Japan said goodbye to its last two giant pandas on January 27, as twins Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei were returned from their host country to China. Their departure has left Japan without any pandas for the first time since 1972, when Tokyo and Beijing normalized diplomatic ties. The
BAKU, Feb 10 - The United States and Azerbaijan signed a strategic partnership in Baku on Tuesday encompassing economic and security cooperation as Washington seeks to expand its influence in a region where Russia was once the main power broker.
The section of the Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy that should most give China pause isn’t the one on Asia. It’s the Western Hemisphere section, the one proclaiming what commentators are calling the “Donroe Doctrine.” American farmers and ranchers might
LOI TAI LENG, Myanmar, Feb 11 - The head of one of Myanmar’s influential ethnic armies accused world leaders of ignoring the ruling military junta's surge in deadly airstrikes on civilians, adding that only China was intervening in the conflict.
BAKU, Feb 10 - The United States and Azerbaijan signed a strategic partnership agreement in Baku on Tuesday, launching a fresh chapter in economic and security cooperation as Washington seeks to expand its influence in the South Caucasus.
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 10 - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa expressed his country's support for efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, Ramaphosa's office said.
BISHKEK, Feb 10 - President Sadyr Japarov on Tuesday signed decrees removing Kamchybek Tashiev - a longtime ally seen as Kyrgyzstan’s second-most influential official - as head of the State Committee for National Security and deputy prime minister.
India’s IT rules allow the government to order the removal of content deemed illegal under various laws.
Bloomberg reported on Tuesday (Feb 10) that Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief Azam Baki had owned 17.7 million shares in Velocity Capital Bhd worth RM800,000 (US$203,900). Azam said he bought the shares last year and disposed of them within the same year.
The information that may have been leaked includes names, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers.
His pledge that the team would stay in place bolstered the sense of policy continuity that buoyed markets after the election.
TAIPEI, Feb 10 - Taiwan's trade negotiating team has left for the U.S. to hold their final meeting on a trade and tariff deal struck last month, the island's government said on Tuesday.
The Japanese PM believes that a "Taiwan contingency is a Japanese contingency".
The Act grants vice-chancellors powers to disband student groups deemed to disrupt campus harmony.
At least 289 people have been charged under the law since 2020.
The plan comes as Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto received an invitation from the United States on Monday (Feb 9) to attend a Feb 19 Board of Peace meeting.
A similar plan to boost medical student numbers triggered nationwide protests in South Korea in 2024.
The ban applies to manufacturing, not to owning or selling existing inventory.
Experiments were conducted by the Japan Acoustic Laboratory using high-precision microphones.
Policymakers argue that expanding medical school intake is necessary to prevent worsening access to care.
Some 4,000 jobs will be lost as restaurant chain Xibei shuts over 100 of its outlets due to loss of business.
JAKARTA, Feb 10 - A proposed multinational peacekeeping force for Gaza could total about 20,000 troops, with Indonesia estimating it could contribute up to 8,000, President Prabowo Subianto’s spokesman said on Tuesday.
China has implemented a string of measures such as an advisory against travel to Japan.
On the night of October 23, 2023, India’s oldest international cricket ground, the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk, Chennai, erupted in celebration. Tens of thousands roared and waved flags. The stands rejoiced in what seemed like a familiar triumph over a long-standing
Optus is contacting those still affected via e-mail with instructions to restart their devices.
Information was collected from 12,960 households, according to the report.
When Iranian and US officials met for talks in the Omani capital of Muscat on February 6, many journalists and analysts were speculating as to whether diplomacy will fail and whether war will inevitably follow. But that framing misses the deeper reality of this moment. The more
Out of 300 lawmakers in the Lower House, 284 voted to dismiss the complaints.
VILNIUS, Feb 10 - Russia has no intention of launching a military attack on any NATO state this year or next, but is racing to rebuild its forces as Europe steps up its rearmament, Estonia's foreign intelligence service said in its annual report on Tuesday.
For more than four decades, China has been working to halt the spread of desertification through the Three-North Shelterbelt programme, colloquially known as the Great Green Wall.
BEIJING, Feb 10 - China has accused a former deputy director of its defence industry regulator of bribery and abuse of influence, the top prosecutor said on Tuesday, as Beijing steps up its anti-graft campaign in the military and supporting industries.
Feb 10 - A Russian attack damaged an energy facility in Ukraine's southern Black Sea region of Odesa, power company DTEK said on Tuesday.
The fourth-ranked leader in China's ruling Communist Party Wang Huning said officials must advance the "great cause of national reunification".
The author's erotic novel featured an 18-year-old protagonist who role-played as a toddler.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s political strategy paid off, but his victory was also due to a fortunate combination of circumstances, says Harrison Cheng from Control Risks.
The landmark decision said "legitimate intimate relationships" must not be "legally invisible".
Malaysians living overseas are currently allowed to vote through the overseas postal voting system.
Airport authorities and police seized six pieces of rhinoceros horn and around 12kg of unidentified meat.
DHAKA, Feb 10 - Bangladeshis will head to the polls on Thursday, with nearly 128 million people eligible to vote, in a key test of the country’s return to democracy after a popular uprising toppled long‑time leader Sheikh Hasina in August 2024.
DHAKA, Feb 10 - Bangladesh’s February 12 vote is a direct contest between two coalitions, with the lead parties competing for the largest share of seats.
DHAKA, Feb 10 - Shafiqur Rahman has long been on the margins of Bangladeshi politics, but his bearded face now appears on posters and billboards across Dhaka, urging voters to elect the country’s first Islamist‑led government in a general election on Thursday.
The collection was initiated by the injured woman’s friends, her older sister said.
DHAKA, Feb 10 - Less than two months after returning from nearly two decades of self‑imposed exile in London, Tarique Rahman could win one of Bangladesh's most pivotal elections and become prime minister, leading the country as his parents once did.
Selangor recorded the highest number, with four clusters involving 10 cases.