South Korea’s parliamentary election of April 10, 2024, was widely seen as a referendum on President Yoon Suk Yeol’s first two years in office. That being the case, the nation collectively expressed its strong disapproval. With a relatively high turnout of 67%, voters handed
It’s the second time in just over a month that junta raids forced an evacuation of Monywa township.
Knife is Salman Rushdie’s account of how he narrowly survived an attempt on his life in August 2022, in which he lost his right eye and partial use of his left hand. The attack ironically came when Rushdie was delivering a lecture on “the creation in America of safe spaces for
The stabbing rampage at a busy Sydney shopping centre has left many - particularly women - uneasy.
BAKU - Armenia has agreed to return to Azerbaijan four villages situated on their shared border, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Aykhan Hajizada said on Friday.
BRUSSELS - NATO allies on Friday agreed to provide Kyiv with additional air defence systems, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said after a special meeting of allied defence ministers with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
KYIV - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told NATO members on Friday that Ukraine needed a minimum of seven Patriot or other high-end air defence systems to counter Russian air strikes, exhorting them to step up their military assistance for Kyiv.
WASHINGTON - The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on two entities that it said helped raise tens of thousands of dollars for two violent extremists in the West Bank already targeted with U.S. sanctions, the Treasury Department announced in a statement.
Tens of millions of Indians have voted on the first day of general elections that end in June.
Since 2014, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity has grown exponentially – and so has the formidable organizational machine of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). These two factors will be key to delivering the BJP a likely third consecutive victory in the Indian
Mount Ruang first started erupting late on April 16.
A major pre-poll survey has identified a lack of jobs as the main concern for voters.
The real estate tycoon at the center of a US$12.46 billion fraud case has been sentenced to death, a penalty which appears to have appeased an outraged Vietnamese public but may not be enough to stem rising concerns about the health of the financial system. Truong My Lan,
An academic likens the erosion of the city’s press freedoms to the thin slicing of a cured sausage.
MOSCOW - The Kremlin said on Friday that staff in some government departments were banned from travelling abroad for security reasons, while some departments required people to provide advance notification of any foreign travel plans.
TOKYO - A senior figure in Japan's ruling party will travel to New York next week and is seeking a meeting with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to public broadcaster NHK.
JERUSALEM/DUBAI - Israeli media cited foreign reports of an Israeli strike on Iran on Friday in the absence of official public comment, while Iranian television reports played down the attack - many not even mentioning the \"Zionist entity\", Iran's term for Israel.
Speculation has focused not on whether Mr Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win, but on the scale of the victory against a fragmented opposition alliance.
Malaysians are increasingly unhappy with the government over corruption and the economic conditions.
The top three finishers of the Beijing half marathon are stripped of their medals after an investigation into the controversial result.
From Taiwan to Kumamoto prefecture in Japan, the South Korean city of Pyeongtaek, and the US state of Arizona – a global rush to build new semiconductor manufacturing capacity is underway.
"Ghost gear” – discarded or lost fishing equipment – is a growing problem in waters off Thailand.
YANVARTSEVO, Kazakhstan - Kazakhstan braced on Friday for levels on the Ural River to rise sharply, something that could threaten two of its western regions and key oil infrastructure, while Russia grappled with floods in and near Siberia.
MRT expansion adds to modernisation of public transport under outgoing President Widodo.
Ukraine is now experiencing a level of existential threat comparable only to the situation immediately after the full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022. But in contrast to then, improvements are unlikely – at least not soon. Not only have conditions along the frontline
The alliance between Gerindra and other parties in supporting Anies Baswedan's success in the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election has since shifted, especially during the recent Indonesian presidential race.
The prolonged presence of 2 Chinese vessels suggests a deeper involvement than Phnom Penh admits.
Eight more were injured after police, guards and soldiers opened fire on the inmates, an advocacy organization said.
His BJP faces its toughest battle in Tamil Nadu, where voters prefer the regional parties.
North Korea said the US envoy appeared to have “forgotten her duty” regarding Middle East tensions.
DUBAI - Dubai's flagship airline Emirates is suspending check-in for all customers with onward connections through the city, it said on Friday, three days after a record storm swept the United Arab Emirates.
The medics seek $12,400 in total damages from Google in a bid to hold the US tech titan accountable.
The approval rate for Mr Yoon fell to 23 per cent, down from the previous low of 24 per cent in September 2022.
DUBAI - British security firm Ambrey said on Friday merchant vessels transiting the Gulf and Western Indian Ocean were advised to stay alert in case of increased uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) activity in the region.
The world’s largest election will be spread across 6 weeks, involving nearly a billion voters.
More than 960 million Indians will head to the polls in the world’s biggest election between April 19 and early June. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is seeking a third term in office. And the polls suggest it will achieve
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim highlighted how Johor is a key growth driver in Malaysia, with the state's progress and development among the top nationally.
The music video features North Koreans belting out lines such as 'Let’s brag about Kim Jong Un, a friendly father'.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky openly complained last weekend that his country was getting far less military support from Western allies needed to fend off fierce Russian bomb and missile attacks than Israel got last weekend during one night of drone and rocket
