China isn’t buying any new-crop US soybeans and it’s easy to understand why. As part of the crossfire in the latest battle of the US-China trade war, China imposed a 20% retaliatory tariff on American beans. Actually, it’s more like 34% after including various taxes. China,
Moscow expects talks between Russia and Ukraine to continue but \"new territorial realities\" must be recognised and new systems of security guarantees formed, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in remarks published on Wednesday.
LONDON - Britain's defence ministry does not know how exactly much it will cost to relocate thousands of Afghans after a massive data leak, the government's spending watchdog said, adding it did not have confidence in the current estimate of 850 million pounds.
The Chinese President warned that the world was facing a choice between peace and war.
After a delay, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) committee tasked with conducting a post-mortem analysis of the party’s poor performance in the July upper house elections delivered its report to a general meeting of LDP lawmakers on Tuesday, September 2. The committee
Look past the display of new weapons and influence, China’s military parade is a highly choreographed demonstration of control and cohesion, says Yang Zi from the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies.
China and India are easing tensions, but the sensitive terrain of territorial disagreements and overlapping regional ambitions remains in the way, says Daniel Balazs of the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies.
Donald Trump's comments came as China held a massive military parade attended by the Russian and North Korean leaders.
The police said the blast appeared to be a suicide bombing.
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his administration will ask the Supreme Court for an expedited ruling on tariffs that a U.S. appeals court found illegal last week.
QUETTA, Pakistan - A bomb blast killed at least 11 people at a public rally in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta late on Tuesday, officials said.
Kim Ju Ae's visit to China with her father is likely to further fuel speculation she may succeed him.
KABUL/ MAZAR DARA, Afghanistan - Nasrullah Khan's voice breaks as he describes how with his own hands he buried three children in one grave and two young men in another after an earthquake struck the mountainous southeastern Afghan province of Kunar on Sunday.
Six security personnel and six militants were killed on Tuesday during an assault on the base of a paramilitary force in northwest Pakistan that began with a suicide bomber ramming the compound and led to a 12-hour gun battle, police said.
Many remain trapped under rubble as rescuers use helicopters in remote areas hit by recent landslides.
Mr Zetro Leonardo Purba was shot three times by an unidentified person while cycling to his home.
LIMA - An Indonesian diplomat's killing in Lima will be thoroughly investigated, Peruvian authorities pledged on Tuesday, promising answers for what it called an \"assassination.\"
Analysts will be watching Wednesday’s event for signs of strengthening ties among China, North Korea and Russia.
He has never attended a world event with so many other foreign leaders.
He invited Shenzhen’s companies to look at opportunities in the Republic and its immediate neighbourhood.
The epicentre of this latest quake was near the previous one.
A European Commission poll released on Tuesday indicated that 56% of EU citizens support further enlargement of the European Union, though backing varies dramatically by country, while candidates to join show mixed enthusiasm about EU membership.
A new metric measuring venture capital deal activity helped push up rankings in the Asian region.
ANKARA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said the United States should urgently revise its decision to revoke the visas of Palestinian officials and bar them from attending a gathering of world leaders at the United Nations this month in New York.
More than 1,400 people were killed and over 3,100 injured after a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan around midnight on Sunday.
Pakistan stands at a pivotal juncture in its energy journey, where persistent dependence on imported oil and gas collides with the promise of untapped domestic resources. New discoveries, seismic surveys and growing international interest point to opportunities to reduce import
ANKARA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said the United States should immediately revise its decision to revoke the visas of Palestinian officials and bar them from attending the United Nations meeting in New York this month.
It was weighing between nominating its own candidate for the premiership, or calling a new election.
Unrest escalated after the death of Affan Kurniawan, a motorcycle taxi driver who was killed by a police vehicle.
Dual-income households now form the majority among families with children in South Korea.
Afghanistan's Taliban government has appealed for help from the world after more than 1,100 people were killed in one of the deadliest earthquakes to hit the impoverished nation in recent years, saying it needs urgent aid.
One Singaporean said he was not afraid as the protests were not directed at foreigners.
Clashes between protesters and police in Indonesia have resulted in at least six deaths, including that of two delivery riders, since last week.
More than 1,100 people died and thousands were injured after an earthquake of magnitude 6 struck the rugged eastern region of Afghanistan, the latest such event following an increase in seismic activity.
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian authorities have summoned TikTok's top management over the social media company's alleged delays in tackling fake news on its platform, state news agency Bernama reported on Tuesday, citing Malaysia's communications minister.
Meta will also be summoned, said the country's communications minister.
Just months into President Donald Trump’s second term in office, one of the United States’ most important strategic partnerships is in crisis. Relations between the US and India are at their lowest ebb in a quarter of a century. Things are so bad that Indian Prime Minister
Protests have flared in parts of Indonesia in some of the country’s worst violence in decades.
Protests have flared in parts of Indonesia since August 25 in some of the country's worst violence in decades, presenting the biggest challenge so far to Prabowo Subianto's 10-month-old presidency.
The requirement applies to all travellers at the airports or ports in these places from Sept 1.
Total precipitation is expected to exceed the average monthly amount for September in some areas.
252 cases were reported as of July 2025, spiking from 17 in 2023 and 220 in 2024.