CAIRO, Feb 7 - Iran will strike U.S. bases in the Middle East if it is attacked by U.S. forces that have massed in the region, its foreign minister said on Saturday, insisting that this should not be seen as an attack on the countries hosting them.
Immigration screening "has already become a little stricter, so that terrorists, and also industrial spies, cannot enter easily", Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said during a rally.
BEIJING, Feb 7 - China conducted naval and air patrols in the South China Sea from Monday to Friday, the China Southern Theater Command said in a statement on Saturday.
As prices soar, South Koreans are increasingly moving away from gold at key life events.
MOSCOW, Feb 7 - Two suspects in the attempted assassination of top Russian military intelligence official General Vladimir Alexeyev \"will soon be interrogated,\" the Russian newspaper Kommersant reported on Saturday, citing a source close to the investigation.
The elephant's carcass was found on Feb 2 with the head missing.
Families are struggling to access emergency funds as gold lenders run short on cash before festivals.
Opinion polls suggest that her ruling bloc could secure a two-thirds majority in the Lower House.
Compound near Thai-Cambodian border offers look into fraud that has claimed victims globally.
Captains grab tokens on moving trains — a 140-year safety ritual still protecting single tracks.
Residents are also concerned there could be further attacks.
An earlier ruling annulled HK-based CK Hutchison’s contract to operate two ports at the Panama Canal.
She said visits to the graves by ageing former islanders is a “humanitarian issue”.
The Australian mint posted an explanation of the coins’ details, including motifs celebrating her love of horses and dogs.
Thai forces took control of several patches of disputed land along the Thai-Cambodian border during fighting last year, which could amount to several square kilometres in total.
The patient had a history of consuming raw date palm sap, which can be contaminated by infected bats.
When Brussels convinced itself that regulation could substitute for power and values for capacity, leverage migrated elsewhere. Europe rendered its own vulnerabilities exploitable; Washington and Beijing simply did not hesitate to use them. Sermons multiplied as factories
Indonesia’s investment authority recently informed Parliament that PT Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel, a Chinese major nickel smelter in Central Sulawesi, has never submitted its mandatory Investment Activity Report. The disclosure emerged during a 2025 review of smelter
Gold, long seen as a safe-haven asset to hedge against political and economic risks, saw a wild run in a speculative buying spree in January that took it to a record near US$5,600 per ounce.
As the United States weighs fresh strikes on Iran, the prospect of a wider regional conflict is once again coming into focus. For many of Washington’s allies, the question is no longer whether escalation is possible, but how they would respond if it spiralled into all-out war.
Four-year-old Gus Lamont was reported missing in late September 2025.
The sixteen-day general election campaign enters its final day of campaigning with the country in the throes of heavy snowfall and plunging temperatures. The Japanese Meteorological Agency predicts that heavy snowfall will peak on election day, with an uncertain impact on
Bithumb had planned to distribute small cash rewards of 2,000 Korean won (US$1.37) to each user as part of a promotional event, but winners received at least 2,000 bitcoins each instead.
A total of 16 items will be placed under price control.
The patient developed symptoms consistent with Nipah virus on Jan 21 and died a week later.
Women in the country traditionally give a box of chocolates to men.
Japan lowered the voting age to 18 from 20 in 2016.
Most of Johor Bahru’s Chinese shops and eateries will shutter during CNY, but you’ll find life in the major malls and then some.
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL), the world’s largest electric vehicle battery maker, has delivered a cluster of upbeat announcements within the past one week. These included new investment plans in Europe, test results showing ultra-long-life lithium batteries and
Stories of aspiring foreign trainees shed light on an under-regulated industry, where there is opportunity and risk.
Sanae Takaichi is popular - but inflation and a diplomatic row with China weigh on voters' minds.
The plane went down in Long Bay near the port town of Goolwa South.
SYDNEY, Feb 7 - A light plane crashed into the ocean off South Australia on Friday killing the three men on board, police said.
Some experts believe Thailand is still paying the price of past military coups and grappling with a legitimacy deficit on the world stage.
Feb 6 - The United States and Iran on Friday were trying to reach a diplomatic solution to disputes between the two nations that have led to heightened tensions in the Middle East, and warnings from President Donald Trump that military options are at his disposal.
In 1938, watching the rise of totalitarianism in Europe and the looming shadow of global conflict, Bertrand Russell defined “naked power.” In his seminal work Power: A New Social Analysis he described power that requires no consent, no tradition and no justification other than
Thailand, which heads to the polls on Feb 8, has lost its lustre after years of economic underperformance.
BRUSSELS, Feb 6 - The European Commission on Friday proposed a sweeping ban on any services that support Russia's seaborne crude oil exports, going far beyond previous piecemeal EU sanctions in its effort to stunt Moscow's key source of income for its war on Ukraine.
BRUSSELS, Feb 6 - The European Commission on Friday proposed a sweeping ban on any services that support Russia's seaborne crude oil exports, going far beyond previous piecemeal EU sanctions in its effort to stunt Moscow's key source of income for its war on Ukraine.
DHAKA, Feb 6 - Bangladesh’s leading prime ministerial contender, Tarique Rahman, on Friday rejected a proposal from his main rival for a unity government after elections next week, saying his party was confident of winning on its own.
The Basant festival was banned in 2008 due to kite string deaths and injuries.
BAKU, Feb 6 - Azerbaijan issued a strong protest to Russia on Friday after a Russian lawmaker condemned the sentencing of 13 ethnic Armenians who had held senior positions in the former breakaway territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
BEIRUT, Feb 6 - Lebanon's Hezbollah accepted the resignation of senior security official Wafiq Safa on Friday, the first time an official of his rank has stepped down, sources familiar with the group's thinking told Reuters.
Anil Ambani responded "Arrange that." less than 20 seconds after the offer.
LAHORE, Feb 6 - Extravagantly coloured kites dueled above Lahore and cries of victory rang out from rooftops on Friday, as the city celebrated the lifting of an 18-year ban on a spectacular three-day traditional Punjabi kite-flying festival.
The three major parties hoping to lead Thailand’s next government made their final pitches to large crowds of supporters in Bangkok on Friday (Feb 6), as the country prepares to head to the polls this weekend.
The summonses amounted to RM25.3 million (S$8.15 million).
The attack, which took place during Friday prayers in the capital Islamabad, injured almost 170 people.
