LONDON, March 27 - Two Chinese container ships turned backed after trying to exit the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, ship-tracking data showed, despite assurances from Iran that Chinese vessels could pass.
GENEVA, March 27 - The U.N. rights chief urged Washington to conclude its investigation into a fatal strike on a primary school in Iran at a U.N. Human Rights Council meeting on Friday, with some states voicing outrage over the incident.
VAUX-DE-CERNAY, France, March 27 - Ukraine is close to clinching several security agreements — including with the UAE and Qatar — to counter Iranian attacks, its foreign minister said on Friday, adding that he saw scope to draw China into peace efforts to end the war with Russia.
The leaders of the two cities discussed ways to expand bilateral cooperation including in emerging areas.
LONDON, March 27 - An Afghan national was on Friday jailed for 15 years for raping a 12-year-old girl in Britain, a case that sparked local protests and a political row when his status as an asylum seeker was not initially disclosed by police.
In the face of mounting pressures, the island needs to proactively assert its identity and be seen.
GENEVA, March 27 - Large differences remain between most countries and the U.S. and India as trade ministers meet to discuss reforms at the World Trade Organization, two diplomats told Reuters on Friday.
When Russian banks were cut off from SWIFT in 2022, the goal was clear: deliver a fast financial shock. It didn’t quite work that way. Russia kept exporting, oil revenues surged and before long a different narrative began to take hold — that the sanctions had not worked after
In a striking role reversal, Russia appears to be preparing to supply its embattled partner Iran with one-way attack drones, just as Iran previously supplied Russia to sustain its fight in Ukraine. The Financial Times (FT) reported that Russia is nearing the completion of
March 27 - Ukraine and Saudi Arabia have signed an agreement on defence cooperation that lays the foundation for future contracts, technological cooperation and investments, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration has set a new sales target for domestically produced microchips, aiming for an eightfold increase by 2040 compared with 2020 levels.
TOKYO — News of currency troubles in Thailand has a way of raising blood pressure amongst even the most battle-tested Asian investors. The baht’s dubious honor of being Asia’s worst-performing currency amid surging oil prices is making headlines and triggering more than a
Balendra Shah was sworn in a day after he released his first public statement since winning the Mar 5 elections, via a rap song posted on social media.
With Washington distracted and opportunities in clean energy, Beijing might have the last laugh
Foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said he was “not familiar with the situation”.
The leadership change comes just days before Myanmar's newly-convened parliament is due to meet to start the process to pick a new president.
The Indonesian National Air Carriers Association (INACA) urged the government to approve the hikes in fuel surcharge for both jet and propeller aircraft.
Taiwan is a major producer of the advanced semiconductors used to power the megatrend towards AI.
As the clock ticks down to March 28, neither parents nor children have much idea of what will happen.
JAKARTA, March 27 - Armed with a smartphone, Anza Zafran Utama, a 9-year-old boy in the Indonesian city of Bogor, is either a dinosaur or a shooter, depending on his mood.
He also said the government would pursue military reform.
Speaking to CNA, the chairman of Indian conglomerate Piramal Group says artificial intelligence is opening access to credit and public services in underserved areas, but warns it could widen the gap between skilled and unskilled workers.
In his special address on Thursday (Mar 26), Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim also announced that the 300-litre monthly quota for subsidised RON95 petrol under the BUDI95 programme has been reduced to 200 litres as an interim measure.
Malaysia is prioritising its domestic needs, while China has suspended some exports of jet fuel and diesel.
BEIJING, March 27 - China's commerce ministry has initiated two counter-probes into U.S. practices that hamper the flow of Chinese products into the United States, it said on Friday, refraining from immediate retaliation to U.S. measures announced earlier this month.
China’s ambassador to ASEAN recently suggested that the current global energy shock triggered by war in the Middle East should be seen not only as a crisis, but as an opportunity to deepen cooperation on the transition to clean energy. That framing may sound diplomatic. In
"The ironclad South Korea-US alliance is an essential pillar of peace and stability on the peninsula but excessive dependence is not desirable," President Lee Jae Myung said.
General Min Aung Hlaing will make his yearly speech to rally morale at the parade.
Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. From “European pillar” to post-American NATODiego Faßnacht reports that European defense thinking is shifting from burden-sharing toward preparing for a post-American
A knife-wielding Japanese military officer broke into the Chinese embassy in Tokyo on March 24.
If India decides to pursue the energy deal with Russia, negotiations could be concluded in weeks.
NEW DELHI, March 27 - As India's diplomats negotiated an accord that would ease punitive U.S. tariffs on the South Asian country's exports in January, New Delhi slashed its purchases of Russian crude oil in a move that was widely seen as a painful concession to President Donald
The scammers created fake cryptocurrencies and sold them to investors.
From boosting tourism to generating billions in sales, Japan’s mascots have grown into a powerful industry – but only a few become stars.
KATHMANDU, March 27 - Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah was sworn in as prime minister of Nepal on Friday, tasked with restoring political stability and creating jobs in the poor Himalayan nation long troubled by fragile governments and weak growth prospects.
Despite reports of negotiations between the US and the Iranian regime, the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed to most oil tankers, with only a small number of vessels being allowed to pass. The result is a loss of roughly 11 million barrels per day (mbd) of oil and
Picking up Nepal in tumultuous times, Ms Sushila Karki became its first female prime minister.
He was charged with hoarding petrol and trying to sell it on the black market.
Fadiah Nadwa Fikri urged some in Singapore to "adopt her brand of radical advocacy", authorities say.
MOSCOW, March 27 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the U.S. has been seeking control over the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, which were damaged by mysterious blast in September 2022.
First-class train tickets now cost less than the cheapest bus tickets.
BEIGAN, Taiwan, March 27 - One day a year, pilgrims make their way to a small temple on a remote Taiwanese island near the Chinese coast to do one simple thing: Sleep.