US President Donald Trump has remade American foreign policy into a dangerous mix of belligerence, atrocity crimes and incoherent lunacy. The broad elements of the Trump administration’s almost non-existent Myanmar policy are well known. The gutting of the US Agency for
LONDON, July 30 - A Russian overnight attack that killed a family near the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih likely used a North Korean missile, two sources said, in what would be the first time such a weapon had been fired in the war in nearly a year.
A Meta spokesperson said at the time that the post had been blocked inadvertently.
Explaining stock market movements is always a little bit of a fool’s errand; no one really understands why stocks boom or crash on a given day or in a given week. Over the long run, the stock market displays lots of “excess volatility” — prices move up and down much more than
This comes after Indian-made cough syrups were linked by global health authorities to child deaths in other countries.
BEIJING, July 30 - Authorities in northwest China's Shaanxi and Gansu provinces issued emergency alerts and closed dozens of tourist sites on Thursday as heavy rain raised the risk of floods and landslides, state media reports showed.
BEIRUT/RIYADH, July 30 - As the Iran war escalates again, Gulf Arab states are looking to China - not Washington - to use its economic leverage over Iran to open up the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea, testing how far Beijing is able and willing to pressurise Tehran.
The free meals programme was launched in 2025 with the aim of feeding 83 million school children and expectant mothers.
"Negotiations between parties are ongoing, particularly on (the) Strait of Hormuz and to de-escalate," says a Pakistani foreign ministry spokesman.
Police officers quickly noticed inconsistencies in the so-called hostage photograph after receiving the report.
They were accused of offences including criminal conspiracy and cheating.
Appearing increasingly isolated and weakened, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled to Washington this week, where he had a face-to-face meeting with Donald Trump – his eighth of the US president’s second term. Netanyahu is desperate to revive his image as the
The programme will begin full operations from late July after a pilot involving 392 inmates showed improvements.
Repatriated Rohingya could be forced to join the Myanmar military without training, said the group.
The missile was “cold launched” vertically – ejected from its launcher before its engine ignited.
Indians make up more than 20 per cent of the electorate in 11 of the state’s wards.
Two Chinese nationals linked to the murder have been arrested and will be presented in court on Aug 4.
COLOMBO, July 30 - Sri Lankan police are searching for six people regarding the murder of a Chinese national suspected of links to computer-related scams, an official said on Thursday, in a crackdown on cyberscam centres tied to transnational fraud networks.
She ordered preparations to cut the levy to 1 per cent for two years from April 2027.
They were left behind, but were retrieved a day later, and are now in another cat cafe.
The multidimensional crisis that has gripped Myanmar since the military coup on February 1, 2021, has entered a new chapter — one increasingly complex and riddled with contradictions. The move by military chief and coup maker Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to overthrow the
Around 126,000 Rohingya refugees are registered with the UNHCR in Malaysia as of the end of February.
The Jul 25 edition of Guangxi Daily featured a front-page profile of hometown mathematician and Fields Medal winner Wang Hong. The headline’s layered wordplay has won praise and helped turn the copy into an unlikely keepsake.
The issue erupted in June after the BJP state government removed eggs from meals in some state-run schools.
Sara Duterte is facing charges of ill-gotten wealth while in office.
MANILA, July 30 - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved the release of Vice President Sara Duterte's tax records to the Senate in her impeachment trial, where one of the charges she is facing is that she has amassed unexplained wealth while in office.
The top decision-making body of the ruling Communist party, the Politburo, acknowledged "difficulties and challenges facing the economy" at its meeting.
This marks a key milestone as the country moves towards clean energy.
BEIJING, July 30 - China's ruling Communist Party will hold a plenary session of its Central Committee in Beijing in October to discuss party self-governance, state-run Xinhua news agency said on Thursday, citing a Politburo meeting.
July 30 - China made a diplomatic protest to New Zealand on Thursday after Foreign Minister Winston Peters characterised a Chinese-born lawmaker as a \"loudmouth\" whom he urged to \"go back to your own country\" during a debate in parliament.
A wave of artificial intelligence listings is attracting renewed investor interest, as Chinese AI firms seek fresh capital to fund growth despite many still operating at a loss.
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan, July 30 - A drone attack and ambush by Islamist militants at a police post in northwest Pakistan killed at least 10 officers, police said, the second such assault within a week.
The militants ambushed the police check post after hitting it with improvised explosive devices.
An upcoming 26km coastal road in India's financial capital is expected to affect about 45,000 mangrove trees, raising concerns over the loss of a natural defence against flooding and climate change.
Over the past two months, India has tightened oversight across its digital ecosystem, with moves affecting WhatsApp, Telegram, Truecaller and GoDaddy. What are the trade-offs? Experts weigh in.
Laos's small modular reactor plan with Russia risks contaminating the Mekong's rice-growing floodplains and the region's food security The post Upstream nuclear, downstream rice: ecological MAD on the Mekong appeared first on Asia Times .
WASHINGTON/CAIRO, July 30 - The U.S. military said it struck dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard targets in Iran, including military command centres and drone facilities, in a two-hour operation launched after Tehran fired ballistic missiles at U.S. forces in the Middle East.
Former South Korea football coach Hong Myung-bo also denied receiving a US$2.6 million salary but declined to disclose the actual amount.
On July 23, the House of Representatives voted 214-208 to direct President Donald Trump to remove US forces from hostilities with Iran unless Congress authorizes them. Hours later, the Senate rejected a motion to bring a separate war powers resolution out of committee, 47-49.
ANKARA, July 30 - Turkish police detained the opposition mayor of Ankara's Etimesgut district and 51 other suspects on Thursday in a graft investigation, the Interior Ministry said.
KUALA LUMPUR, July 30 - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Myanmar has agreed to take 5,000 Rohingya asylum seekers currently in Malaysia, where there has recently been tension between the refugees and local communities.
The revocation comes ahead of the Malaysian state's Aug 1 election.
Before a Chinese humanoid can take on ground-handling work at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, JAL Ground Service has to decide which jobs are suitable and what safety conditions the machine must meet. GMO AI & Robotics then adjusts its movements for an airport where people, vehicles
Longtime CBS News cameraman Derek Williams, who spent four decades covering some of Asia’s most pivotal events, from the Vietnam War to the Tiananmen Square massacre, died July 22. He was 79. According to his family, ge had been living with Parkinson’s disease and was recently
Thousands of people are staying in evacuation centres, struggling to keep cool as temperatures soar.
Indonesia mines more nickel than any other country, producing more than 60% of the world’s supply. For about a decade, Jakarta has pursued “downstreaming” — a strategy to move beyond exporting raw ore and up the value-added chain. In 2026, Indonesia sharply cut the amount of
At least 30 die as quake-hit Kumamoto battles outages and heatstroke risks.