MANILA, July 21 - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi this week ahead of a possible summit between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping, even as Trump said the U.S. would raise concerns with China over alleged election
NEW DELHI, July 21 - When pent-up youth anger propelled India's Cockroach Janta Party to online fame in May, its founder said his supporters were disillusioned with both Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party and the opposition for failing to address their concerns.
Marco Rubio and Wang Yi will meet on July 22.
DUBAI, July 21 - The level of \"interaction\" with Iran's Supreme Leader is increasing day by day, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a video clip published on state media on Tuesday.
The programme started in January 2025.
The proposals will be refined by senior officials before going to ASEAN leaders at their November summit.
BEIJING, July 21 - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told a delegation of European lawmakers in Beijing on Tuesday that China and the EU should promote an \"upward dynamic balance\" in bilateral trade ties from a long-term perspective, according to a statement from China's
Iskandar Puteri City Council’s decision was in accordance with existing legal provisions, says Johor Chief Minister Onn Hafiz Ghazi.
Hamas announced this month it would dissolve its government in Gaza to transfer control to a US-backed Palestinian committee. This was one of the mandates of the US-brokered peace deal between Israel and Hamas last year. While this means Hamas will not be operating in a
ROME, July 21 - Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, with improvements recorded across every continent, although mounting risks from climate shocks and trade disruption could threaten further progress, a United Nations report said.
When Donald Trump returned to the White House, he promised to avoid another Middle Eastern “forever war.” After the costly experiences of Iraq and Afghanistan, that pledge resonated with an American public weary of prolonged military intervention. For a brief moment, it
DUBAI, July 21 - U.S. forces bombed targets in southern Iran overnight after President Donald Trump said Tehran would pay dearly for the deaths of American soldiers, while Iran targeted U.S. sites in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan and a tanker was hit in the Strait of Hormuz.
China and the US have grown increasingly anxious over each other’s AI capabilities.
MEXICO CITY, July 21 - U.S. and Mexican trade negotiators will meet for a third round of bilateral talks on Tuesday to try to push forward with revising the North American trade agreement, just as President Donald Trump slaps Canada with a new set of punitive duties.
Some respondents said they thought the Japanese leader was not doing enough to counter inflation.
Thousands of mostly young people tried to march on India's parliament to demand changes to how the education system is run.
The US Navy’s delayed effort to equip its troubled Zumwalt-class destroyers with hypersonic missiles is testing whether the ships can finally gain a credible combat role without repeating their history of shifting missions, immature technologies and mounting costs. This month,
A major flood smashed through one province, killing at least 23 people.
“Kokushobi” – meaning “cruelly hot day” – was introduced to better warn the public of extreme heat.
The company was found to have breached licensing conditions and premises usage requirements.
When Chinese scholars recently argued that Batanes was a natural extension of Taiwan — and therefore part of China’s territorial claim — they demonstrated how indigenous history and cultural ties can become entangled in contemporary geopolitical competition. Although the
Wang Jibing, a 56-year-old food delivery rider from China’s eastern Jiangsu province, won the Lu Xun Literary Prize for his poetry collection titled Low Flight.
Delhi witnessed overwhelming violence on Monday, with at least 60 protesters wounded. Police said 118 of their men were also injured.
“Ecosystem collapse” is linked to 2026’s El Nino weather phenomenon.
The Philippine military accused the China Coast Guard of clubbing a Filipino sailor with a baton on July 20.
With weeks of supervised training and controlled meals, stay-in fitness programmes in China are attracting overseas participants looking to build healthier habits.
Seoul is seeking to reduce reliance on foreign platforms.
NEW DELHI, July 21 - India said it had summoned a senior Russian diplomat and expressed \"grave concerns\" after a missile strike killed four Indians on a Black Sea cargo ship that was leaving a Ukrainian port.
A Kremlin spokesman implied, without providing evidence, that the vessel had been carrying arms for Ukraine.
The collapse was likely triggered by a blast, the cause of which was yet to be ascertained.
The 19 defendants were convicted of selling at least 34 babies between 2022 and 2025, some of whom were taken to Singapore and sold for thousands of dollars for each child.
The authorities are examining potential involvement by foreign state-backed hacking groups.
GUWAHATI, India, July 21 - More than 15 workers were feared trapped on Tuesday after a blast caused by a suspected gas leak in a tunnel being built for a hydroelectric project in India's rugged northeastern state of Sikkim that killed nine, officials said.
Toxic methane gas leaking from underground rock formations was hampering rescue efforts.
She said Australia has raised its concerns about China’s recent missile test in the Pacific.
The prison terms were lower than what the prosecutors demanded.
The developer stressed that every investor, tenant and operator in Forest City is subject to Malaysian laws.
The authorities will be required to take into consideration national security and network security.
Nearly 60 protesters were injured after clashes between police and supporters of the self-named Cockroach Janta Party over demands for the resignation of India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
Networks that once operated within specific territories or illicit trades are increasingly expanding across multiple illegal markets while using shared services, said Delphine Schantz, UNODC Regional Representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
Flooding and landslides in the northern region of Vietnam have left six dead, two missing and 10 injured.
Nearly 900 Rohingya were reported dead or missing at sea in 2025, the deadliest year on record, according to UNHCR.
These badges may be proof of eligibility for priority services intended for only expectant mothers.
NEW DELHI, July 21 - India's youth-led \"cockroach\" movement said on Tuesday it would continue its anti-government protest but will not march again, a day after scores of supporters were injured in clashes with police who tried to stop their march on parliament.