Indonesia last October classified the "spread of LGBTQ culture" as one of the country's non-military threats. A series of developments thrust the provision into the public eye this month, sparking a debate.
Indian protesters rallying Monday in New Delhi under the banner of the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party were attacked by police as they marched toward the country’s Parliament demanding the resignation of the country’s education minister and denouncing the government of Prime
Houthi rebels in Yemen on Monday announced they were imposing a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia in yet another threat to global petroleum supplies amid the US war on Iran. Yahya Saree, spokesperson for the Houthis, said in a video announcement that the militia would be
The company said it expects Qdenga to become available in India in the first half of 2027.
KABUL, July 20 - At least 20 people were killed in flash floods in northeastern Afghanistan on Monday, the Taliban-run government said.
Mammalian meat allergy is a growing problem along Australia's east coast - and it's caused by tick bites.
Some protesters demanding education reforms said they were injured in clashes with police who banned the march.
The aviation authorities have cast doubt on the company's flight personnel qualifications and the airworthiness of their aircraft.
DUBAI, July 20 - Opposition to Iran's clerical rulers has long simmered in the country's impoverished south. But after bearing the brunt of U.S. strikes this month, many residents are directing their anger at President Donald Trump and an air campaign they say has upended their
Sitting alongside Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Anutin sang a classic hit by Taiwanese star Teresa Teng.
Police cracked down at the protest site, beating protesters with sticks and firing tear gas in the vicinity.
In the results of the latest screening, nearly half of the 18.8 million applicants were rejected.
FARNBOROUGH, England, July 20 - Plans for the new Global Combat Air Programme fighter jet to be in service by 2035 will not change even if a new country joins the British, Italian and Japanese programme, the chief executive of the joint venture designing the plane said on
LONDON, July 20 - Oil transfers between tankers in waters outside the Strait of Hormuz have slowed following a wave of recent attacks on vessels by Iranian forces, according to satellite analysis and sources.
MOSCOW, July 20 - The Kremlin said on Monday that it would welcome contacts between U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Manila this week where members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are gathering.
The Nongsa-Changi Cable adds high-speed capacity between Batam and Singapore, bolstering the digital corridor.
China’s construction of what may be the world’s largest naval replenishment ship signals its growing expeditionary ambitions — and highlights the vulnerability of the US’s base-dependent model of power projection. This month, multiple media outlets reported that satellite
While the focus of global news remains on Iran, the Strait of Hormuz and the Russia-Ukraine war, a significant new arena of contestation has opened in the Bay of Bengal. In April this year, India’s National Maritime Security Strategy 2026 (INMSS-2026) identified the eastern
The cable, set to be operational in September, will be the shortest and most direct connection between Changi and Nongsa Digital Park in Batam, an emerging digital hub that hosts a growing cluster of data centres and is seen as a digital bridge between the two countries.
One of the prosecutors questioned her fitness to hold public office.
MANILA, July 20 - The Philippine Senate ordered banks and the Anti-Money Laundering Council on Monday to produce financial records for Vice President Sara Duterte, her husband and several linked entities, a procedural win for prosecutors seeking to prove she amassed unexplained
Direct flights between Sarawak and Singapore will be priced below RM400 (S$126).
July 20 - Hundreds of people led by the chief minister of Indian Kashmir shouted slogans and staged a protest in the capital Delhi on Monday, demanding statehood for the region, seven years after it was turned into a federal territory.
The Philippines accused the China Coast Guard of clubbing a Filipino sailor with a baton during the incident.
MANILA, July 20 - The Philippines accused Chinese coast guard personnel on Monday of aggressively striking one of its navy staff in the head with a wooden baton during an encounter in the South China Sea, an incident its defence ministry described as part of a \"clear pattern
The campaign has focused largely on bread-and-butter issues, particularly the rising cost of living and the economy.
Volatile fuel and electricity prices are key driver of change for energy-vulnerable economy.
He died at a hospital, surrounded by his family, after a period of declining health.
ODESA, Ukraine July 20 - A Russian missile strike on a ship carrying corn near Ukraine's southern port of Odesa killed 10 people, Ukrainian officials said on Monday, in the deadliest attack in a weeks-long flare-up of violence in the Black Sea.
The meeting will focus on key challenges including energy and food security, the ongoing crisis in Myanmar and South China Sea tensions.
The third India-Australia Annual Summit in Melbourne on July 9 produced outcomes across defense, energy, critical minerals, technology and education — 18 in all. But by far the most significant deliverable centered on Australian uranium exports to India. After nearly 12 years
BBC's Azadeh Moshiri reports as thousands attempt to march to India's parliament in support of the Cockroach Janta Party's demand for education reforms.
Thai PM Anutin Charnvirakul raised the concerns with Chinese President Xi Jinping in a meeting on July 17.
Eight people died in the disaster on July 17 in the county of Pengshui in Chongqing.
More rain is predicted over the next few days.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is set to meet Philippine counterpart Ma. Theresa Lazaro.
Sonam Wangchuk is best known for campaigning on issues affecting his Himalayan region of Ladakh.
NEW DELHI, July 20 - Indian social activist Sonam Wangchuk may be pushing 60, but he has become the face of a Gen Z movement demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's education minister over exam paper leaks, drawing wider support after he was forcibly taken
The song became the first YouTube video to reach one billion views in December 2012.
MOSCOW, July 20 - Russia's President Vladimir Putin met North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui an the Kremlin on Sunday, thanking her for help in what Moscow calls the special military operation, the Kremlin said.
Conviction rate of sexual abuse suspects in Hong Kong stands at 9 per cent.
Shipping restrictions on shiitake mushrooms grown on logs in open fields remain in parts of eastern Japan.
America’s Asia-Pacific defense decentralization policy is rooted in a systemic crisis gripping its military-industrial complex. The breaking point has come to light amid its ongoing conflict with Iran, combined with a protracted maritime campaign against Houthi militants in the
YAWATA, Japan, July 20 - The mayor of a small Japanese city became the first sitting mayor in the country to take maternity leave on Monday, a decision that has drawn some criticism at home and attracted international media attention.
The daily round-trip service will be operated by Air China, connecting Beijing and Ulaanbaatar.