India’s long-cherished doctrine of strategic autonomy, once a badge of post-colonial independence, is steadily mutating from a source of flexibility into a condition of strategic drift. What was designed to preserve room for maneuver is now generating accumulating
JAKARTA, Jan 27 - Indonesia's parliament on Tuesday appointed President Prabowo Subianto's nephew, Thomas Djiwandono, as a deputy governor of the central bank, adding to concerns about the institution's operational independence.
SEOUL, Jan 27 - U.S. President Donald Trump said he was hiking tariffs on autos and other goods imported from South Korea to 25%, citing Seoul's failure to legislate a trade deal agreed last year that capped U.S. levies on the items at 15%.
China-Japan diplomatic friction and Seoul’s easing of visas for Chinese tour groups among factors.
The ministry is actively verifying the reports through official channels.
The ferry’s caption, eight crew members and a safety marshal remain are among those still missing.
The incident occurred after the woman was said to have ignored repeated warnings from fellow tourists.
Orange PM2.5 levels mean air quality is starting to affect health.
The US Navy’s troubled Zumwalt-class destroyer is being recast as a long-range hypersonic strike asset as the US adapts its naval strategy to intensifying competition with China. This month, multiple media outlets reported that the US Navy’s stealth destroyer USS Zumwalt
This additional time is crucial for people to take necessary safety measures, the authorities said.
A team concluded that the school’s complaint response system failed to function properly.
The local council has come under pressure for leaving campers exposed to the risk.
China is described as seeking to project global leadership and to fill a leadership vacuum left by the US under Donald Trump. This view, however, originates largely from Western sources. Chinese official discourse has remained markedly cautious on global leadership. Rather than
The Philippines has pivoted closer to Washington under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
MANILA, Jan 27 - The Philippine and U.S. militaries sailed together at a disputed South China Sea shoal this week, Manila's armed forces said on Tuesday, performing joint exercises to boost interoperability between the two treaty allies.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the tributes to Tully, saying "his connect with India and the people of our nation was reflected in his works".
Ties between Japan and China have sunk to the worst level in years after her comments in November.
TOKYO, Jan 27 - Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Japan's strategic alliance with the U.S. would collapse if Tokyo were to turn away from a conflict in Taiwan, but distanced herself from previous comments that suggested a possible military response in such an event.
He said he is being treated for prostate cancer.
The requests signal an abrupt shift after years in which Tokyo tacitly accepted such trips.
'We support their needs, but we do not make it something special,' owner Xia Yujie said.
This was caused by natural and human factors, said the Natural Resources and Environment Sustainability Ministry.
Seoul plans to introduce 10 tram sets in stages through May.
Customers from Malaysia and as far away as China, US come to buy Sarawakian Ronny Chin's lion heads.
The plaintiffs said North Korea was marketed to them as "paradise on Earth".
Sammy Yahood has commented on social media that Islam is a “disgusting ideology”.
SYDNEY, Jan 27 - A major heatwave across Australia's southeast raised bushfire threats, with Melbourne forecast to record its hottest day in nearly 17 years on Tuesday, and hundreds of residents in rural towns were ordered to immediately evacuate their homes.
The temperature in Melbourne could hit 45 deg C.
The latest adjustments follow earlier steps taken by Chinese airlines to manage Japan-bound demand.
Ten years after their reunion, the two men, now in their 60s, ended up in court.
LONDON, Jan 27 - Prime Minister Keir Starmer will fly to China on Tuesday on the first visit by a British leader in eight years, in a bid to mend ties with the world's second-largest economy and reduce its dependence on an increasingly unpredictable United States.
Death toll is 18 and 316 people were rescued.
Death toll is 18 and 316 people were rescued.
Trump has accused Seoul of "not living up" to a trade deal that was reached last year.
Zhang Youxia had been seen as a close ally of China's leader, Xi Jinping.
WASHINGTON, Jan 26 - President Donald Trump said on Monday he was increasing tariffs on South Korean imports into the U.S. related to autos, lumber and pharmaceuticals to 25% while accusing the ally's legislature of \"not living up\" to its trade deal with Washington.
The increase for goods such as autos and pharmaceuticals would bring tariff levels from 15 per cent to 25 per cent.
Ueno Zoo invited some 4,400 lucky winners of an online lottery to see the pandas for the last time.
As remittances from overseas Filipinos slow down amid global uncertainties, the Philippines needs to develop new growth drivers, says an academic.
WASHINGTON, Jan 26 - The United States believes disarmament by Hamas militants in Gaza comes along with some sort of amnesty for the Palestinian group, a U.S. official said on Monday.
Two activists who organised vigils as leaders of a now-defunct group, are facing national security charges.
LONDON, Jan 26 - Britain and several other European countries have lost their measles elimination status, the World Health Organization said on Monday, after a jump in infections across the continent.
MEXICO CITY, Jan 26 - Huge demand to see K-pop boy band BTS, among the world's most popular artists, has led Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to formally request of her counterpart, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, that he help arrange more concerts in Mexico.
BEIRUT, Jan 26 - The leader of Lebanon's Iran-aligned Hezbollah movement, Naim Qassem, said on Monday that his group was concerned about confronting Washington's threat against Iran, particularly any threat against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The deal paves the way for free trade of goods that makes up a quarter of the world's GDP.
JERUSALEM, Jan 26 - Israel has recovered the remains of the last remaining hostage held in Gaza, the military said on Monday, fulfilling a key condition of the initial phase of U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to end the war in the Palestinian territory.