MOSCOW, July 31 - Russia's main grain lobby group warned on Friday that Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian ships and ports could shut down grain exports via the Black Sea in the near future, pushing up prices and causing hunger in Africa and the Middle East.
July 31 - U.S. President Donald Trump has announced what he described as a breakthrough agreement to end the Gaza war, but major gaps remain over how any deal would be implemented.
COLOMBO, July 31 - Sri Lanka's former police chief Pujith Jayasundara and former senior defence official Hemasiri Fernando were sentenced to death on Friday over the 2019 Easter bombings that killed 279 people, local media reported.
The police have not disclosed the motive for the attack or the attacker's status.
A three-judge bench ruled that the duo had failed in his duties to stop the deadly attacks.
The episode highlights the gap between the city's economic ambitions and local realities.
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A pilot scheme to offer monthly vouchers in rural South Korea is boosting local spending and attracting new residents. But officials say reversing decades of depopulation will require much more than cash incentives.
SAO PAULO, July 31 - Hydropower plants are gearing up for rains to grow heavier in southern Brazil amid what scientists believe will be a severe El Niño in the coming months, with generators reviewing plans to handle large volumes of water that may need to be discharged.
Lam Wing-kee, 70, died in Taipei on July 2 after a battle with cancer.
The last time Hong Kong saw a wetter July was when the British colony reverted to Chinese rule.
He insisted his government was cracking down on scammers.
Some towns and villages are occupied by Thai troops.
The UK band is told not to return to the city-state after shouting "free Palestine" at a gig on Wednesday.
The Asian Football Confederation expressed "deep concern" about the proposed establishment of a US$20 billion commercial subsidiary, FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE), to run the World Cup and FIFA's other events.
Negeri Sembilan heads to the polls on Aug 1, with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s Pakatan Harapan pact battling to retain power in the face of a Malay-Muslim unity narrative spun by Barisan Nasional and Perikatan Nasional.
CAIRO, July 31 - Implementation of the deal to bring peace to Gaza announced by U.S. President Donald Trump will depend on Israel first meeting its commitments under an agreement reached last year, a senior Hamas official told Reuters on Friday.
Case adds to tension between the tech giant and the Indian government over online content.
The government has vowed to increase defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP by 2030.
Analysts said memory chips are China’s most realistic opportunity to narrow the semiconductor gap.
The heatwave was caused by two weather systems that have acted like a lid, trapping heat.
Nepal’s Gen Z-backed Prime Minister Balendra Shah urged people on July 30 for calm.
Kashmir remains one of the world’s most contentious geopolitical flash points. In April 2025 India and Pakistan, two nuclear-armed countries that share a tense border, came dangerously close to a major confrontation after militants attacked Indian tourists near the popular
Tens of thousands of residents are without power and water in temperatures forecast to approach 40°C this weekend.
The British-Nepali climber is one of the most recognised figures in mountaineering.
Parties have tailored their campaigns to younger Malaysians, promising better jobs, affordable housing, education opportunities and improved public transport in a bid to win over the state's largest voting bloc.
Tens of thousands lack water as survivors endure intense heat in evacuation shelters.
He dismisses grouping’s peace plan and says he intends to hold by-elections in 2027.
BEIJING, July 31 - China's coast guard conducted patrols it described as routine law enforcement in waters east of Taiwan on Friday, angering Taipei, which condemned the move as a political operation aimed at expanding Beijing's control.
Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration said it sent a patrol ship to monitor the Chinese ships.
PESHAWAR/KATHMANDU, July 31 - Pakistani search crews on Friday recovered the bodies of three of a group of at least 10 mountaineers who were caught in an avalanche on Broad Peak a day earlier, Pakistani officials said.
Military researchers are also examining distillation as a potential security risk.
TOKYO — South Korea has outrun the 1997 Asian financial crisis, the 2008 Lehman shock, and the 2013 taper tantrum. Whether it can outrun its own AI boom is a harder test — and one the last week of Kospi whiplash put on stark display. Korea sits at the front of a pack of
The climbing expedition was led by renowned Nepali climber Nirmal Purja.
The US believed China wanted its military ready to be able to win a conflict over Taiwan by 2027.
BEIJING, July 31 - China's President Xi Jinping urged senior leaders of the ruling Communist Party on Friday to deepen the fight against corruption in the military and to advance the modernisation of national defence, state news agency Xinhua reported.
The pilot had just flown a Malaysia Airlines plane from Kuala Lumpur to Jakarta, and was found to have been under the influence of cocaine and methamphetamine after a urine test.
Tomahawk missiles are a centrepiece of Tokyo’s new defence strategy.
Two themes dominate Japan’s elite thinking at present: a blend of awe and fear about the ambitions of Japan’s powerful prime minister, Sanae Takaichi; and concerns about the US-Japan security alliance. Takaichi became prime minister last October through winning a party
The YouTuber has been found guilty for two counts of assault over the 2024 incident in Perth.
The man faces the death penalty or a life sentence if found guilty.
The man faces the death penalty or a life sentence if found guilty; Malaysia Airlines is conducting an internal review.
SEOUL, July 31 - South Korean military inspectors will visit an army corps on Friday to review an incident in which troops nearly shot down an unidentified aircraft near the border with North Korea before determining it was a U.S. drone taking part in a joint exercise, the
KUMAMOTO, Japan, July 31 - A powerful earthquake that struck southern Japan this week has exposed the vulnerability of the country's manufacturing supply chains, a decade after a devastating quake in the same region triggered widespread industry disruption.
Problems could persist for automakers, where parts shortages can snarl production far and wide.