSCOW, April 27 - Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in St. Petersburg on Monday and told him he hoped the Iranian people would weather what he described as a \"difficult period\" and that peace would soon prevail.
BEIRUT, April 27 - The Israeli military began carrying out strikes in eastern Lebanon on Monday, expanding the scope of its bombing campaign during a ceasefire that has failed to fully halt hostilities with Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.
BERLIN, April 27 - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday Iran's leadership was humiliating the United States and getting U.S. officials to travel to Pakistan and then leave without results, in an unusually abrupt rebuke over the conflict.
Officials say each monk was found with around 5kg of Kush - a particularly potent form of the drug - hidden within "false walls" in their luggage.
NEW DELHI, April 27 - India named veteran politician Dinesh Trivedi as its next high commissioner to Bangladesh on Monday, in a rare appointment of a non–foreign service officer as New Delhi seeks to reset ties with its eastern neighbour.
MOSCOW, April 27 - Russia's foreign ministry said on Monday it had summoned the German ambassador over a meeting in Kyiv between a German lawmaker and a Chechen separatist who Moscow says leads a \"terrorist\" organisation.
LONDON, April 27 - At least seven ships - mainly dry bulk vessels - have crossed the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours, in line with muted activity in recent days, shipping data showed on Monday, while talks between Iran and the United States have stalled.
Protesters said their accounts with digital payments platform H-Pay had been frozen since December.
MANILA, April 27 - Philippine shipowners and crewing agencies are still permitted to rotate Filipino seafarers into areas like the Persian Gulf, but all workers are free to refuse deployment in regions where they may be at risk, the government said on Monday.
The measures include asset freezes, travel bans and an arms embargo.
Chief minister Aminuddin Harun says he would continue in his post for now, even though he no longer enjoys majority support in the 36-seat state assembly in light of UMNO’s move over his handling of a crisis involving the state’s monarchy.
They conducted drills as simulated enemy boats closed in on Palawan island.
The regional bloc agreed to safeguard regional energy security through strengthened cooperation, timely policy responses and engagement with dialogue partners.
ZURICH, April 27 - The trial of Gulnara Karimova, daughter of a former Uzbek president, and Swiss private bank Lombard Odier on money laundering charges began on Monday in Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court, in a case dating back two decades.
Meta, which owns Facebook, acquired Manus in December 2025 for more than US$2 billion in a bid to boost its capabilities in AI agents.
The trend also comes as the cost of living continues to rise.
MOSCOW, April 27 - An employee of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, controlled by Russian forces, was killed in a Ukrainian drone attack, the Russian-installed management of the station said in a Telegram post on Monday.
A Thai minister said cannabis will be developed for medical purposes within the health economy.
JAKARTA, April 27 - Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has appointed a labour union chief as the country's new environment minister, the palace said on Monday, replacing Hanif Faisol Nurofiq, who oversaw several high profile environment-related probes since taking office in
With nearly 590,000 seafarers globally, the Philippines is the biggest source of mariners in the world.
GAROWE, Somalia, April 27 - Suspected pirates have boarded a St. Kitts and Nevis-flagged general cargo vessel off Somalia's waters and were sailing it towards the Somali coastline, British maritime security groups Vanguard and Ambrey said.
When Indonesians hear the phrase military overflight, the image that often comes to mind is simple: foreign military aircraft freely crossing the skies without permission. It is a powerful image because it directly touches on sovereignty, one of the most sensitive elements of
Since Donald Trump returned to the White House on January 20, 2025, his foreign policy has often appeared chaotic and mercurial. He has repeatedly insulted longstanding US allies, threatened them with tariffs and pursued aggressive military actions abroad. He has left the
With no clear timeline for the resumption of fishing, people in the industry are growing frustrated.
The Google AI campus will be the first of its kind in the world for the US company.
Beijing has tightened scrutiny of key AI companies in the wake of the deal, which has been largely completed.
Chen Li-ming, an engineer who joined Tokyo Electron after leaving TSMC, was convicted.
The project aims for completion by the end of March 2028.
They warned that schools are teaching skills with a “short shelf life” due to the rapid rise of AI.
With Rai's passing, India has lost a visual historian who was a chronicler of its most defining and often painful moments.
India’s planned purchase of Russian ultra-long-range air-to-air missiles aims to counter Pakistan’s China-backed air network but exposes deeper integration and escalation challenges. This month, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that India has signed a US$1.2 billion
A military operation conducted in Papua earlier in April allegedly resulted in the death of 15 people.
JAKARTA, April 27 - Students and civilians clashed with law enforcement personnel in Indonesia's insurgency-hit Papua on Monday during a protest attended by hundreds of residents demanding the withdrawal of military personnel from the region, a police official said.
Calls are growing for more concrete government action, including increased subsidies for drivers.
A landmark agreement allowing China to issue sovereign bonds in Indonesia’s domestic market on a reciprocal basis signals a deliberate push for regional financial integration. The reciprocal sovereign bond issuance agreement between China and Indonesia marks a strategic
The BJP is now 10 short of a simple majority in the Rajya Sabha house.
NEW DELHI, April 27 - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP party strengthened its position in parliament’s upper house after seven opposition lawmakers joined it, a parliamentary list showed on Monday, a shift that could ease the government’s passage of legislation.
The surge in consumption is being driven by searing temperatures across the country.
Kim Jong Un and Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov unveiled the memorial in Pyongyang.
The answers were graded by teachers from major cram school Kawai Juku.
The reported proposal would mean Asia's biggest sporting spectacle doubling up as qualifying and preparation for the Olympics, giving it added significance.
The teen, who posted on social media a video of himself licking the straw, could be jailed for more than two years.
Some 74 per cent of those surveyed in a recent poll said energy-saving is needed.
Legacy overseas brands are now seeking out collaborations in China to boost competitiveness.