DAMASCUS, Feb 26 - The Syrian government and Druze factions controlling the southern city of Sweida carried out their first prisoner exchange on Thursday since deadly clashes last summer, the Syrian government's Sweida media office said.
Higher temperatures in March are expected to boost electricity demand.
Evacuation numbers are expected to rise.
The US and China have said Mr Modi's use of subsidies for the manufacturing sector breaches global trade norms.
The child is seen posing for the camera moments before being knocked over by a fellow pedestrian.
Myanmar’s information war is now as decisive as the ground war. The generals fight it with a 64‑year‑old propaganda machine, Russian and Chinese “cognitive warfare,” Western lobbyists dangling access to natural resources and a growing ecosystem of enablers, while the opposed
Experts warn that funding would need to grow at twice the pace of charitable contributions in order to meet India’s vast social needs.
Myanmar has been roiled by conflict that ignited after generals seized power in a 2021 coup.
One was sentenced to 11 years, while the other landed a term of nine years.
The startup has also identified misdeeds of romance scams targeting Indonesians.
Indonesia’s naval posture is on the cusp of a significant upgrade. As of February 2026, it is increasingly certain that Jakarta has accepted Italy’s offer to transfer the light aircraft carrier ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi as a strategic grant. Named after the legendary unifier of
The number of cases in 2025 in which children under 18 were victims of sexual misconduct rose to 4,858.
Just as fragile investor confidence was beginning to return to Bangladesh after months of political upheaval, the abrupt ouster of central bank governor Ahsan Mansur has injected fresh uncertainty into the country’s economic trajectory. In the high-stakes world of emerging
This number beats the previous record of 1,804 set in fiscal 2023.
Despite being outside the Ring of Fire, Malaysia has 11 active fault zones.
The number of seniors living alone in the city has jumped by about 43 per cent in five years, raising concerns over loneliness and safety.
The park houses more than 300 Siberian tigers, which are among the world’s critically endangered species.
The reformist party accused the officials of violating election laws.
The acquisition of the Italian-made Giuseppe Garibaldi makes Indonesia the second Southeast Asian country after Thailand to operate an aircraft carrier.
As China grapples with plunging birth rates, people are finding romance with chatbots instead.
MOSCOW, Feb 26 - Russia questioned on Thursday how U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace would work with the United Nations Security Council, which has served as the fulcrum of collective international peacemaking since the end of World War Two.
Machines are now performing activities that absolutely refuse classification under traditional economic models. They do not harvest wheat. They do not stamp steel on assembly lines. They do not smile at hotel reception desks. They think, they optimize, they create. Their share
The number of newborns dropped 2.1 per cent from a year earlier to about 706,000.
Liquidity issues at the United Nations are often dismissed as a technical budgetary complication. But the reality is that funding shortfalls undermine collective global security. The UN’s regular budget for peace and security, sustainable development and human rights promotion
The operations represent a new element in China's expanding presence across the South China Sea and around Taiwan.
Kwok Yin-sang is the first family member of an activist to be convicted of a national security offence.
The impact damaged the low-voltage system that powered the door handles, rendering them inoperable.
The woman suffered a cardiac arrest after hanging in midair.
Kim said they could get along if the US accepts that Pyongyang's nuclear weapons are here to stay.
Data centre capacity in the region is projected to triple from 2025 levels by 2030.
Mr Turnbull told AFP that an elected head of state could heal Australia’s “tribal” politics.
Disruptions from 12.30am to 3.30am are expected until March 14.
Feb 25 - Nepal will hold a national election next month, its first since deadly youth-led anti-graft protests toppled the government of then-Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli in September.
Nepal’s youth unemployment rate is the highest among all South and South-east Asian nations.
KATHMANDU, Feb 26 - At a training centre in Nepal's capital Kathmandu, Rahul Pariyar carefully hooks his harness to a rope, learning the basic skills he will need for painting walls, cleaning high rises and other construction work in the United Arab Emirates.
Kwok Yin-sang is the first person to be charged and convicted of dealing with funds belonging to an "absconder" under the city's national security law.
The Trump administration’s recently released National Defense Strategy reaffirmed its commitment to building a “Golden Dome” capable of stopping any “advanced aerial attacks” on the US, including conventional and nuclear-armed cruise, ballistic, and hypersonic missiles, as well
The 78-year-old Lai, however, remains detained for a separate national security case.
Seoul is considering joining a NATO initiative to help finance weapons purchases for Ukraine.
The 45-year-old and her family were seen house-hunting in Sydney’s Northern Beaches.
AI’s conversational structure can reveal a user’s internal reasoning and intentions.
The elevator carrying the 20 visitors stopped about 30m above the ground.
It comes days after a court jailed him on separate national security charges.
The ban could escalate into a sensitive ethnic or religious issue in the city.
A motel in Busan can charge up to $670 per night leading up to the BTS concert in June.