When we were asked to investigate Russia’s indoctrination and militarization of children living in the Ukrainian territories occupied by Moscow since 2014, we had a general idea of the Kremlin’s occupation policies. Two of us grew up in what was then Soviet-occupied Latvia and
Two families reveal the human toll of India's medical entrance examination paper leak.
Greenland's labour shortages have created an unlikely migration corridor from Southeast Asia. In part two of this series, CNA looks at how Filipinos and Thais have become the island's largest communities.
China views Taiwan as its territory and has never ruled out the use of force to “reunify” with it.
With more Singaporeans expected to spend in JB after the RTS opens, old neighbourhoods become the city's new hot spots
The UK band says they are "surprised and disappointed" by their treatment over shouting "free Palestine" at a concert there.
PESHAWAR/DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan, Aug 2 - At least 14 people were killed in a suspected suicide bombing outside a police station in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, a rescue group and a regional police official said, as the country battles widening insurgencies.
The blast took place at a busy intersection near a police station in Swat during a civil society protest.
The blast took place at a busy intersection near a police station in Swat during a civil society protest.
She was sleeping when the animal dragged her away and injured her critically, leading to her death
The 56-year-old lost control and crashed into the rear of an MPV, which was also being driven by a Singaporean.
PM Anwar's PKR and key ally DAP head into crucial party assemblies in a fortnight.
Ultra-runner Sophie Woods runs 2,000km across eight countries in only 29 days to break the record for completing the Via Alpina - one of the world's toughest endurance challenges.
Opening the Indonesia Net-Zero Summit (INZS) 2026 at Balai Kartini in Jakarta on Saturday (Aug 1), Dino Patti Djalal, Chairman and Founder of the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI), said that climate change has become "the greatest blind spot in world affairs" today.
A total of 225 people on the vessel were rescued, said the regional Surabaya Search and Rescue Agency, which provided the latest figures in an afternoon update.
The vessel with at least 250 people on board caught fire off Madura island.
He was killed, along with nine team members, in a powerful avalanche in northern Pakistan.
"The ground rescue team has reached Nims Dai (Purja) at approximately 5,700m on Broad Peak - a mountain he loved, and a mountain that has now taken him from us," said the Alpine Club of Pakistan.
COLOMBO, Aug 2 - Sri Lanka tightened security across its prisons on Sunday after a riot left one person dead and six injured, an official said, as the nation struggles to manage its overcrowded jails.
The vessel was sailing from Surabaya to Makassar in South Sulawesi when the fire was reported.
The group, which included ten foreigners, were arrested for allegedly operating a drug trafficking network that injected narcotic-laced e-liquid into e-cigarette pods and later sold them to customers.
Inmates destroyed multiple buildings inside Mahara Prison, just outside the capital Colombo, police said.
This latest death was what officials and experts had worried about amid high temperatures.
Her death could be the first disaster-related fatality following the magnitude 7.1 quake on July 28.
McDonald’s Korea also said it was investigating the source of the reported particles.
Barisan Nasional and Perikatan Nasional secured a majority of the seats in the Negri Sembilan state polls.
Four Singaporeans, four Malaysians and two Taiwanese were among the 65 people arrested.
Much of the country has been placed under heat warnings, with many cities seeing temperatures climb into the high 30s.
The temperature in Yangsan reached 42.5 deg C at 1.26pm.
The 67-year-old was sworn in before state ruler Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir at Istana Besar Seri Menanti on Sunday (Aug 2), Malaysian media reports said.
Flash floods in Gansu province in China's north-west last week killed 25 people.
Hotels and Airbnb hosts will face penalties for price gouging and unjustified cancellations.
The loss will have lasting consequences for the country’s adventure tourism sector.
One provider has seen its workforce roughly double over the past decade.
The city now accounts for more than a third of China’s total motorbike production.
Western anxiety over a potential breakthrough in Chinese chipmaking gear may be rising, but home-grown machines are not the greatest threat facing industry leader ASML, according to analysts.
The new shells incorporating water-soluble resin can dissolve in as little as one day.