JAKARTA - Indonesia's biggest Islamic organisation, Nahdlatul Ulama, has asked its chief to resign for inviting a U.S. scholar known for his support of Israel during the Gaza war to an internal event in August, according to meeting minutes reviewed by Reuters.
Nitama served as the second cat stationmaster at Kishi Station in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture.
JOHANNESBURG - Leaders of the Group of 20 top economies gathered for a U.S.-boycotted summit in South Africa on Saturday, seeking a deal on a draft declaration drawn up without U.S. input in a surprise move that a senior White House official described as \"shameful\".
BELEM, Brazil - Turkey will host the COP31 climate summit in 2026 with Australia leading the negotiation process, a document released at the COP30 summit in Brazil showed on Friday, confirming an earlier announcement that a split hosting arrangement was expected.
The Dutch government’s latest decision to halt its intervention in Nexperia, the Chinese-owned chipmaker, may ease tensions with Beijing but it underscores what analysts describe as an accelerating Western push to decouple from China’s semiconductor supply chain. To understand
SYDNEY - The Australian city of Darwin on Saturday shut its international airport as a precaution over a tropical cyclone forecast to bring destructive winds and flooding to the country's north.
Universities from the UK, the US, Australia and Europe are setting up offshore campuses in India.
China is on the rampage after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said what was neither new nor surprising – that Taiwan is immensely important to Japan, and that Japan may consider coming to Taiwan’s defense if China attacks. In response, China’s Consul General in Osaka said on
BELEM, Brazil - The host of the COP30 conference in Brazil urged countries to unite for a deal to strengthen international climate efforts on Friday, as a showdown loomed in the summit's final hours over whether the accord should set the world on a clearer path away from fossil
LONDON - An independent director on the BBC's board, Shumeet Banerji, has quit on Friday in the wake of what the public broadcaster said was an incorrect edit of a speech by President Donald Trump and which has prompted the threat of a $5 billion lawsuit.
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that U.S. proposals for peace in Ukraine could be the basis of a resolution of the conflict but that if Kyiv turned down the plan then Russian forces would advance further.
This article was originally published by Pacific Forum. It is republished with permission. The geoeconomic shock from the United States’ “Liberation Day” tariffs has pushed members of ASEAN closer to China’s economic orbit. While deeper economic integration helps mitigate the
The epicentre of the earthquake was about 30 kilometres (18.6 miles) from the capital, Dhaka.
Japan is choosing short-term economic pain to reinforce its long-term strategic position.
The Attorney-General's Office seeks to question him and others on possible underreporting of corporate tax liabilities.
JOHANNESBURG - G20 envoys have agreed on a draft leaders' declaration ahead of this weekend's summit in Johannesburg without U.S. input, four sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
ANKARA - Turkish lawmakers overseeing the disarmament of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant group will visit its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan in his island prison, state broadcaster TRT Haber said on Friday.
Joko Widodo reflected on Indonesia's infrastructure growth during his decade-long tenure as president and discussed adapting to an era of advanced technology, during an interview with CNA's Roland Lim.
LONDON - An Afghan national on Friday pleaded guilty in an English court to raping a 12-year-old girl, British media reported.
NEW DELHI/DUBAI - An Indian home-produced Tejas fighter jet crashed in a ball of fire at the Dubai Airshow during an aerial display on Friday, killing its pilot, and the Indian Air Force said it was setting up a court of inquiry to investigate the cause.
KYIV - The United States has threatened to cut intelligence sharing and weapons supplies for Ukraine to press it into agreeing to the framework of a U.S.-brokered peace deal, two people familiar with the matter said.
Taiwan’s announcement comes after a row between Japan and China.
MOSCOW - The Kremlin said on Friday that around 5,000 Ukrainian troops were trapped on the eastern bank of the River Oskil, in Ukraine's eastern Kharkiv region.
MOSCOW - The Kremlin said on Friday that Russia had not yet received anything official from the United States about a 28-point U.S. peace plan for Ukraine, but it was ready to negotiate.
If approved, it would be the first time Japanese utility company Tepco recommences nuclear reactor operations since its Fukushima plant went into meltdown.
Anwar vowed transparency in the probe, but stressed that the Football Association of Malaysia should be allowed to defend itself and the government would not act based on FIFA's findings alone.
However, he stressed that the Malaysian football association should be allowed to defend itself.
It will provide details on service operations and information such as how to purchase tickets.
NEW DELHI - Air cargo services between India and Afghanistan will be launched soon, an Indian foreign ministry official said on Friday, as the two countries seek to reset ties amid soured relations with common neighbour Pakistan.
JOHANNESBURG - The European Union will keep on supporting Ukraine as Ukraine is the victim of an aggression, the EU Commission's President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday, adding that sanctions on Russia are hurting the Russian economy.
BEIJING/TOKYO - Chinese diplomats airing hawkish views, known as \"wolf warriors\", have returned to the global stage, drumming up criticism of Japan's prime minister in countries that suffered from its military actions during World War Two.
The official said Japan had Taiwan’s highest-level support.
TAIPEI - China is the real regional \"troublemaker\", a senior Taiwanese security official said on Friday, personally giving out copies of a new civil defence handbook the government is sending to every household on the island as China tensions rise.
The dog was sitting on the chair when it suddenly got trapped in a hole at the base.
The most commonly reported virus was the type-A Hong Kong strain.
Renewed talk of no-longer-secret negotiations between the Kremlin and the White House over a plan to end the war in Ukraine that heavily favors Russia adds to a broader sense of doom in Kyiv and among its Western partners. Coupled with the fallout from a sweeping corruption
As irrational AI exuberance courses through global markets, it stands to reason that sky-high Chinese stock valuations might also appear divorced from real-world fundamentals. The second-largest economy is slowing, after all, upping the odds that deflation isn’t going away
It said e-cigarettes are increasingly being adulterated with a range of narcotics, posing severe health risks.
The junta’s urgency to conduct operations may have been linked with anxiety over possible US actions.
KYIV - Ukraine called on its partners to respect its position as work continues on the technical level to study a U.S.-backed plan to end the war, a senior Ukrainian official said on Friday.
China’s quiet mobilization of civilian ships for beach-landing drills signals a stark new phase in its bid to intimidate Taiwan—blurring the line between logistics and coercive psychological warfare. This month, Reuters reported that China is mobilizing its vast civilian fleet
About a dozen concerts with Japanese musicians in major Chinese cities have been abruptly cancelled.
Japan is trying to revive its nuclear sector and reduce fossil fuel imports.
The Indian government has said that over the long term, its climate policies will help prevent further damage to heritage sites such as the Taj Mahal.
SEOUL - Chinese cruise operators are scrambling to avoid Japanese ports as Beijing and Tokyo engage in a diplomatic dispute, which is expected to spur demand for tourism in South Korea, according to sources and cruise schedules reviewed by Reuters.