Pakistan’s discreet engagement with Israel signals a US-driven geopolitical shift and strategic recalibration with far-reaching regional and symbolic implications In recent months, Pakistan’s engagement—both overt and discreet—with Israel has intensified in unprecedented ways.
China is experimenting with accelerating the landing of troops and equipment onto multiple Taiwanese beaches.
One passenger fainted during the incident.
TAIPEI - China is rehearsing for a potential invasion of Taiwan using a shadow navy of civilian cargo ships and ferries, according to a Reuters investigation that tracked vessel movements and analyzed satellite imagery of military exercises conducted this summer.
The incident happened suddenly while he was playing in shallow water, his father said.
Ms Paetongtarn Shinawatra said she needs to focus on looking after her father’s well-being.
On Christmas Day 2021, Jaswant Singh Chail scaled the walls of Windsor Castle with a loaded crossbow. When confronted by police, he stated: “I’m here to kill the queen.” In the preceding weeks, Chail had been confiding in Sarai, his AI chatbot on a service called Replika. He
MOSCOW - The Kremlin on Thursday criticised comments on Russian nuclear weapons made by the chairman of Airbus and asked why someone like him was making them in the first place, saying that \"more and more Europeans were \"losing their restraint\".
Besides reinstating a ban on Japanese marine produce, China has boycotted travel to Japan, and cancelled cultural events.
The authorities coordinated to dispatch support vessels to the scene.
The most prophetic post I’ve ever written wasn’t about economics — well, not directly at least. It was about military technology. I’m not much of an expert in that subject, but I managed to make some predictions that were unpopular at the time but which have been borne out
The country lacks the infrastructure to manage and dispose of its mounting rubbish, including an estimated 270,000 metric tonnes of textile waste it produces each year.
Ari Gisell told her boyfriend she liked the tyres on their car, instigating the carjacking that killed three surfers in Mexico last year.
Governments need to enforce policies to accelerate sustainable aviation fuel production and adoption, says the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines' director general Subhas Menon during an interview with CNA’s Yasmin Jonkers.
NEW DELHI - China ran a disinformation campaign to hurt sales of the French Rafale fighter jet after India used the planes in May for the first time against Chinese weapons deployed by its neighbour Pakistan, a bipartisan U.S. commission said this month in a report that the
Southeast Asia–based scam operations have become a global menace. According to the US Department of the Treasury, online scam syndicates have cost American victims $16.6 billion, including $10 billion in 2024 alone. Alarmed by this trend, both Congress and the Trump
There is no easy fix, Japanese officials and analysts say.
BEIJING/TOKYO - Trade cooperation between China and Japan has been \"severely damaged\", the Chinese commerce ministry said on Thursday, urging the Japanese prime minister to retract her comments on Taiwan or face the consequences.
The petition argued that Aespa’s appearance could damage Japan’s image.
The enhanced procedures follow several cases of motorcyclists slipping through without undergoing passport checks.
Scuffles broke out between young activists and loyalists of Nepal's former ruling party on Nov 19.
BRUSSELS - European foreign ministers said on Thursday that any plan to end the war in Ukraine must include Ukrainians and Europeans after the U.S. floated a framework that would involve Kyiv giving up some of its land and weapons and curbing the size of its army.
BEIJING - Japan's relations with China have plunged to their lowest in years after a dispute triggered by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks this month about Taiwan, the democratically-governed island that China claims as its own territory.
The group stressed that atomic bomb survivors cannot allow nuclear arms to be brought into Japan.
The Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition defended its track record in improving the state’s fortunes as hustings for the Nov 29 election heat up.
BRUSSELS - Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on Thursday said the European Union should stop sending money to the Ukrainian government after corruption reports.
South Korea’s largest automaker is charging ahead with its ambitious electrification goals, betting big on EVs while maintaining a strong foothold in hybrids.
More than 20 people were pulled from the water, while more than 10 remain missing.
Centuries of intense rivalry mean their economic embrace can never be taken for granted.
The dog was left behind as his family escaped to higher ground.
He cited graft scandals involving ministers, MPs, former police chief and over 200 police officers.
MANILA – A former Philippine mayor alleged to be a spy for China was convicted Thursday for human trafficking for her role in running a mega-scam center north of Manila. Alice Guo, who last year was dismissed as mayor of Bamban town in Tarlac province, was found guilty and
Between August and November, the US has held nine multilateral war drills near Guam.
When Indonesia established Badan Pengelola Investasi (BPI) Danantara, it was not merely launching a sovereign wealth fund but constructing a political-economic architecture, one that fuses financial ambition with the logic of power. Danantara sits at the intersection of markets
MANILA - A Philippine trial court has sentenced a former mayor accused of having ties to Chinese criminal syndicates to life imprisonment after finding her guilty of human trafficking, a government anti-crime agency said on Thursday.
Extremist networks have adapted quickly to the digital habits of young people.
Nearly 200 people have been attacked by bears in Japan in 2025 and 13 have died.
China indicated it would ban all imports of seafood from Japan.
SYDNEY - Five Chinese research vessels, including ships used for space and missile tracking and underwater mapping, were active in the northwest Pacific last month, as the United States stepped up military exercises, data from a Guam-based group shows.
Strangers started offering money, and together raised 50,000 pesos (S$1,100) to save the animal.
More than 43,000 houses were submerged while several major roads remained blocked due to landslides.
Effective Thursday (Nov 20), China is allowing Taiwan residents to obtain single-entry permits on arrival at 100 entry checkpoints, up from 58.
Officials said Ms Takaichi cannot satisfy Beijing's core demand to retract her comment.
Guo had served as mayor of a town north of Manila while pretending to be a Philippine citizen.