TAIPEI, April 9 - Taiwan's parliament should pass a stalled special defence budget to send a signal to China and the world that it is serious about peace through strength, U.S. Senator Jim Banks said during a meeting with President Lai Ching-te in Taipei.
In this Makan Kakis series, Mediacorp GOLD 905’s Denise Tan joins writer and JB resident David Ngiau on a food trail from Larkin to Taman Melodies for authentic Minang flavours and a spot of cafe-hopping.
A major hurdle for Beijing will be proving a new lunar mission architecture within the next four years.
BEIJING, April 9 - As NASA's record-breaking Artemis mission bolsters the U.S. path back to the moon, China's bid to land astronauts there by 2030 is taking on greater geopolitical significance and putting pressure on Beijing to meet or beat its timetable.
The tests came as North Korea reiterated its characterisation of South Korea as a “hostile enemy”.
ATHENS, April 8 - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday it would be unacceptable for ships to have to pay a fee to cross the Strait of Hormuz as Iran has suggested, and such a move would set a dangerous precedent for freedom of navigation.
Ben Roberts-Smith's case is not only unprecedented for Australia but "extraordinary" for the globe too, historians say.
Iran said Wednesday that it is blocking shipping through the Strait of Hormuz over Israel’s escalating bombardment of Lebanon, actions that are threatening to unravel the tenuous ceasefire agreed to less than a day ago. Fars, an Iranian state media outlet, reported that
BUDAPEST, April 8 - Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday said Tehran's negotiators thought the U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreed to on Tuesday included Lebanon, but the U.S. had in fact not agreed to that.
Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, announced that a two-week ceasefire had been agreed between the US and Iran in the early hours of April 8. Delegates from both sides are expected to attend further talks in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on Friday. This comes less
WASHINGTON, April 8 - The top U.S. general said on Wednesday U.S. troops stood ready to resume fighting if Tehran failed to strike a negotiated settlement as the Trump administration sought to portray the war as a decisive victory against Iran.
In 1958 Senator John F. Kennedy, getting ready for his upcoming presidential campaign, said the United States faced a serious and dangerous missile gap. “The Soviet Union is rapidly building up a missile striking force that endangers our power to retaliate – and thus our
ISLAMABAD/TEL AVIV, April 8 - Mediation efforts to halt the war in Iran were hours from collapse when Pakistan mounted an overnight diplomatic push to secure a temporary ceasefire and bring Washington and Tehran into direct negotiations, four Pakistani sources told Reuters.
ASUNCION, April 8 - Panama's top diplomat on Wednesday said a rise in inspections and detentions of Panama-flagged vessels in China stemmed from a Panama court ruling against Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison and asked China to respect its sovereign affairs.
WASHINGTON, April 8 - The World Bank, International Monetary Fund and the U.N. World Food Programme warned on Wednesday that sharp increases in oil, natural gas and fertilizer prices triggered by the war in the Middle East will inevitably cause rising food prices and food
Expanded ‘Balikatan’ combat drills are a sign of deeper South China Sea defense coordination, experts say.
WASHINGTON, April 8 - Here is what we know following Tuesday evening's dramatic reversal by U.S. President Donald Trump of his threats to attack Iran's civilian infrastructure.
Ceasefires are often presented as moments of relief – pauses in violence that open the door to diplomacy. But sometimes they reveal something more consequential: who has actually gained from the war. The emerging ceasefire between the US, Israel and Iran may be one of those
Bangladesh is heavily dependent on energy imports, disrupted by the US-Israeli war against Iran.
WASHINGTON, April 8 - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that imports from countries supplying Iran with military weapons will face immediate 50% tariffs with no exemptions, announcing the threatened duty in a social media post just hours after agreeing to a two-week
Officials urged visitors not to panic, but said direct contact should be avoided for safety reasons.
It boils down to a single, loaded question: Is BTS straying from K-pop in trying to woo the world?
WASHINGTON, April 8 - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres's personal envoy has arrived in Iran as part of a regional tour aimed at backing \"a comprehensive and durable resolution\" to the Iran war, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
GENEVA, April 8 - Iran will approach peace talks with the U.S. with far more caution than in previous negotiations due to a big gap in trust, and the war will affect the future legal regime of the Strait of Hormuz, the Iranian ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva said on Wednesday.
April 8 - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that the United States has had a decisive military victory over Iran and that Tehran's missile program has been functionally destroyed.
ANKARA, April 8 - Turkey’s intelligence agency played a key role in diplomatic efforts leading to a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran, Turkish media reported on Wednesday, citing security sources.
April 8 - The United States, Israel and Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire, reached with Pakistani mediation, and U.S. and Iranian officials are expected to hold talks on Friday to discuss a long-term settlement.
Footage of the incident shows a man inside the enclosure and recording Moo Deng with a tablet.
Islamabad has accused Afghanistan of harbouring militants responsible for cross-border attacks.
BUDAPEST, April 8 - U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Wednesday that Ukraine's president had made \"scandalous\" comments about Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, as he echoed Budapest's accusations that Kyiv was using energy supplies to try to influence elections there.
President Donald Trump’s acceptance of a Pakistani proposal for a two-week ceasefire in the war with Iran brings a sigh of relief to the international community. Just hours before, many had been alarmed by Trump’s threats to bomb Iran back to “the stone age” and destroy its
OSLO, April 8 - The Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Wednesday it was condemning \"Russia's attempt to criminalise Memorial\" and to designate the human rights group, a co-recipient of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, as an extremist organisation.
The director of the Thai zoo where Moo Deng lives said security would be upped after the incident.
The parties to the Iran war have agreed to a ceasefire. Thus, Donald Trump loses, for now, an opportunity to bomb Iran back to the Stone Age. He must also postpone the destruction of the mausoleum of the incomparable Ferdowsi, the national poet who a thousand years ago wrote
BUDAPEST, April 8 - U.S. President Donald Trump is \"impatient\" about making progress toward ending the Iran war and has instructed his negotiating team to engage the Iranians in good faith, Vice President JD Vance said on Wednesday.
BANGKOK, April 8 - The three crewmen on the Thai-flagged vessel that was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz last month have died, Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow said at a press conference on Wednesday.
A reported standoff between BYD and Malaysia’s Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) over strict manufacturing conditions has left the Chinese automaker’s RM1.3 billion Tanjung Malim assembly plant in limbo.
The matter was discussed in a February meeting with the Home Ministry.
The Iran war may have paused, if not finally ended. Iran has lost its leaders, half of its missile and drone stocks, and a substantial part of its military and civil infrastructure. Thousands of Iranians, a majority of them combatants, have been killed or injured. The US has
ISTANBUL, April 8 - Turkish authorities have detained 10 people in connection with Tuesday's gun attack near the Israeli consulate in Istanbul as the investigation widened, Turkish media reported on Wednesday.
KYIV, April 8 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he welcomed the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, adding that Kyiv was ready to \"respond in kind\" if Moscow ceased strikes.
President Trump believes China had a hand in bringing Iran to the negotiating table.