GENEVA, Feb 23 - The U.S. met a Russian delegation in Geneva on Monday and will meet a Chinese delegation on Tuesday for talks about forging a potential multilateral nuclear arms control treaty, a senior U.S. State Department official said.
WASHINGTON, Feb 23 - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday warned countries against backing away from recently negotiated trade deals with the U.S. after the Supreme Court struck down his emergency tariffs, saying that he would hit them with much higher duties under different
CAIRO, Feb 23 - Islamic State militants killed four Syrian government security personnel in northern Syria on Monday, the Syrian state news agency reported, in what would be the group's deadliest attack on government forces since the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad.
Feb 23 - Ukrainian drones have struck a Russian pumping station serving the key Druzhba oil pipeline set up to supply Moscow's crude to eastern Europe, a Ukrainian security official said on Monday.
For many Western readers, the Chinese Spring Festival may appear as little more than red lanterns, fireworks and family gatherings. Yet within Chinese culture it is in fact the Chinese New Year — the beginning of a new cycle of time, a cultural river flowing unbroken for
Feb 23 - Another round of talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine could be held at end of this week, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief of staff told Ukrainian media on Monday.
ISLAMABAD/ KABUL, Feb 23 - At least 13 civilians were killed and seven injured in Pakistani airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan, the United Nations said on Monday, as cross-border tensions escalated following a string of suicide bombings in Pakistan.
Duterte is accused of crimes against humanity during a long and bloody war on drugs in which thousands were killed.
Nepalese police say the British national was a 24-year-old man.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor remains eighth in line to the throne despite being stripped of his titles.
KYIV, Feb 23 - Ukraine has regained control of 400 square kilometres of territory, including eight settlements, along a section of the southern frontline since the end of January, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Monday.
LONDON, Feb 23 - Britain's populist Reform UK party unveiled \"radical\" plans on Monday to stop what it called an immigration \"invasion\", promising to create an agency to deport thousands of illegal migrants and to leave human rights treaties if it wins power.
LONDON, Feb 23 - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he would back plans to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of succession to the British throne, according to a letter shared by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's office.
Feb 23 - Iraq's foreign minister said on Monday Turkey had agreed to take back Turkish citizens from among thousands of Islamic State detainees transferred to Iraq from Syria when camps and prisons there were shut in recent weeks.
THE HAGUE, Feb 23 - Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was \"pivotal\" in the murder of thousands of people during his rule, prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Monday, as they pushed for his trial to go ahead.
The US Supreme Court may have imposed a legal check on Donald Trump’s presidential power, but for global businesses and governments, the era of tariff turbulence is far from over, say experts.
In Brazil, the authorities have reported cases involving fake sales of South Korean travel packages.
LISBON, Feb 23 - The U.S. ambassador to Portugal has urged Lisbon to replace its ageing F-16 fighter jets with Lockheed Martin's F-35, saying the stealth jet would ensure interoperability with Europe's top-tier air forces.
The Philippines-held Thitu is the largest and most prized feature in the Spratly archipelago.
It was not clear who operated the drones or how close they came to aircraft.
THITU ISLAND, South China Sea, Feb 23 - As the Philippine Coast Guard plane descended toward the country's most strategically important outpost in the disputed South China Sea, passengers' phones lit up with a roaming alert: \"Welcome to CHINA.\"
The quake was at a depth of 633km.
TOKYO — Asia has spent the few days since the Supreme Court struck down Donald Trump’s tariffs bracing for what might come next from the most mercantilist White House in 125 years. On Friday, the court ruled against the US president’s claim that the International Emergency
SYDNEY, Feb 23 - The Trump Organization has signed a deal to build its first tower in Australia, in a project worth A$1.5 billion ($1.06 billion) that developers say will become the country’s tallest building.
The headlines are predictable by now. The United States restricts chip exports. Chinese labs release competitive models. Pundits declare who is “winning” the artificial intelligence race. The language borrows from sport and war: sprints, breakthroughs and supremacy. It makes
An Indian delegation was expected to travel to Washington this week to finalise the terms of a trade deal.
Malaysia does not currently limit how long a prime minister can serve.
The bus was carrying a total of 44 people.
After the Supreme Court ruling, Trump said he would impose new levies of 15% on goods entering the US.
Arianto Tawakal’s family denied allegations that the 14-year-old was involved in illegal street racing when he was struck with a helmet by a police officer while riding his motorcycle.
Ahmad Samsuri, 55, popularly known as Dr Sam, has served as the chief minister of Terengganu since 2018. He was the sole nominee for the chairman’s post and voted into the role unanimously.
The announcement by the rubber-stamp party congress comes as little surprise given the Kim family's grip since the 1940s.
The 91-storey tower is expected to become Australia’s tallest.
China’s expanding missile and surveillance networks are turning US airbases into high-value targets, forcing the Air Force to abandon its Cold War-era force design and relearn how to fight, survive and sustain combat power in a contested Pacific. That case is laid out most
Individuals appear to place a strong emphasis on being self-conscious about others’ opinions.
HONG KONG, Feb 23 - Hong Kong's Court of Appeal rejected an appeal by 12 pro‑democracy activists and upheld their jail terms on Monday in a national security case that critics say highlights the China-ruled city's crackdown on dissent.
A video on social media shows a car with a Malaysian registration number being chased by auxiliary police.
The world is witnessing one of the most unconventional geopolitical experiments of the 21st century. Donald Trump is no longer positioning himself merely as a mediator in the traditional diplomatic mold. Instead, he has effectively appointed himself chief restructuring officer
BEIJING/HONG KONG/SEOUL, Feb 23 - China is making a \"full assessment\" of the U.S. Supreme Court's tariff ruling and has urged Washington to lift \"unilateral tariff measures\" on its trading partners, warning that fighting between the two countries is \"harmful\".
Feb 23 - U.S. President Donald Trump said he will raise a temporary tariff on U.S. imports from all countries to 15% from 10%, following a Supreme Court decision striking down a large swath of his tariffs. The new levies are grounded in a separate but untested law, known as
Proceeds from the sale will be donated to underprivileged communities and those affected by disasters, said Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, the former president’s son. The buyer, Low Tuck Kwong, is one of Indonesia's richest people.
In case you haven’t heard, the Supreme Court just ruled many of Donald Trump’s tariffs illegal: [T]he Supreme Court ruled that the unilaterally imposed [tariffs] were illegal…No longer does Trump have a tariff “on/off” switch…Future tariffs will need to be imposed by lengthy,
Cheryl Grimmer's family have been petitioning police to consider the new evidence they say they've found.
They include former lawmakers, a journalist and an Australian citizen.
Sandiwara, the 10-minute film directed by Oscar-winner Sean Baker, was shot on iPhone and features George Town's Red Garden Food Paradise.
The appeals from the 12 democracy campaigners, including ex-lawmaker "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung and former journalist Gwyneth Ho, were heard last year.
