PARIS/BERLIN - France and Germany are ratcheting up pressure on their industrial champions to rescue Europe's next-generation fighter as the 100-billion-euro ($115 billion) project teeters on the brink of collapse, sources close to the matter said.
Violators could face sanctions, ranging from written warnings to revoking business licences.
Brunei remains under the influence of the North-east Monsoon, which typically lasts until March 2026.
Myanmar is scheduled to hold a multi-phase general election starting on Dec 28.
BANGKOK - The Southeast Asian regional bloc will find it difficult to re-engage with Myanmar even after its upcoming election, the Thai foreign minister said on Tuesday, calling for the release of the country's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
HOUSTON - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has the flexibility and the incentive to offer crude oil cargoes, which the country mostly sells to China, as a bargaining chip if Venezuela were to hold negotiations with the United States.
MooVita inked a deal on driverless buses, while ComfortDelGro will manage robotaxi services.
Clues of their respective agendas lie in what each side has chosen to emphasise - and omit - in their public statements on the call between US President Donald Trump and Chinese supremo Xi Jinping, analysts tell CNA.
The howls of outrage from the foreign policy establishment over President Trump’s 28-point Ukraine peace plan tell you everything you need to know about why such a plan is necessary in the first place. After nearly four years of war, hundreds of thousands of casualties and
Sabahans mocked West Malaysian politicians’ perceived disconnect with their concerns.
Mr Anwar said he had reprimanded the aide involved.
Across the archipelago, around 3.7 million ha of plantations have been seized.
LONDON - When the BBC launched an expansion into the U.S. in June, its head of news promised \"trust at a time of dramatic global uncertainty\".
President Donald Trump picked up the phone twice in one day on Monday — first to China’s Xi Jinping, then to Japan’s Sanae Takaichi — with the world’s most important trading relationships sitting on a fault line. Investors should treat these calls as a market event and not as
MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that an amended peace plan for Ukraine must reflect the \"spirit and letter\" of understandings reached between President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump at their Alaska summit.
The quake was also felt in the Oita Prefecture city of Taketa.
TSMC said the lawsuit is based on the terms of the employment contract between TSMC and Mr Lo Wei-Jen.
ABU DHABI - The United States presented the warring Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) with a strong text for a peace plan but neither side has accepted it, senior U.S. envoy Massad Boulos said on Tuesday.
BEIJING - China's President Xi Jinping pledged fresh investment in Tonga when he met King Tupou VI of the South Pacific island nation in Beijing on Tuesday, as the Asian giant works to extend its influence across the Asia-Pacific.
TOKYO – Something very few political wonks saw coming in 2025 was the extent to which China would get the better of Donald Trump. To be sure, few serious economists thought the US president’s tariffs would end well. But count the ways Chinese leader Xi Jinping — through
The emergency launch was a first for China, successfully delivering medical supplies, spare parts and groceries to astronauts on board the permanently inhabited space station.
The US is dangling the F-35 stealth fighter before Saudi Arabia, igniting a new scramble for airpower dominance in the Middle East. This month, US President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman announced a landmark defense agreement in Washington that
Our expert guest explains why he predicts both Trump and Xi will seek good vibes in 2026.
Residents are searching through the rubble of a collapsed house and preparing graves for victims.
The house arrest case has stirred intrigue in Malaysia.
KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian court will decide on December 22 whether jailed former prime minister Najib Razak can serve his sentence under house arrest, just days before delivering its verdict in another major case he faces over the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal.
Severe flooding in south-central Vietnam has killed scores, displaced thousands and submerged entire districts. International news outlets have framed the event as the result of extreme rainfall. But for people living in Khanh Hoa, Phu Yen and Dak Lak, this was not merely a
Heavy rainfall is typical for this time of year, but recent downpours have been notable for their intensity and impact.
Under a draft agreement released, the workers would earn at least A$31.30 (S$26.40) per hour.
Xi told US President Trump on Monday that Taiwan's "return to China" at the end of World War II was a key part of Beijing's vision for the world order.
The scammers would impersonate someone else and message their contacts to ask for money.
The swimmers were accompanied by a small flotilla including three kayaks and a yacht.
BEIJING - China’s President Xi Jinping pledged fresh investment in the South Pacific island nation of Tonga in a meeting with King Tupou VI in Beijing on Tuesday, as China works to deepen its influence across the Asia-Pacific region.
The spacecraft will remain docked until around April 2026.
Vietnam has been hit by 14 typhoons in 2025. Five was the average a few decades ago.
Taiwan’s trade negotiators are only conducting one-on-one talks with the United States at present.
It will make its way to the Tiangong space station, where three Chinese astronauts have been awaiting a replacement spacecraft.
ISLAMABAD - Tensions flared between Afghanistan and Pakistan on Tuesday as the Taliban accused Pakistani forces of air strikes in eastern Afghanistan, which killed 9 children and a woman, and injured four others.