SEOUL, July 27 - A South Korean court on Monday sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years, after finding him guilty of violating the election law by making false statements during his 2022 presidential campaign.
The Philippines came into the 2026 ASEAN chairmanship with the strongest possible hand on the South China Sea. It held the pen on the communique. It had built new domestic legal infrastructure and secured bilateral partner commitments. The ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM)
Network School was no longer allowed to operate after it was found to be in breach of the law.
The running club said some locals were rejected due to an error in its automated approval process.
SYDNEY, July 27 - An Australian court on Monday rejected an appeal from right-wing leader Pauline Hanson to overturn a ruling that she racially discriminated against a Muslim senator by telling her to \"piss off back to Pakistan\".
The country is expected to see a longer dry season in 2026 because of the heightened impacts of El Nino.
CXMT became China's most valuable listed company following a 470 per cent surge in shares on July 27.
China’s expanding zero-tariff access for 63 lower-income countries — 53 of them African — is far more than a developmental courtesy or a technical adjustment of customs schedules. It is a deliberate geostrategic lever in Beijing’s long-term competition with the United States
It was not immediately clear how large the early morning blast had been.
Kazuyoshi Miura made his professional debut in 1986 and signed for Fukushima United on loan in January.
When Hong Wang and Yu Deng received Fields Medals at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Philadelphia on July 23, they became the first citizens of the People’s Republic of China to hold mathematics’ highest honor in its 90-year history. Wang is also only the third
China issued its highest alert for flash floods across multiple provinces.
HONG KONG, July 27 - China evacuated stranded tourists from the UNESCO World Heritage site of Jiuzhaigou on Monday after mudslides triggered by heavy rain, state broadcaster CCTV reported, as authorities issued the highest flash-flood alert for parts of the country in the wake
The company's shares soared by 470% in its market debut, as the AI boom drives chip demand.
It has launched renewed offensives into border regions, including a frontier area with rare earth deposits.
“[I]ntelligence, that counterentropic conjoined twin of information, must become the most powerful force in the universe, the energy to which all other physical laws must eventually kneel…Intelligence was destiny, manifest.” — Ian McDonald, “Verthandi’s Ring” Not a lot of
China’s latest sea-based rocket launch shows how mobile launch platforms, onboard artificial intelligence and expanding commercial constellations are converging into a broader Chinese effort to strengthen military resilience, accelerate satellite deployment and compete for
The weakening yen, higher bond yields, delayed tax relief and public frustration over the cost of living are adding pressure on Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her government as a cabinet reshuffle looms.
The app lists participating outlets alongside recommended dishes, locations and travel information.
The unexpected rise of the right-wing populist, anti-immigration One Nation party in the polls, helped by leader Pauline Hanson’s relationship with mining magnate Gina Rinehart and often uncritical treatment by mainstream media, has seen the reemergence of another historical
Last week was a momentous one for Ukrainian democracy, and possibly for how the war develops over the next period. After two and a half years, overall command of the Ukrainian army was transferred from General Oleksandr Syrskyi to General Mykhailo Drapatyi. The move was greeted
This shift aims to decentralise administrative functions from Tokyo in the event of disaster.
The announcement comes as the fast fashion giant prepares for its stock market debut in Hong Kong.
It marks the first time China has brought its biggest infrastructure projects under a single programme.
The central bank has been under pressure to support President Prabowo Subianto’s big-growth agenda.
India’s Cockroach Janta Party ended its five-week multi-city protest after the youth-led movement’s key demand – the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan – was met. “We have done it,” CJP spokesperson Saurav Das told a jubilant crowd at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar
KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 - Nur is a 12-year-old Rohingya Muslim refugee in Malaysia who has stopped going to school since June, after two men threatened to beat her on her way to class.
The billion-dollar flood control scheme corruption scandal has triggered multiple protests.
It marks the first time the approval rating for her administration has dropped below 60 per cent since she took office.
Its launch is expected to pave the way for further counter-espionage legislation and activities.
Kim Yo Jong said ASEAN should guard against “being misused as a hired mouthpiece for the US”.
Motorists have posted videos of stalled vehicles and lower mileage, but experts say ageing vehicle parts, poor maintenance and contaminated petrol could also be reasons for the problems.
As China emerges as a key competitor in the global AI race, CNA takes a look at the people leading its top companies.
US President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown has struck fear into undocumented Indonesians living there, prompting some to seek asylum despite slim chances of success.
Data centres risk becoming the latest strain on a construction workforce already stretched thin.
July 26 - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday a Ukrainian attack on an Iranian commercial vessel \"cannot go unanswered\".
July 26 - Israel will allow a multinational security force to enter Gaza as proposed under U.S. President Donald Trump's ceasefire plan for the enclave, an Israeli official said on Sunday, a day before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to Washington.
India’s Education Minister had quit earlier in the day, giving in to one of the CJP's demands.
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, July 26 - Iran will halt its own attacks as long as the United States maintains its latest pause on air strikes, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Sunday, after President Donald Trump abruptly called off his two-week-old bombing campaign.
For three-quarters of a century, the Middle East operated inside an American frame. Washington was not the only actor, but it was the reference point — the guarantor whose fleets, bases, and diplomatic weight set the outer boundaries of what regional rivals could do to one
Flash floods are expected in parts of Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu and southeastern Xinjiang from Sunday evening through Monday evening.
The monastery is Thailand’s ninth World Heritage site, but its first in the southern region.