Indonesia’s financial markets were jolted Monday (June 8) as the rupiah hit a new record low of over 18,155 to the US dollar and the main stock index fell 4%. Investors are rapidly dumping their rupiah-denominated assets, with foreigners selling US$422 million of local bonds
The extent of the woman's injuries were not disclosed by the authorities.
It is Xi first trip abroad in 2026 after hosting back-to-back summits in Beijing.
June 8 - The Strait of Hormuz will be open but under new conditions to be set by Iran and Oman, including a transit fee, Iran's ambassador to Moscow was quoted as saying on Monday.
Tsunami advisory sirens were activated in four affected districts in Sabah.
Thousands have protested outside a ballot counting station in Seoul, demanding a new election.
SEOUL, June 8 - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Monday that ballot paper shortages in last week's local elections dealt a serious blow to the country's reputation as a model democracy, and he welcomed the protests questioning the fairness of the process.\"It was
Her social media has been flooded with requests that she pay for food for demonstrators.
There were signs Cambodia’s scam compounds were splintering into smaller operations, including in residential areas.
He said he wants social cohesion at the core of Australian identity.
This comes after his resignation was rejected by the school on June 3.
President Lee Jae Myung pledged to move beyond semiconductors for driving the nation’s economy.
Attention has turned to whether a ceremony on June 8 could turn into a broader Cabinet reshuffle.
Taipei said its military will maintain coordination with the coast guard, with continuous intelligence sharing.
TAIPEI, June 8 - Chinese Coast Guard patrols to the east of Taiwan are a \"provocative act\" and the military will closely coordinate with the island's Coast Guard in responding, Defence Minister Wellington Koo said on Monday.
Indonesia and Malaysia have lifted their tsunami warning after issuing one earlier alongside the Philippines and Japan.
The nine crew members on board the vessel MV Golden Star I were rescued safely.
Questions have swirled around how he became stranded.
TOKYO, June 8 - The Japanese city of Utsunomiya has suspended all 94 of the primary and middle schools that it operates on Monday after its first-ever bear sighting, a municipal official said.
An aftershock with a magnitude of 6.7 rocked the same area almost 10 hours later, one of scores that followed the morning quake.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that the tsunami threat had largely passed after earlier alerts of possible waves along the coasts of the Philippines, Indonesia, Palau, Taiwan and Papua New Guinea.
Videos posted showed a shopping centre with a Jollibee fast food restaurant collapsing into rubble.
Xi is expected to arrive in North Korea on Monday for a two-day visit, his first in seven years, and hold talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Xi said in a commentary that the two neighbours would strengthen exchanges in all areas.
SEOUL, June 8 - Chinese President Xi Jinping said it was China's unwavering policy to upgrade ties with North Korea, and the two countries would work together to fight hegemony and attempts to revive militarism, according to comments published in North Korea's state newspaper
Beijing is trying to reassert influence over a strategically vital yet deeply unpredictable partner.
A grandfather, a survivor, a witness: one year after the crash, the people on the ground tell their stories.
The issue of public transport infrastructure and congestion will likely be on the minds of voters ahead of the upcoming Johor state elections, analysts say.
For all the attention on inflation, the bigger surprise this year may be how resilient the region has been, says DBS chief economist Taimur Baig.
YEREVAN, June 8 - Armenia's ruling Civil Contract party is leading in a parliamentary election with 54.44% of the vote, according to early voting results from Armenia's electoral commission that were broadcast on public TV.
President Prabowo Subianto's rivals are using economic pain to build their 2029 profiles early.
June 7 - Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said on Sunday that regional governments were \"not in a position to demand reparations\", responding to what he said were reports that the U.S. could use Iranian assets to compensate regional allies for war-related
Indonesia has some of the world's toughest anti-drug laws, including the death penalty for traffickers, but has maintained a moratorium on executions for several years.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth came under fire from critics around the world this weekend after he turned his speech at a Saturday event marking the D-Day anniversary into a “racist rant” against migrants. On June 6, 1944, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in
June 7 - The White House is considering a plan to buy the Chagos Islands from Mauritius, the Telegraph reported on Sunday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will make a rare visit to North Korea on June 8 – his first international trip this year – weeks after hosting US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing. The sequencing has revived a scenario that seemingly grew less
Wouldn’t you like as a member of your club an applicant who has just humiliated your most dangerous enemy through an audacious attack? That is what Ukraine did last week with its drone strikes on an oil terminal at St Petersburg, sending clouds of smoke into the air just as
The House of Councillors passed the Takaichi government’s JPY 3.11 trillion budget on Friday, June 5, as expected, with the Democratic Party for the People (DPFP), Team Mirai, and the Conservative Party of Japan (CPJ) joining the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Ishin no Kai
The melanoma doctor's brain cancer treatment experiment has sparked hope for a breakthrough.
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s upcoming visit to North Korea will be delicate and difficult. The relationship no longer resembles that of “lips and teeth” from the Korean War era — Korean lips and Chinese teeth. It has evolved into far more complex and contradictory ties, not
State media said the ships were carrying out a “special maritime traffic law enforcement operation”.
TAIPEI, June 7 - Taiwan's coast guard said on Sunday that its ships had \"expelled\" four Chinese government ships that entered restricted waters off the island's south after the two sides broadcast testy warnings to each other, in an escalation of tensions.
The Starbucks Korea promotional event evoked memories of the military crackdown on the 1980 pro-democracy movement.
The prosecution and police would be involved in the investigation.
SEOUL, June 7 - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Sunday that he called for a thorough probe into a ballot shortage that impacted recent local elections, adding that the prosecution and police would be involved in the investigation.
The "Signal Shala", or traffic signal school, caters to dozens of children who have been left out of the formal education system.
