DHAKA, Aug 16 - Bangladesh signalled on Sunday it wants a more favourable diplomatic environment before it can agree to a top-level visit to India, as Dhaka presses New Delhi to extradite its ousted former leader and other fugitives.
The government did not disclose a specific reason for the decision.
He was arrested at the International Arrival Terminal of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on July 29.
Parti Keadilan Rakyat president Anwar Ibrahim hit back at accusations of unfairness in allocating funding to opposition-held areas. He also said cooperation with Barisan Nasional at the federal level must be guided by the interests of Malaysians and the country.
Sheikh Hasina faces the death penalty in Bangladesh after being convicted of crimes against humanity.
WASHINGTON, Aug 16 - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday vowed to hit Iran hard economically, a day after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that Washington would impose measures on Tehran that have \"never been seen\" as soon as next week.
The prefectural and Chiba municipal governments have been moving abandoned vehicles since Aug 14.
The country has begun creating routes for international students to train and work as caregivers there.
Nearly nine in 10 voted at the Democratic Action Party’s congress for its ministers to remain in the Cabinet, averting a pullout that could have posed a threat to PM Anwar Ibrahim's administration and even forced snap polls.
DAP members argued that staying in government remains the only way to drive reform from within.
Torrential downpours starting late on Aug 13 triggered landslide warnings and power outages.
This article was originally published on Jonathan Larsen’s Substack. It is republished with permission. Less than a month after the June 2025 strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with US House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) in
An operator is considering cutting an unprofitable route critical to transporting onions.
Hyper-realistic visuals of wild animals behaving like pets, or even like humans, can distort public perceptions of wildlife and harm conservation efforts, experts warn.
From New York to London, the world cannot seem to get enough matcha. The boom has revived Japan’s tea industry but also exposed the limits of its supply. Now China, already the world’s biggest producer, sees an opportunity to scale up.
It is the first military demarcation line violation by the North Korean military in 2026.
Thousands of military and police officers have been deployed to East Nusa Tenggara province.
Thousands of military and police officers have been deployed to East Nusa Tenggara province.
Kim Jong Un expressed hope for the future of ties that had "carried forward the history of common struggle for justice and precious traditions of friendship".
The Our Sticky Love star recently apologised for her great-grandfather's ties to pro-Japanese collaborators.
Some 5,000 people fled their homes as the 7.7-magnitude quake hit the island early on Aug 15.
Emergency officials said nearly 160 houses, dozens of educational and health facilities and other public buildings were damaged when the earthquake struck the popular tourist island.
"The suffering we are facing, I can't even put into words how painful it is," says a 53-year-old villager.
An expert said this is extremely rare and very useful for understanding the mechanism of earthquakes
The epicentre of the shallow quake was just north of Flores island in eastern Indonesia.
SYDNEY, Aug 16 - Australia's New South Wales state will start a gun buyback in November, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday, part of the national response to a shooting spree that killed 15 at a Jewish festival in Sydney, the state capital.
Anwar said their relationship remained good at the national level, despite differences at the state level.
The two leaders exchanged letters recently.
The death was announced by the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum. No further details were provided.
Since July, severe monsoon flooding in four states has affected an estimated 390,000 people.
More than eight decades after the end of the second world war, the country must rethink its role in the world, says this writer for the Financial Times.
Hundreds of homes and public buildings have been severely damaged with at least 53 people killed.
New South Wales, where the attack took place, will offer gun owners cash to give up their firearms.
In the longer term, the ASEAN nation aspires to become more than an assembly hub.
China imported a million tonnes of durian in the first half of 2026, up 51.6 per cent year on year.
When Zhu Rongji died in Beijing on August 12 at the age of 97, Asia lost one of the finest public servants of its modern era. He was the premier who opened China to the world, the plain-spoken technocrat who took his country into the World Trade Organization in December 2001