BERLIN, Dec 12 - Berlin has summoned Russia's ambassador over what it said was a huge increase in threatening hybrid activities including disinformation campaigns, espionage, cyberattacks and attempted sabotage, a German foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday.
China had in September approved the creation of a national nature reserve there.
STOCKHOLM, Dec 12 - Finland said on Friday it would procure Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) from the United States.
KYIV, Dec 12 - Ukrainian forces have retaken parts of the northeastern town of Kupiansk and several villages around it in an operation that encircled Russian troops, a Ukrainian military commander said on Friday.
The adult film actress was cleared of breaking the country's strict anti-pornography laws.
BANGKOK, Dec 12 - Thailand is set for an earlier-than-expected election after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul dissolved parliament amid a fierce border conflict with Cambodia and political turmoil that risked the collapse of his fragile minority government.
KYIV, Dec 12 - Ukraine's special forces said on Friday they had conducted an operation alongside what they described as a local resistance movement to hit two Russian ships transporting weapons and military equipment in the Caspian sea.
NEW DELHI, Dec 12 - India and France have struck a deal to revise their 1992 treaty which will halve the tax on dividends paid by Indian units to French parents, potentially saving millions for companies with major operations in the South Asian nation, documents show.
Traffic came to a standstill in some areas and a stage set up for a later event collapsed.
It has fuelled speculation about the fate of Mr Ma Xingrui amid President Xi’s anti-corruption purge.
Despite government concerns about economic stagnation in the villages, some think there are job opportunities there.
The deal comes months after Prada faced backlash for allegedly appropriating a sandal design made by Indian artisans.
66.9 per cent of bear attacks between April and November 2025 are from north-western Japan.
Police said, however, they found no evidence of adult material.
MOSCOW, Dec 12 - Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said on Friday that Moscow has not seen revised U.S. proposals made after the most recent talks with Ukraine, but that it may not like parts of them.
His Bhumjaithai party stands to gain, but a hung Parliament looms, analysts say.
The choice was also influenced by heightened attention on another kind of bear: the giant panda.
CNA’s Amir Yusof boarded the first northbound electric train from JB Sentral to Kuala Lumpur to find out.
CNA’s Amir Yusof boarded the first northbound electric train from JB Sentral to Kuala Lumpur to see how it compares to other transport options.
The 76-year-old Murakami lived in the United States in the early 1990s.
The country's meteorological department expects a monsoon surge from Dec 14 to 18.
The man, surnamed Zhang, had scattered toxic substances in a residential compound in Beijing.
One question asked students to consider the nature of time and clocks.
A snowboarder described how one of the animals chased him on the piste.
An independent committee is investigating malpractices that bedevil the city’s construction industry.
Environmentalists have blamed deforestation in some provinces for causing flood disasters.
The 1.2km-long bridge is part of major integrated development plans on Penang’s northern coast.
Tapanulis are incredibly rare, with fewer than 800 left in the wild in part of Indonesia’s Sumatra.
Although online searches for new spots have surged, the buzz has not translated into more traffic.
Former Netflix star Matt Wright was found guilty of lying to police over a fatal chopper crash in 2022.
The move paves the way for an election to be held as early as February.
Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong and China’s Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang will co-chair the 21st Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation meeting (JCBC).
It presented evidence that photographs circulating on social media have been fabricated.
HONG KONG, Dec 12 - Hong Kong's High Court will hand down a verdict in the trial of media tycoon and China critic Jimmy Lai on Monday.
SYDNEY, Dec 12 - Papua New Guinea said on Friday that Alphabet's Google will build three subsea cables, funded by Australia under a mutual defence treaty, in a key upgrade to the digital backbone of the biggest Pacific Island nation.
The youth-led protests and the unrest that followed killed 77 people and injured more than 2,000 others.
He will co-chair the Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation with Chinese Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang.
US President Donald Trump is keen to intervene again to stop the fighting and salvage the truce he brokered in October.
Renewed fighting has displaced around half a million people on both sides.
The US is weighing the application, said Malaysia's attorney general's chambers.
Rosmah Mansor was acquitted on Dec 19 last year of 12 money laundering charges involving RM7.09 million (US$1.73 million) and five charges of failing to declare her income to the Inland Revenue Board.
Mr Jiang Hui has spent more than a decade seeking answers with relatives of other Chinese victims.
The 59-year-old, who championed decriminalisation of cannabis in Thailand, was elected in September.
The activists are among 34 pro-democracy campaigners for whom Hong Kong in 2024 offered a bounty.