SEOUL, June 18 - North Korea has recalled its ambassador to Britain just a month after he took up the post, downgrading diplomatic relations in response to British sanctions on a children's camp, North Korea-focused website NK News reported.
The councils include Kluang, Jempol, Taiping, Tawau and Kuala Selangor.
Climate change is causing heatwaves in India to become longer, more frequent and more intense.
Social media users objected to the use of a Japanese drum at the site.
SEOUL, June 18 - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung left the G7 summit in France with the souvenir of a pen from U.S. President Donald Trump and the promise of a golf game after a dinner discussion he described as making progress over the issue of North Korea.
Academics generally doubt that China’s headline defence spending figures capture its total outlays.
Reports say that the national outage had cut mobile services for potentially millions of users.
The interim peace deal extends a ceasefire announced in April by another 60 days, to allow the two sides to negotiate a final truce.
Average rainfall in China since April 1 has been 12 per cent higher than normal.
Neither Taiwan nor China qualified for the World Cup.
In Japan, the thriving second-hand goods market has doubled in value since 2010.
Takaichi, Japan’s first female prime minister, has refrained from criticising Trump over the Iran war.
Foreign policy analysts and peace advocates expressed relief Wednesday that the end of the unprovoked US-Israeli war on Iran could be in sight, as the US government released the text of the memorandum of understanding reached this week by the Trump administration and Iranian
Japan needs to revisit the pacifist posture that has defined it since World War Two, Shinjiro Koizumi says.
Bidding to join the international Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development shows Southeast Asian economies are trying to use global standards to raise credibility, attract investment and lock in domestic reforms, experts say.
With home advantage and fervent support, Mexico seems to be the favourite for the top-of-the-group clash against South Korea. CNA's Matthew Mohan is in Guadalajara ahead of the match.
India recently approved a US$3.9 billion scheme to turn more of its vast coal reserves into gas. Even as its energy security ambitions gather pace, experts warn that scaling up the centuries-old technology will likely be a slow burn.
Hong Kong is being repositioned as a controlled gateway between two worlds, says Enodo Economics’ Diana Choyleva.
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France, June 17 - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday described Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin as \"neutral\" during the war with Iran, saying they had not thwarted his efforts to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
LONDON, June 17 - Three-quarters of cyberattacks targeting Britain's critical infrastructure can be linked to hostile state actors, the head of the National Cyber Security Centre, Richard Horne, said in a speech on Wednesday.
US President Donald Trump hailed the deal ending the US-Israel war with Iran with a triumphant message: “Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!” he wrote on his online social media platform. But how realistic is a swift resumption of ship movement through the
June 17 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that he hoped closer ties and undertaking joint projects with India would make both countries stronger.
WASHINGTON, June 17 - Both Iran and the U.S. can walk away from the memorandum of understanding they are set to sign on Friday, and upcoming talks are likely to focus on the precise sequencing of the steps previewed in the preliminary accord, a senior U.S. official told
A Pentagon official revealed in a court filing earlier this week that the US military used a version of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence tool, Grok, to help carry out attacks on Iran. Cameron Stanley, the Pentagon’s chief digital and AI officer, wrote in a sworn statement to
Trump made the announcement during chat where he also vowed to protect India.
Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine is often, and misleadingly, characterized as a great power conflict. The narrative goes like this: Russia went to war against Ukraine because it felt threatened by NATO’s enlargement into eastern Europe after 1991; the real enemy is the
On June 16, outside Seoul’s Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium, an extraordinary scene unfolded. For days, the venue had been at the center of controversy surrounding South Korea’s June 3 nationwide local election, with participants in the election transparency movement alleging
The clock is ticking on the Iran peace deal. A memorandum of understanding between Iran and the US is due to be signed in Geneva on June 19, allowing for a 60-day ceasefire extension and the opening of the strategically vital waterway, the Strait of Hormuz. But key questions
BEIJING, June 17 - China on Wednesday issued a joint statement with Myanmar following meetings between their leaders earlier this week in Beijing, saying the two nations will continue to support each other in areas of core interest and major concern.
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France, June 17 - G7 leaders on Wednesday pledged closer coordination on the risks and opportunities of advanced AI, while also discussing the creation of a \"trusted partners\" scheme granting access for non-U.S. nations to advanced U.S. AI models from firms
Footage of a horrific knife attack in Belfast began to circulate on social media on Monday evening. A Sudanese asylum-seeker in his 30s, who entered the UK in 2023, has been charged with attempted murder. Meanwhile, the far-right was quick to exploit the situation to further an
The private rooms will be introduced on the shinkansen departing Tokyo Station on Oct 1.
EVIAN, France, June 17 - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had held a \"very good\" conversation with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the G7 summit in France and that their two countries were working on trade deals.
The 2026 G7 summit, in Evian, France, marks India’s 13th participation as a guest nation and Prime Minister Modi’s seventh appearance as India’s representative since 2019. These repeated invitations highlight a central reality: India is too important to be excluded from major
BEIRUT/DUBAI, June 17 - Iran's interim deal with the U.S. looks set to bolster Hezbollah's political and financial hand in Lebanon, with Tehran promising more funding for its ally once cash starts to flow, according to four sources familiar with ties between Tehran and the group.
Taipei said visas issued to the Taiwanese scientists were revoked at the last minute.
Rapid growth alone is not enough if profits, data and economic gains continued to flow overseas.
For much of the last two decades, the Taliban fought its war with rifles, roadside bombs and guerrilla ambushes. Today, one of its most important battlefields lies not in the mountains of Afghanistan but in the information domain. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA)
The ability of businesses to make sound decisions depends on "accessing the right information interpreted with context”.
President Xi said China supported Myanmar’s new government in "finding the correct development path".
He was already an accused in two money-laundering cases and subject to a foreign travel ban.
The prolonged dry conditions have already caused clean water shortages across parts of Java.
June 17 - An American scholar of Myanmar detained in China in early June had travelled to the southwestern city of Kunming to attend an academic workshop, a think tank that he founded said on Wednesday, calling for his release.
Liu Ren established the Jin Bei Group in Cambodia in 2016, with the company operating "telecom fraud parks" in the country and committing "large-scale telecom and online fraud involving massive sums of money".
TAIPEI, June 17 - Taiwan said on Wednesday it was up to U.S. President Donald Trump to decide when to follow through on a proposal to speak with Taiwan's leader, adding that the idea made China nervous.
Two army personnel were killed in the blast.
The ship resembles a pirate vessel.