WASHINGTON, Sept 17 - A delegation of U.S. officials traveled to Myanmar this week and met with the country's military-backed government to secure the release of detained US citizen Adam Castillo, a Department of State spokesman said on Thursday.
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 17 - Russia and China ended on Thursday a United Nations Security Council mandate for the independent monitoring of international sanctions on Iran, reviving their argument that all UN measures on Tehran had been removed under a nuclear deal with world
The airspace will be closed for all flights except for commercial airline flights, approved business flights, and emergency services.
The call came a week ahead of an expected visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to the US, with a meeting with President Donald Trump set to take place on Sep 24, Trump had said.
The call came ahead of an expected visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to the US.
Sept 17 - A Yemeni living in Saudi Arabia was killed on Thursday in the interception of a drone, which the kingdom's civil defence said was launched by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis.
Memory chip giant's unions want a one-off bonus of 83 months’ salary and quarterly profit-sharing.
LAHORE, Sept 17 - Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday suspended 17-year prison sentences handed to prominent rights lawyer Imaan Mazari and her husband, and ordered them freed on bail, lifting a detention that has been criticised by activists.
The search-and-rescue operation involving 22 naval assets “has been deemed ineffective”.
Some called the event embarrassing, especially given the number of foreign tourists.
The 42-page report found that there were no working smoke detectors or sprinklers.
Sept 17 - Pakistan announced on Thursday a cut in fuel for official vehicles, bans on vehicle purchases by the state, foreign visits by officials, and official dinners, as part of a slew of austerity measures in a bid to conserve energy as fuel prices spike due to the Gulf
Closing an online scam center stops criminal activity, but it does not dismantle the network behind it. The people directing the operation may be in another country, while the money can move across borders through bank accounts or digital payment systems. If we want to
Many communities near the epicentre of the disaster remain cut off, with the UN working alongside Nepal's government to get emergency supplies into devastated areas.
SYDNEY, Sept 17 - Australia is considering barring the use of camera-equipped smart glasses in government workplaces due to privacy and security concerns, in what it said could be the first ban of its kind.
DUBAI, Sept 17 - China has privately asked Tehran to help rein in Yemen's Houthis after an appeal to Beijing by Saudi Arabia following the Iran-backed group's military blitz in the past week, according to three Iranian sources familiar with the matter.
The US and China are offering the world different pitches in AI governance and cooperation.
In a report ahead of the conference, the agency's head Rafael Grossi said it had identified an additional uranium enrichment facility at Yongbyon, which Pyongyang purportedly decommissioned after talks but later reactivated in 2021.
The meeting is a rare and unusual move signalling possible “intervention”, according to sources.
ISLAMABAD/DHAKA, Sept 17 - In Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, Parvin Akter times her cooking to the neighborhood's availability of piped gas. With gas in intermittent supply as a result of a global energy crunch, she now sometimes has to wait until midnight to cook her dinner.
About 350 members of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces arrived last week in the West Kalimantan province.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto suggested stiffening laws to classify such acts as "ecological terrorism".
From mortgages to auto loans to credit cards, borrowing is set to get even pricier. But the Federal Reserve’s decision on September 16, 2026, to hike its baseline interest rate also highlighted an increasingly confounding dilemma: It can raise the price of money across the
The dormant conflict in Yemen has erupted once more, with the Houthi rebel group seizing control of the Red Sea port city of Mocha and a number of islands from Yemeni government forces in recent weeks. This has given the Houthis a foothold close to the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a
Units in Japanese capital and three surrounding prefectures have an average price of S$800,230.
Sept 17 - The board of India's Tata Sons has approved a fresh five-year term for N. Chandrasekaran as executive chairman, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday, reversing his decision last month not to seek reappointment.
In December 2024, the share of South Koreans ages 65 and older surpassed 20% for the first time, making it what demographers like us call a “super-aged society.” By August 2026 that share had risen further, to 22.1%. That label can sound like a diagnosis, but population aging
A panel of legal experts proposed that clients be penalised for solicitation both in public and online.
Speaking to CNA’s Roland Lim at the Gastech 2026 energy conference in Bangkok, government and industry leaders said countries will need more diverse energy supplies and stronger regional links as disruptions expose Asia’s vulnerability to supply shocks.
Prime ministers in Japan routinely shuffle their cabinets to refresh the government's public image and to distribute ministerial posts to loyal supporters and experienced lawmakers from the same party.
Dried ants were imported and used as a garnish on a sherbet dessert.
BEIJING, Sept 17 - A range of delegates to China's flagship defence conference this week expressed fears over the potential for unchecked AI development and technology rivalries to further heighten risks across the global security environment
The mother also appealed to legal professionals to provide the family with guidance and assistance.
Both sides accuse each other of causing the collision which happened in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday.
The move gave Pyongyang a key source of revenue to fund its unlawful weapons programmes.
The reshuffle signalled prioritising continuity as Sanae Takaichi enters the second year of her premiership.
Last week, Indonesia’s Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs sent 32 officials to China for a 14-day training course on how to negotiate international economic deals. The Academy for International Business Officials, a school under China’s Ministry of Commerce, is running
Trump’s tariff threat puts India’s Russian oil strategy- and its access to the US market - in a new bind.
The country is battling its most intense wildfires in 11 years, with El Nino weather conditions parching forests and fields.
Rapidly warming temperatures in the region have caused glaciers to thin and have melted ice and permafrost buried deep in the bedrock of the Himalayas, according to the researchers.
A new study says climate change was a likely factor in the massive flood on the Nepal-Tibet border last month.
The KentahiKu project deters hunting by making animals worth more alive than dead.
The reforms are expected to bring annual net migration down to about 225,000 by 2028.
The government wants to reduce net overseas migration to 225,000 people by 2028.
