An Aegis destroyer, the crown jewel of late 20th-century naval engineering, crewed by hundreds of highly trained sailors, detects an incoming threat over the Red Sea. The ship’s computer calculates. The captain orders. A Standard Missile-2, representing roughly $2 million worth
Comic book author Marjane Satrapi passed away last week in Paris at age 56, just before conflict between Israel and her native Iran re-erupted. While her work has enjoyed enduring fame, the present conflict has made it more relevant than ever before. Satrapi’s work is unique
The US and Iran stepped back from the brink of returning to all-out war on June 11. Hours after saying the US military would carry out strikes against Iran for a third consecutive night, Donald Trump postponed the attack. The Iranian military had said the US would “receive a
DAKAR, June 12 - The United States has deported an Iranian pro-democracy activist to Central African Republic, her lawyer said on Friday, describing it as a \"super dangerous\" transfer to a country with which the activist has no connection.
A statement says "significant progress" has been made into investigating the crash, in which 260 people died a year ago.
Her government has rolled out fuel subsidies and a consumption tax cut to ease inflation pain.
Local market regulators launched a probe on June 11 for “suspected misleading of consumers”.
ASTANA, June 12 - Kazakhstan's ruling Amanat party said on Friday it is merging itself into a party created earlier this year by allies of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev ahead of parliamentary elections expected in August.
The protesters warn wasteful government spending risks driving the country into bankruptcy.
She was the most visibly accomplished member of the royal family.
The protesters' demands include stopping President Prabowo Subianto's flagship free-meals programme and lowering prices of fuel and staple foods.
The racialisation of road accidents can deepen divisions in a society that is already sensitive to issues of race and religion, experts say.
NEW DELHI, June 12 - India summoned the U.S. deputy chief of mission in Delhi on Friday to protest against U.S. military strikes on commercial vessels off the coast of Oman, an Indian source said, the second time in three days New Delhi has expressed its displeasure.
Can Trump and Xi’s new ‘constructive’ framework bring stability to the US-China dynamic?
AHMEDABAD, India, June 12 - Indian investigators said on Friday they were still analysing evidence from last year's Air India Boeing 787 crash and gave no timeline for a final report, as families of the 260 victims pressed for answers on the disaster's first anniversary.
More than 250 relatives of over 100 victims gathered to mourn the disaster on its first anniversary.
BANGKOK, June 12 - An American businessman who wrote a book about living through a military coup in Myanmar was detained on his return to the Southeast Asian nation on Thursday, according to two people briefed on the matter.
JAKARTA, June 12 - Hundreds of Indonesian students rallied in Jakarta on Friday to protest the spending priorities of President Prabowo Subianto's government, including this week's decision to raise gasoline prices.
TAIPEI, June 12 - Somaliland has a right to choose its own relationships and pressure tactics from Beijing and Mogadishu have not succeeded in altering its friendship with Taipei, its top diplomat in Taiwan said on Friday at the opening of a new office.
BANGKOK – India’s military is expanding across the Andaman Sea into Southeast Asia with the construction of a multi-billion-dollar air and sea base on remote Great Nicobar Island, New Delhi’s furthest reach toward the Strait of Malacca, where rival China ships more than 70% of
Wellington Airport said the south-west pier and main terminal building had been evacuated.
WELLINGTON, June 12 - A blaze broke out at Wellington Airport in the capital of New Zealand on Friday, forcing evacuations and flight diversions.
Animal welfare activists say residents were simply demanding that abused animals be removed from the suspect's home, but frustration over the handling of the case spilled onto the streets.
The trip will be the Myanmar leader’s second state visit since taking over as civilian president in April.
The local authorities have denied reports that women were arrested.
TOKYO – China’s “deflation-is-over” narrative is getting louder, but the foundations are still shaky. Consumer prices rose 1.2% year-on-year in May, while producer prices jumped 3.9%, lifted by higher costs for energy, semiconductors and metals. To many economists, this is the
June 12 - A pro-Russian opposition alliance filed a request to Armenia's election commission on Friday to throw out the results of last Sunday's parliamentary election, won by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's governing party.
China's Foreign Ministry said the American was suspected of endangering Chinese national security.
BEIJING, June 12 - China's foreign ministry confirmed on Friday the arrest of Min Zin, a U.S. citizen who leads a think-tank focused on Myanmar, saying the American was suspected of spying and endangering Chinese national security.
Myanmar’s traditional New Year, Thingyan, is a time of renewal and public celebration. This year, it brought the release of some 4,300 prisoners in a mass amnesty ordered by the military. The release of President Win Myint, a close ally of well-known leader Aung San Suu Kyi,
Around three quarters of businesses polled cited rising procurement costs as a business impact.
A huge change is coming to the world’s booming artificial intelligence (AI) sector. Starting with Elon Musk’s SpaceX, with OpenAI and Anthropic preparing to follow, all three private companies are set to sell shares of their stock to the general public for the first time. These
The Indian authorities are expected to issue an interim report in the coming days.
Government funding continues to fuel innovation in hubs such as Shenzhen, but tighter controls on outbound investment could add new compliance hurdles for firms with global ambitions.
The upcoming state assembly polls in Johor and Negeri Sembilan are fast shaping into Malaysia’s most consequential electoral contests, serving as unintended referendums of PM Anwar’s leadership with far-reaching national consequences, says CNA's Leslie Lopez.
DHAKA, June 12 - Bangladesh and India have agreed to deepen cooperation along their shared border with improved intelligence sharing and coordinated patrols, according to a joint statement released on Friday, amid strained relations over alleged undocumented migration.
HANOI, June 12 - Vietnamese police have busted a group suspected of trying to establish a large-scale online scam centre in the country, authorities said on Friday, as criminal networks spread their operations across Southeast Asia.
China has been on the verge of collapse for more than 20 years. In 2001, lawyer and commentator Gordon Chang published “The Coming Collapse of China.” The book famously predicted that China’s economic model would fail within a decade. The decade passed. The prediction was
Since the 2021 coup, the rate of young people feeling unsafe walking alone at night has increased.
Frustration over the shortages at more than 90 polling sites unleashed extensive political protests.
SEOUL, June 12 - Arriving to cast her vote in South Korea's local elections, Yoomi Lee was surprised to find the polling station had run out of ballot papers, turning the quick stop she had planned into an hours-long wait and quarrels with election officials.
Some tools apply previous research suggesting babies make distinct vocalisations in response to needs.
Analysts tell CNA that while multiple parties would contest the two elections, the main battle will be between the Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Harapan coalitions that are part of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s unity government.
The travel agency posted a video of the incident on the social media app Xiaohongshu.
Negeri Sembilan's state poll will be held on Aug 1.