WASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed a resolution Wednesday to force President Donald Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran and require congressional approval for further military action in the country. The 215-208 vote, in which four Republicans voted with all Democrats to
After years of watching China create land to back its expansive claims, others are doing the same.
Washington has moved to close a one-year-old loophole that allowed Chinese technology companies to acquire banned high-end Nvidia graphics processing units (GPUs) by routing purchases through subsidiaries based in Singapore and Malaysia. The US Commerce Department’s Bureau of
The country's production capacity for weapons-grade nuclear material doubled in the past five years.
SEOUL, June 4 - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a newly operational nuclear material production facility and called for an \"exponential\" expansion of the country's atomic arsenal, state media KCNA said on Thursday.
When the US and Israel launched their strikes on Iran on February 28 and Iran retaliated by targeting the Gulf Arab states, I was closely monitoring social media accounts from the region. I research Middle East politics, with a focus on the Gulf, and the social media platforms
Since National Security Law went into effect, the government silenced the yearly protest that once drew 180,000.
Satellite images published Wednesday by Al Jazeera show that Israel, instead of leaving Gaza as required under the ceasefire deal it signed last October, is quietly building dozens of heavily fortified permanent military bases around the entire inner perimeter of the coastal
The first of 18 WTE plants nationwide will tackle growing waste and boost renewable energy capacity.
LONDON, June 3 - Security agencies from the \"Five Eyes\" alliance which includes the United States and Britain issued a warning on Wednesday about Chinese spies aggressively using online job platforms to recruit people with access to sensitive information.
When discussions turn to the Strait of Hormuz, the language is almost always strategic. Analysts debate naval deployments, military deterrence, freedom of navigation and the balance of power between Iran and the United States. Markets track oil prices and shipping insurers
WASHINGTON, June 3 - U.S. President Donald Trump will attend the NATO meeting of heads of state that is taking place in Turkey in early July, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday, providing a confirmation that will likely lead to a sigh of relief across the
June 3 - The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday elected Austria, Kyrgyzstan, Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago and Zimbabwe to the 15-member U.N. Security Council for two-year terms starting on January 1, 2027.
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday tried to project optimism about reaching a deal to end the illegal war he started against Iran, even while acknowledging the crisis could last for several more months. In an interview with The New York Post, Trump was asked whether the
Between assurances from President Donald Trump that a peace agreement is all but wrapped up and renewed skirmishes, the price of oil rises and falls. Even at recent lows, crude’s price is 40% higher than in late February when the Iran war began. Someday – tomorrow? next week?
More than 1,000 climbers reached the summit, making 2026 the busiest season on record.
For the past century, the blue-fronted lorikeet was one of Indonesia’s most elusive birds.
June 3 - Lebanon's aviation regulator has carried out a safety audit of Middle East Airlines as pilot groups raised concerns that crews were being asked to fly close to airstrikes and penalized for reporting safety incidents, letters seen by Reuters show.
Images showed what appeared to be a structure near the shoal’s entrance.
JAKARTA, June 3 - Indonesian authorities arrested the recently dismissed head of an agency overseeing President Prabowo Subianto's flagship free meals programme on Wednesday along with two other former officials, hours after a raid put the agency's offices under lockdown.
When US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth took the podium at the recent Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, his words signaled a profound structural shift in the global security landscape. Declaring that the era of America subsidizing the defense of wealthy nations is officially
Repeated price hikes have added strain on people struggling with long-running inflation.
The scheme was linked to cases of food poisoning that have reportedly affected at least 33,000 children as of April.
Malaysia hosts more than 120,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar.
The woman said that her daughter had flown with AirAsia before, and questioned if that meant the policy was breached during those earlier flights.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has instructed his ministers to seek a bilateral trade solution with Malaysia.
NEW DELHI, June 3 - At least 21 people were killed in a fire at a hotel in Delhi on Wednesday, police said, in one of the worst such incidents in the national capital in recent years.
The 2019 bombings killed 279 people.
In August 2023, Jakarta briefly became a symbol of what happens when governments ignore environmental warning signs for too long. The city ranked among the most polluted places in the world. Schools adjusted activities. Some offices asked employees to work from home. Parents
Many victims were South Asians who had travelled to India for treatment or to accompany relatives.
The alleged thief reportedly said: “The dog is dead, so stop making a fuss. I did not break the law.”
At a security conference in Singapore over the weekend, the three AUKUS partners – the United States, United Kingdom and Australia – announced a tweak to their partnership that has generated quite a lot of attention in Canberra. Australia will now receive three second-hand
Parti Bersama Malaysia (Bersama) - helmed by former federal ministers Rafizi Ramli and Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad - said that further discussions would be held with party representatives in Johor to identify the seats the party would contest.
Tokyo remained the lowest among Japan’s prefectures, with a fertility rate of 0.96.
The natural instinct of any government facing a more fragmented global system is to guard its policy flexibility and keep its hands free to respond to whatever comes next. But the countries that consistently attract long-term investment tend to choose a different path. They
The talks were due to cover Seoul’s push for expanded uranium enrichment and spent-fuel reprocessing rights.
It added that China had no right to claim to speak on its behalf over the maritime boundary issue.
One of the most notable outcomes of last month’s Xi-Trump summit in Beijing was not tangible. Rather, it was Xi Jinping’s introduction of a new authoritative formulation, or tífǎ, for US-China relations. Such authoritative concepts have long been an important means for the
They say that life-size robot replicas and AI-generated images do the job without cruelty.
TOKYO — The billionaire CEOs who accompanied US President Donald Trump to Beijing last month are probably feeling some whiplash. Some of that disorientation comes from Trump himself — a president who built two campaigns on confronting China and has since recast himself as an
Investigators believe the victims of the theft had intended to use the cash to buy gold in Hong Kong.
At least 40 people have been rescued so far, the police said.
King Maha Vajiralongkorn granted pardons to selected prisoners to mark Queen Suthida's birthday on Jun 3, the official royal gazette stated.
