July 9 - Preliminary investigations into the cell responsible for Tuesday's bombings in Damascus have shown it was affiliated with Islamic State, a senior Syrian security official said on Thursday.
Officials say the app will help stalking victims, but some experts question the impact it might have.
Both Bersama and MUDA have rejected claims that they are splitting the opposition vote in Johor which would affect Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s Pakatan Harapan pact.
SEOUL, July 10 - North Korea has decided on measures to strengthen its nuclear forces \"quantitatively and qualitatively\" as leader Kim Jong Un called for modernising its military, state media KCNA reported on Friday.
Weak enforcement and poor road design put every motorbike journey at risk.
Record investment has transformed Johor, but voters say job and housing woes remain unresolved.
KYIV, July 9 - Ukraine and the United States have reached a political agreement on licences for production of PAC-3 Patriot interceptors, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday, adding that key supplies of the missiles were to arrive in the next few days.
The United States has launched a series of strikes on Iran in response to the Iranian targeting of vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. These are the most severe violations yet of the Memorandum of Understanding that came into effect on June 17, and may signal an end to the truce.
BEIJING, July 9 - Cities and provinces in northern China are on alert for intense rainfall on Friday as Typhoon Bavi — potentially the most powerful storm the country has seen in years — channelled moisture northward.
Footage shows huge flames rising from a building and thick, black smoke rising into the sky.
The Indian Prime Minister was in Melbourne on a three-day visit.
July 9 - Multiple Pakistani law enforcement agencies were targeted in separate hacking campaigns linked to groups associated with China and India, researchers at cybersecurity firm SentinelOne said on Thursday.
With people still trapped inside hours after the blaze began, fire and rescue teams dispatched 183 people and 35 vehicles to the scene, the Ministry of Emergency Management said.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said the fire resulted in "heavy human losses" and called for increased search and rescue efforts.
The US decision to indict jailed Indian gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his alleged North American associate, Satinderjeet Singh (“Goldy Brar”), for allegedly directing the 2023 assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada is more than another organized crime
ISLAMABAD, July 9 - The family of Faisal Jatoi, the Pakistani co-pilot missing with four others after their cargo plane crashed into the Arabian Sea, faced an agonising wait for news on Thursday, as rescuers continued their search.
Widespread power disruptions have hit multiple regions across Indonesia in recent months.
The fossil expands the known range of mamenchisaurid sauropods beyond China into South-east Asia.
The Delhi High Court earlier ordered Google to pay damages of US$31,600 and other litigation costs.
The girl's body was fished out from a pond on Sunday - a day after her family reported her missing.
A batch of soybean oil supplied by Taichung-based Central Union Oil was found to contain excessive levels of benzo[a]pyrene, a carcinogenic compound.
As Japan expands investment in its space ambitions and seeks closer international collaborations, industry players say the country is becoming an increasingly important hub for commercial and strategic space activities in the Asia Pacific.
Anwar and Anutin also agreed to accelerate cross-border infrastructure projects and pursue a special border economic zone.
HANOI, July 9 - Foreign Ministers of the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN will hold an informal meeting with their Myanmar counterpart in Bangkok on July 12, Thailand and Vietnam said on Thursday.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on July 2 produced a long list of agreements spanning artificial intelligence, batteries, critical minerals, defense manufacturing, energy resilience and financial
Fire and rescue teams dispatched 183 people and 35 vehicles to the site.
BEIJING, July 9 - A fire at a shoe factory in southeastern China left casualties on Thursday, state broadcaster CCTV reported, as firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze and rescue people trapped inside.
“Her belly may be full, but her spirit will be empty.” — Captain Picard Usually, these “GDP is actually good” posts start with a big disclaimer — an acknowledgment of all the things GDP doesn’t measure, all the reasons that measuring GDP is an inexact science, and all the ways
Despite that, over 300,000 voters are expected to flood back into Johor by road.
Batanes, about 160km south of Taiwan, had previously hosted joint military exercises involving the Philippines and US.
In May, Thailand restricted the import of Malaysian-caught sea bass due to concerns over chemical residues, prompting Kuala Lumpur to temporarily ban some varieties of Thai shrimp over food safety controls.
With more than 80% of global trade by volume being transported by sea, maritime shipping lanes are indispensable to the world economy. That fact was starkly illustrated by the war in Iran, which saw Tehran effectively close the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic and
Adding to the crisis, Super Typhoon Bavi is expected to bear down on eastern China, threatening more rain.
A high school has requested to borrow metal detectors to screen students before exams.
Bavi, currently spanning about 1,000km at its widest point, or roughly the width of France, is forecast to skirt northern Taiwan before making landfall in China's eastern Fujian province on Saturday evening, according to China's National Meteorological Centre.
Cho originally faced more than 900 charges. His bail was extended until Nov 23.
7 foreign lawmakers and 2 Taiwanese members of Parliament were taken on a 90-minute tour.
Eight Calbee products, including its potato chips, will resume using full-colour packaging.
News portal Sarawak Report, which had played a key role in uncovering the 1MDB scandal, reported in May that Low had secretly entered Malaysia last year as part of a Chinese delegation to negotiate debts linked to 1MDB.
Guangxi is China’s largest centre for commercial snake farming.
If there are no further recoveries, the government will have to absorb RM20.1 billion in losses.
Flight CX257 from Hong Kong to London experienced a “temporary loss of communication” with local air traffic control over Romanian airspace on Jul 4.
The ruling lifted uncertainty over state spending plans.
Australian Rail Track Corporation uses Telstra’s 4G network to communicate with train drivers.
Yoon’s legal team accused the Supreme Court of concluding the case “without sufficient deliberation”.
In the final instalment of a three-part series on Taiwan beyond semiconductors, CNA looks at how the island is building a reputation for small-batch specialty coffee.
Malaysia’s recruitment of migrant workers from Bangladesh has spurred debate in both countries.