ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON, April 25 - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi laid out Iran's demands and its reservations about U.S. positions on Saturday as Pakistan made a new push to end a war that has killed thousands and shaken global energy markets.
Former judge Halim Aman will replace Mr Azam Baki as MACC chief, but demands for public inquiry continue.
The EU sanctions package targets third-country suppliers of critical high-tech items.
BEIJING, April 25 - China's commerce ministry on Saturday expressed \"firm opposition\" to the European Union's inclusion of Chinese entities in its 20th round of sanctions against Russia, demanding their immediate removal from the list.
Their surrender comes nearly a month after India was declared free of the decades-long insurgency.
SEOUL, April 25 - The speaker of Russia's parliament, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, arrived in North Korea on Saturday to attend an event to commemorate Pyongyang's deployment of troops to help Moscow in the Ukraine conflict, Tass news agency reported.
The fact that many government officials lavish wealth on their mistresses is something of an open secret in Indonesian society.
His pageant walk sparked praise, mockery and a debate over male body standards.
It gives steady work to athletes, who typically have short careers and struggle to find high-paying jobs.
The demolition was carried out under a directive from newly elected Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah.
Two giant pandas from China are headed to Atlanta on a new 10-year conservation deal.
ANKARA, April 25 - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said that Turkey could consider taking part in demining operations in the Strait of Hormuz following a possible peace agreement between Iran and the United States.
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON, April 25 - U.S. negotiators are scheduled to leave for Pakistan on Saturday, but Iran said its officials did not plan to meet the Americans to discuss ending the war that has killed thousands and roiled global markets.
Southeast Asia is watching the US-Israel conflict with Iran — and quietly drawing conclusions. Most countries have adopted a policy of non-interference, but behind the cautious and neutral stances, they are accelerating efforts to reduce their defense dependence on Washington.
Longstanding enmity between the Meitei and Kuki communities revolves around competition for land and public jobs.
An acquaintance of the wife reported her missing to the police on April 23, said investigative sources.
You could be forgiven for thinking everyone in Russia either supports the war in Ukraine or is too scared to do anything about it. A dominant narrative is that Russian civil society is passive, complicit or has been quashed to the point of being neutralised. Some elements of
It followed a report that some Australian families are trying to return home from a camp in Syria.
Abdul Halim Aman, 69, will lead the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission from May 13, succeeding Azam Baki, 63.
The United States is increasingly organizing its artificial intelligence strategy around a concept it cannot clearly define, cannot reliably measure and may never achieve in the singular, decisive form imagined. That concept is Artificial General Intelligence, or AGI. In
Beijing described the move as a broadening of national security to justify trade curbs, according to a statement on April 25.
The combined area affected amounts to the third largest recorded in Japan, where forest fires intensified in recent years.
TOKYO, April 25 - Two forest fires in northern Japan's Iwate Prefecture burned into a fourth day on Saturday as ground and aerial firefighting efforts expanded to more than 1,000 personnel.
Jakarta has threatened to block Wikipedia over domestic registration rules.
An unsettling trend is emerging: groups of women, accompanied by young children, who are targeting passers-by for money.
Mr Abdul Halim Aman will begin as chief commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission on May 13.
While alarm bells are ringing in Europe over a physical shortage, analysts say Asia has a different trajectory.
The Chinese President is likely to press the US President to agree to change its status by opposing Taiwan independence.
Sushizanmai operator bought the 243kg fish at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market on Jan 5.
The close collaboration with Huawei contrasts with DeepSeek’s past reliance on Nvidia’s AI chips.
They are already struggling with a shrinking customer base and ageing owners without successors.
WASHINGTON, April 24 - The District of Columbia mistakenly placed several Australian flags instead of British flags near the White House ahead of King Charles' U.S. visit, although the error was quickly corrected, a D.C. Department of Transportation official said on Friday.
A year after the Pahalgam attack, tourism has slowed in Indian-administered Kashmir, hitting lives and livelihoods.
No one doubts the nation has the skill. What it needs now is the will, says Gearoid Reidy for Bloomberg Opinion.
With the price of fuel rising China's BYD says it is positioning itself to benefit from the global shift away from fossil fuels.
WASHINGTON, April 24 - Castelion, a small California defense startup, has won a $105 million U.S. Navy contract to ready its Blackbeard hypersonic missile for use aboard the Navy's carrier-based F/A-18 fighter jets, clearing the way for the weapon to move from the laboratory
Despite Taiwan's strong growth, 64% of workers have not received a raise in three years: Survey
Operational budgets for 2026 in fire-prone regions including Riau and parts of Kalimantan have already been exhausted.
Washington has vowed to curb what it sees as the unauthorized extraction of intellectual property from United States-developed artificial intelligence models, sharpening its stance just as China’s DeepSeek unveiled its latest system. The White House Office of Science and
WASHINGTON, April 24 - U.S. President Donald Trump told Reuters on Friday that Iran plans to make an offer aimed at satisfying U.S. demands, as talks were expected to resume in Pakistan.
Two-up is a coin toss betting game that was played by Australian soldiers during World War One - it’s now only legal across Australia on 25 April.
WASHINGTON, April 24 - The U.S. State Department's top lawyer has argued that President Donald Trump's war with Iran was launched in self-defense and to defend U.S. ally Israel, arguing the bombing campaign was not the start of a new war but the continuation of an ongoing
WASHINGTON, April 24 - U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner will travel to Islamabad on Saturday morning for talks with Iran mediated by Pakistan, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Friday.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday once again suggested the international community should show gratitude for President Donald Trump’s illegal war with Iran, which has led to a global oil supply shock and created the potential for food shortages in the coming months.