HANOI, June 11 - Vietnam's Vingroup is accelerating construction in Hanoi of what it says will be the world's largest stadium, betting that future demand will emerge to make the 135,000-seat venue financially viable over the long term.
Police found most of more than 100 children enrolled at the centre with their hands and feet tied up when they raided it in April, the head of child protection at Yogyakarta's police criminal investigation unit, Apri Sawitri, said in an interview with Reuters.
Cuba has been under a US trade embargo since the Eisenhower administration, although it was President John F. Kennedy who implemented a comprehensive embargo on all trade with Cuba. And while every subsequent administration has tried since to cause pain and suffering to the
June 11 - U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Wednesday for his Civil Contract party's 'decisive victory' in weekend elections.
The filmmaker behind landmark films such as 16 Vayathinile and Muthal Mariyathai is widely credited with reshaping Tamil cinema.
Experts said stronger early warning systems were needed.
Buried deep inside a 192-page intelligence authorization bill is Section 622, titled “United States-Israel Intelligence Sharing Enhancement.” It would require the president, acting through the director of national intelligence and as necessary the secretary of defense, to
Two Uyghur men stand accused of planting a bomb at the popular Erawan Hindu shrine.
China is pushing to reshape its image from a manufacturing hub to a provider of high-value services.
Four soldiers to up to three years in prison for their roles in an acid attack.
Some parents think the ban will be more helpful for younger kids who are not yet on social media.
Thailand said it may raise the issue at the World Trade Organization.
India will deploy the Indian Air Force for the first time ever to transport question papers.
Indian investigators likely to issue status report this week on reasons behind delay, Bloomberg says.
An uneasy silence has blanketed the capital, with empty streets, closed shops and patrolling police.
Taiwan's coast guard said Beijing does not hold jurisdiction in the waters it patrolled.
TAIPEI, June 11 - Taiwan's maritime sovereignty cannot be \"violated\" by Chinese efforts to create a false impression of jurisdiction, the island's coast guard said after China ended a patrol off its eastern shores.
The final conclusions of the investigation have yet to be published, although more could become apparent in the coming days.
BANGKOK, June 11 - Ahead of Thailand's February general election, politicians often came to court voters like 69-year-old rice farmer Chaon Taiupok in Ayutthaya, about 80 km (50 miles) north of the capital, Bangkok.
Diesel prices have risen by more than 60 per cent and fertiliser costs by 30 per cent.
Why was a cook leading clients up the world's highest peak? And why was he left to rescue himself?
Comparing the Strait of Hormuz with the Straits of Malacca and Singapore is like comparing apples and oranges, say Collin Koh, Thomas Lim and Eric Ang from the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies.
Restoring calm to the country's financial markets will require a more definitive step, say Daniel Moss and Karishma Vaswani for Bloomberg Opinion.
Long wait times and limited coverage still makes driving more practical than taking a bus in JB.
The move follows concerns over export centralisation and potential market disruption.
No bus stop sign? Google Maps and two apps can tell you exactly when to ring the bell.
June 10 - Federal authorities announced on Wednesday the seizure of 13 internet domains tied to what the U.S. Justice Department called fake consulting firms designed to recruit current or former U.S. government and military employees to provide information to suspected Chinese
With heavyweight Middle East wars going on in Lebanon and Iran, the low-intensity continual takeover of the West Bank by Israel hardly makes a ripple on the world geopolitical scene. The Israeli government has unleashed multiple weapons to subdue the West Bank, a territory long
India's government said three Indian sailors were missing and 21 crew had been rescued after the hit on the Settebello off the coast of Oman.
A week after South Korea’s local elections, the country’s political conversation is shifting in an unexpected direction. On June 10, a public opinion survey showed support for the conservative People Power Party at 41.6%, slightly ahead of the Democratic Party’s 40.4%, despite
GUWAHATI, India, June 10 - Six men from the Naga community in India's northeastern Manipur state have died after they were believed to have been taken hostage by an armed group nearly a month ago, state police said on Wednesday, amid escalating tensions between two
The dead are believed to be Naga civilians abducted on May 13, police said.
NEW DELHI, June 10 - Three Indian seafarers are still missing after 21 other Indian mariners were rescued following an attack on their tanker off the coast of Oman, India's foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
The oil products tanker Settebello was said to be carrying oil from Iran.
JAKARTA, June 10 - Deadly floods and landslides in Indonesia's Sumatra last year have wiped out at least 7% of the total population of the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan, a new report released on Wednesday showed.
At least 58 Tapanuli orang utans were killed in floods in 2025.
TOKYO, June 10 - Yohei Kono, who as Japan's chief cabinet secretary issued a landmark 1993 apology over women forced to work in wartime military brothels, has died. He was 89.
It’s clear that very soon, maybe even later this year, we’ll be producing more chips than we can turn on — except for China. Elon Musk, at World economic forum 2026 When Musk made that remark, his core argument was that the biggest bottleneck to AI advancement is not computing
The US president has angered some fans by using the images of characters like Pikachu and Naruto.
WASHINGTON, June 10 - The United States, Australia, European allies and other countries condemned Iran-backed groups' plots to kill Iranian dissidents, journalists and Jewish communities in a joint statement released on Wednesday.
Investigators are expected to soon release an update on the crash, which killed 260 people last year.
BEIJING, June 10 - Seven individuals and two companies were charged on Wednesday with 25 counts including manslaughter and conspiracy to defraud in relation to a deadly Hong Kong fire last November that killed 168 people, the Hong Kong government said.
Artificial intelligence leaders like Anthropic and OpenAI are racing toward blockbuster IPOs that could value them at over US$1 trillion, driven by the rapid progress of their systems. Against this backdrop, some are arguing that the world should at least have the option to
Retired Major-General Suresh Sallay, through his lawyer, has denied any involvement.