HOUSTON/LONDON, Dec 10 - More than 30 U.S.-sanctioned oil vessels doing business in Venezuela could face punishment by Washington after the Coast Guard seized a supertanker carrying Venezuelan crude for export, according to shipping data.
Every day, workers lay 305 satellite-linked buoys in waters along the New South Wales coastline.
A prominent shogi player says current rules force players to choose between their children and careers.
Cambodia accused Thailand of violating the ceasefire agreement and the Kuala Lumpur Peace Accord.
Nicknamed the “dinosaur egg”, it is considered one of the rarest salt varieties in the world.
The junta has increased air strikes year-on-year since the start of Myanmar’s civil war.
Vietnam has reserves of 3.5 million tonnes of rare earth minerals, ranking it sixth globally.
Tropical Cyclone Senyar devastated large parts of South-east Asia after forming in the Malacca Strait, killing nearly 1,200.
BEIJING, Dec 11 - A proposed pipeline to carry gas from Siberia in Russia to China requires \"tremendous work, jobs and negotiations,\" a senior Chinese researcher said on Thursday.
Jakarta reportedly backtracked on several commitments, “reneging” on what the two countries had agreed.
The temple has long been a flashpoint during periods of bilateral tension.
US President Donald Trump said he expected to speak on Thursday with the leaders of Thailand and Cambodia to demand a halt to their renewed clashes.
Senario members Azlee Jaafar, Abdul Wahid, Lan Pet Pet, Illya Buang, Saiful Apek and Yassin Yahya will stage a concert in Malaysia next year as part of the group's 30th anniversary.
The renewed fighting is the most serious since a five-day exchange of heavy artillery in July.
It was a show of force after Chinese and Russian military drills in the skies and seas around Japan.
Two Russian Tu-95 nuclear-capable bombers flew from the Sea of Japan to rendezvous with two Chinese H-6 bombers in the East China Sea, then conducted a joint flight around the country, Tokyo said.
Experts believe that a maximum-class earthquake and tsunami is imminent.
TOKYO, Dec 11 - U.S. nuclear-capable bombers flew over the Sea of Japan with Japanese fighter jets, Tokyo said on Thursday, a show of force after Chinese and Russian military drills in the skies and seas around Japan and South Korea.
Malaysia saw 5,417 EV registrations in November, a 200.1 per cent rise from the previous year.
The ferry showed its ability to detect a ship ahead and reroute autonomously.
Other senior leaders had also visited the embassy, reports said.
In early November, another landmine blast injured Thai soldiers.
In 2025, 18 Thai soldiers have been injured by mines, with seven losing a limb, according to the Thai military.
Australian social media feeds were flooded with comments from people claiming to be under 16.
Dec 10 - Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp may pay more than $1 billion to the U.S. government to resolve years-old allegations of foreign bribery, according to two people familiar with the matter.
It will cut travel time between KL to JB to around 4.5 hours.
The US military on Wednesday seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in the latest act of aggression against a nation that President Donald Trump has been openly threatening for several weeks. Bloomberg, which described the move as a “serious escalation” in tensions
Greg Lynn will face a retrial for the 2020 murder of 73-year-old camper Carol Clay.
Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja is on trial on charges that she bribed the former first lady.
President Lee Jae Myung has called for tough investigations into suspected improper links between religious groups and politicians.
SEOUL, Dec 11 - South Korean Oceans Minister Chun Jae-soo on Thursday expressed his intention to step down so he can focus on disproving claims he received illegal payments from the Unification Church.
Dec 10 - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a compromise version of the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, a nearly $1 trillion bill setting policy for the Pentagon that Congress hopes to pass for a 65th straight year.
Beijing has two priorities that require opposite approaches to managing the economy, says Enodo Economics’ Diana Choyleva.
KYIV, Dec 10 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday following a report from the head of Kyiv's foreign intelligence service that Russia and China were taking steps to intensify cooperation.
Ever since Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi‘s matter-of-fact comment that, if China attacks Taiwan, Japan might have to get involved, Beijing has been railing nonstop about resurging Japanese militarism. Japanese militarism? As is usually the case when the Chinese
With a surge of hidden electronic warfare upgrades, China is reshaping the South China Sea into an electronic battlespace tilted decisively in its favor. This month, the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) reported that China has quietly expanded its electronic warfare
TOKYO – As Japan staggers out of 2025, its financial markets make for quite a tantalizing split screen. On one screen, the Nikkei 225 Stock Average is ending the year at all-time highs on optimism that the government can avoid recession. On the other screen, the “bond
PARIS/LONDON, Dec 10 - The leaders of Britain, France and Germany held a call on Wednesday with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss Washington's latest peace efforts to end the war in Ukraine, in what they said was \"a critical moment\" in the process.
In Europe, we are afraid that Donald Trump’s America may be selling us out to Russia. In Japan, where I have just been, the fear is of Trump selling them out to China. For Europe and Japan the shared danger is of the superpowers, especially the United States and China, getting
Recent Facebook posts by the Bangladesh chief adviser’s press secretary, Shafiqul Alam, attempt to argue that Bangladesh’s 2006 decision to scrap the Phulbari coal-mining project stands as one of the most economically self-sabotaging choices in the country’s history. What was
BEIJING, Dec 10 - China and Brazil have begun building a joint laboratory for space technologies, Chinese state-owned defence electronics firm CETC said, deepening scientific ties as the two countries push ahead with a major telescope project in South America.
The earthquake was at a depth of 31km.
The chief administrative officer of its US parent company will take over as interim chief.
PARIS/LONDON, Dec 10 - There will be another meeting on Thursday of the leaders of the so-called 'Coalition of the Willing' group of nations backing Ukraine, said the French presidency.
LONDON, Dec 10 - A spokesperson for Meghan Markle said she had managed to send a letter to her hospitalised father despite the Daily Mail breaching \"clear ethical boundaries\" by reporting from his bedside.
ROME, Dec 10 - Italians hailed UNESCO's recognition of their cuisine on Wednesday as a win for cultural diplomacy but critics warned it could backfire by turning popular dishes into bland tourist fare.
Some say social media enabled harmful behaviour like cyberbullying, but others feel the ban is excessive.
MOSCOW, Dec 10 - Russian President Vladimir Putin told Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday that Moscow was pleased with the developing military ties between the two countries and ready to help Jakarta in the field of nuclear energy.
KYIV, Dec 10 - Russian drones have hit the gas transport system in Ukraine's southern Odesa region, a senior Ukrainian official said on Wednesday, an area which contains several pipelines carrying U.S. liquefied natural gas to Ukraine from Greece.