President José Ramos-Horta also called on the Southeast Asian grouping to have the “audacity to declare the South China Sea a zone of peace” in a special address at the Shangri-La Dialogue on May 30.
Japan lists 17 Japanese nationals as having been abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s.
A total of five people have now been rescued, while two remain missing.
BANGKOK, May 30 - Rescuers pulled four people from a flooded cave in Laos on Saturday, Thai volunteer rescuers said, hours after another man was brought out late on Friday.
A total of five people have now been rescued, while two remain missing.
A total of five people have now been rescued, while two remain missing.
MOSCOW, May 30 - Russia said on Saturday it had recalled its ambassador to Armenia for consultations in protest at its rapprochement with the European Union as a June 7 election nears.
The Chinese embassy in Seoul said that the comments had “truly crossed the line”.
The debris quickly fuelled flames that firefighters have been struggling to contain.
Some say Beijing's move is aimed at reducing dependence on a Western-dominated global payments system.
Mr Wang Yi’s short visit to Canada was the first by a Chinese foreign minister in a decade.
Google allowed rivals of Hindware to use “Hindware” as a keyword to target their own advertising.
Experts warned against treating such actions as safe or advisable outside of emergency situations.
Conservatives say that foreigners are exploiting Japan’s visa rules to stay indefinitely.
Prices could rise further as weather risks and war-driven surges in energy and fertiliser costs threaten production.
The US defense secretary is questioned about US commitment, including further arms deals, at an Asian security summit in Singapore.
It will be a short-term measure taken while waiting for negotiations to be finalised.
The hemisphere’s longest-running standoff may finally be reaching its breaking point — but not necessarily in the way anyone expects. Cuba, in the spring of 2026, feels exactly like that. After 67 years of communist rule, sustained by a rotating cast of foreign patrons — Soviet
Huang's visit comes as a global artificial intelligence boom drives strong demand for Samsung Electronics and SK hynix memory chips, helping support South Korea's economic growth and stock market rally.
A quiet diplomatic battle is taking shape between the Philippines and Kyrgyzstan over the United Nations Security Council’s sole Asia-Pacific non-permanent seat for the 2027-2028 term. The General Assembly will elect new members on June 3. Long seen as the clear favorite, the
Foreign-owned homes accounted for 0.55 per cent of the country’s 19.65 million housing units.
For a quarter-century, the price of computer software and accessories fell by roughly 5% annually. It was the modern economy’s most reliable disinflationary anchor. In late 2025, that anchor snapped. Last week, a technical note by three US Federal Reserve economists, including
A safety inspection was under way when part of the concrete slab gave way, killing three people.
Washington’s relationship with Russia appears likely to continue its decades-long decline, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying on May 22 that formal diplomatic talks over the Ukraine war are effectively frozen. US President Donald Trump’s last meeting with Russian
Energy Minister Chris Bowen said he reached a judgment that it is best to provide ongoing flexibility.
The Pentagon chief, speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, said stronger, more self-reliant allies are key to deterrence.
Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing will hold talks with India's Narendra Modi during the five-day trip.
Bangkok's creative energy is in overdrive. The new Voco Bangkok Surawong puts you right in the middle of it.
His address comes as global tensions remain elevated, with ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and Europe.
His address comes as global tensions remain elevated, with ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and Europe.
Dabbawalas, who deliver home-cooked meals, are leaving the trade as remote work and rising costs threaten their future.
Only licensed doctors were allowed to ink tattoos in Korea - breaking the law could lead to heavy fines or jail.
They have mixed sentiments, from optimism to resignation that adaptation may be unavoidable.
More of them are no longer viewing it as semi-volunteeristic work, but as a real profession, said an expert.
Experts say the project signals to the region that the US, Japan, India, and Australia can offer more than Beijing.
The bedraggled man was led to safety by rescuers after nine days stranded in the cavern
India and Pakistan are no strangers to heat. This time of year is the worst, as heat peaks before the monsoon brings cooler conditions from June. But this year’s heat is something else. Intense, sustained heat began in mid-April. Daily maximum temperatures have topped 46°C in
He repeatedly stressed the need to uphold a rules-based order, practise self-restraint and build trust.
OTTAWA, May 29 - China's Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi said on Friday that Canada could surpass its goal of increasing exports to China by 50% by 2030 during a meeting with Canada's Foreign Minister Anita Anand.
Every year, in a gleaming hotel ballroom in Singapore, the Indo-Pacific strategic order gets set for a public display. This happens not through signing of communiqués or conventions but through who shows up, at what level, and what they dare to say in front of an “unscripted”
May 29 - A team of specialist divers said they pulled one man from a flooded cave in central Laos on Friday, as four more people remained trapped with two others still missing.
Shi Yongxin is sentenced to 24 years in prison for embezzlement and bribery.
The seven men had been trapped in the cavern since May 20.
MOSCOW, May 29 - The Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) will consider suspending Armenia later this year out of concerns its pursuit of European Union membership jeopardises the union's economic security, according to a joint statement published on Friday.
Analysts have tried to make sense of US President Donald Trump’s second term with countless, sometimes contradictory, labels. He’s isolationist and transactional. He’s a populist. Or, more recently, a neoconservative. One way to make sense of both him and the broader state of
BEIJING, May 29 - The former abbot of a Chinese temple famed as the birthplace of kung fu has been sentenced to 24 years in prison and fined 3.5 million yuan ($517,000) for crimes including embezzlement and bribery, state media reported on Friday.
For the second year running, China’s Defence Minister Dong Jun has skipped the defence forum.
Beijing is taking steps to stabilise leadership at the National Financial Regulatory Administration after former head Li Yunze was demoted in April due to what was treated as a suspected disciplinary violation.
