NEW DELHI, Feb 16 - India has seized three U.S.-sanctioned tanker ships linked to Iran this month and stepped up surveillance in its maritime zone to curb illicit trade, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Monday.
Giant is now one of the biggest bicycle makers in the world, selling millions of bikes annually.
Decommissioned Italian aircraft carrier ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi is expected to arrive in Indonesia.
ANTANANARIVO, Feb 16 - At least 59 people died when Cyclone Gezani struck Madagascar last week, the disaster management office said on Monday, as it assesses the impact of the second tropical storm to hit the Indian Ocean island nation this year.
The opposition is pushing its own, less expensive proposals.
A 90-year-old woman died in one of the group’s robberies in 2023.
They will be flown to Australia from Damascus.
Perikatan Nasional can no longer house the warring factions in Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia.
So the other day I wrote a post about how humanity is inevitably going to be disempowered by the existence of AI. A bunch of people wrote to me and asked me: “What made you change your mind?”. Three years ago, shortly after the release of the original ChatGPT, I wrote a post
India’s move to expand its Rafale fleet comes as it weighs recent combat lessons, urgent force-structure shortfalls, and longer-term strategic ties with France in a rapidly shifting regional security environment. This month, the Indian Ministry of Defense and multiple media
Texture, sound and viral appeal of the dessert have caused an increase in demand for sour gummies.
Washington’s 2025 strike on Iran, the raid to remove Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in early 2026 and its renewed interest in acquiring Greenland have clarified the country’s international priorities. Meanwhile, securing Ukraine’s independence, once a defining rallying cry
He stressed that graft will not be tolerated in the country’s administration.
The 24-year-old faces 59 charges, including 15 counts of murder and one of committing a terrorist attack.
JAKARTA, Feb 16 - Indonesia is readying 1,000 troops for potential deployment in Gaza by early April as part of a proposed multinational peacekeeping force, its army spokesperson said on Monday.
Russian state media outlet RT posted on X about the US Treasury Department’s new “Venezuela General License 48,” which allows US companies to provide “goods, technology, software, or services for the exploration, development, or production of oil or gas in Venezuela,” with two
All the stolen goods, except for a wooden cat sculpture, were found with only minor damage.
Feb 16 - Myanmar has ordered the head of East Timor's diplomatic mission to leave the country within seven days, state media quoted the foreign ministry as saying on Monday, in an escalating row over a criminal complaint filed by a rights group against Myanmar's armed forces.
Indonesia has been preparing up to 8,000 troops for possible deployment as part of the Gaza International Stabilisation Force, a UN-authorised multinational peacekeeping force outlined in the Gaza peace plan.
Japan has once again taken a familiar and inherently risky route: underwriting economic and political ambition through large-scale sovereign borrowing. In its latest supplementary budget, Tokyo authorized the issuance of roughly 18 trillion yen (US$117.5 billion) in new
The surge marks a shift in Asian property investment flows, with institutions increasingly attracted to Australia.
Attacks in South-east Asia linked to nihilistic extremism are on the rise, say experts.
New Delhi and Paris are seeking to advance their Horizon 2047 roadmap, a long-term framework to expand collaboration in areas ranging from fighter jet production and nuclear energy to critical minerals and high-tech manufacturing.
Police say they're 'a million percent confident' Chris Baghsarian was not the intended target.
The Indonesian government also plans to lease several planes to speed up the repatriation process of its citizens rather than rely on commercial flights.
By the mid-2020s, breakthroughs in artificial intelligence have become so frequent that few releases genuinely surprise. Yet ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 has managed to do just that — not because it wins another benchmark race, but because it reveals something deeper about how a
The vote is being held unusually early, due to an accelerated schedule after the September unrest.
Each vehicle is equipped with five toilets.
The world’s two largest economies are making opposite bets on how to power the future — and both bets carry enormous risks. China is racing to dominate clean-energy industries while still leaning heavily on coal. United States is rhetorically doubling down on fossil fuels even
Videos featuring Spider-Man and other characters which are Disney's intellectual property have gone viral since Seedance's update.
The 85-year-old had been taken from his home by three intruders.
SEOUL, Feb 13 - North Korea is expected to convene the Ninth Congress of the ruling Workers' Party this month, the country's biggest political gathering that reviews performance, sets new policy goals and can bring leadership change.
A warning notice has been sent to fireworks enterprises nationwide.
Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs dismissed China's claims, saying they are "factually incorrect and ungrounded".
This comes after the Japanese authorities seized a Chinese boat and arrested its skipper.
Japan Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi denied that Tokyo had any militaristic intentions.
Another US-Iran crisis, another round of carrier deployments and ultimatums, another set of predictions about imminent warfare. Yet here we are again, watching Washington and Tehran engage in their familiar dance of brinkmanship—a choreography that has become depressingly
Dozens of Nepali men, many with money woes, have travelled to Russia before being recruited into the military.
SYDNEY, Feb 16 - A man accused of opening fire on a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's famed Bondi Beach in an attack that killed 15 people appeared in court for the first time on Monday, Australian media reported.
Pyongyang has checked off only part of a sweeping list of capabilities that leader Kim Jong Un targeted at its 2021 Congress.
SEOUL, Feb 16 - North Korea is set to unveil new weapons development goals at its Ninth Party Congress this month, amid assessments that Pyongyang has checked off only part of a sweeping list of capabilities that leader Kim Jong Un targeted at its 2021 Congress.
His charges include terrorism and 15 counts of murder.
The President has threatened to take unpopular steps to protect the nation’s resources.
The current hot spots were mostly in coastal and peatland areas, such as the regencies of Pelalawan.
The Chinese New Year travel rush in 2026 kicked off on Feb 2 and will run for 40 days.