MANILA, Dec 16 - The father and son duo accused of carrying out Sunday's Bondi Beach attack had travelled to the southern Philippines, a region long plagued by Islamist militancy, before the attack that Australian police say appeared to be inspired by Islamic State.
When the American president, vice-president and sundry acolytes spend their time badmouthing and attacking Europe, the key question is not whether they are right or wrong, nor even how European leaders should respond. The key question is why these self-described America
Dec 16 - Russia has labelled Deutsche Welle an \"undesirable organisation\", in what the German international broadcaster called an effort to suppress independent reporting.
Analysts view the reshuffle as a strategic move to appeal to PH's voter base and Sabahans.
LONDON, Dec 16 - The British government on Tuesday ordered a probe into foreign financial interference in politics.
HONG KONG, Dec 16 - Hong Kong's leader said on Tuesday he raised the conviction of pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai in a meeting with China's leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, one day after the media mogul was found guilty of collusion with foreign forces.
HONG KONG, Dec 16 - Hong Kong's leader said on Tuesday he raised the conviction of pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai in a meeting with China's leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, one day after the media mogul was found guilty of collusion with foreign forces in a landmark
LONDON, Dec 16 - Italy's Leonardo has denied liability for the 2018 helicopter crash which killed Thai businessman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, saying in its defence to a lawsuit that its AW169 model is safe.
Her son had said that he had not heard from his mother in years.
Dec 16 - Myanmar’s junta said on Tuesday that detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is “in good health,” a day after her son told Reuters he has received little information about the 80-year-old’s condition and fears she could die without him knowing.
KABUL, Dec 16 - The U.N. World Food Programme is unable for the first time in decades to provide effective aid to millions of Afghans suffering from malnutrition, with deaths especially among children likely to rise this winter, the WFP said on Tuesday.
Sajid Akram had limited contact with family in Hyderabad since he migration to Australia in 1998.
BEIJING, Dec 16 - A Chinese court imposed jail sentences and fines on Tuesday on 27 people for shipping antimony ingots out of the country without export licences, in a ruling that highlights how China is tightening enforcement of its controls on strategic minerals.
A narrative has taken hold in foreign capitals that Myanmar is on the verge of collapsing into a failed state. The military junta and its supporters warn that the fall of the regime would unleash a chaotic “Balkanization” of warring ethnic groups. International actors, fearing
Survivors want the central government to declare a national disaster to increase the scale of aid.
Video showed the man being tackled to the ground by staff in the middle of the home straight.
The S&P 500’s Magnificent Seven, namely Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla, may look far less magnificent by 2026 as intensifying competition in the AI race erodes the dominance they have enjoyed for much of the past decade. For investors, this shift
HELSINKI, Dec 16 - European Union nations that border Russia or are located near the Russian border will flesh out proposals to boost their defence and security, Finland's prime minister said ahead of a summit in Helsinki on Tuesday.
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed interest in a nuclear weapons drawdown among China, Russia and the United States. With the New START treaty between Washington and Moscow nearing expiration, this is a critical juncture to confront the emerging nuclear
Renewed fighting between the South-east Asian neighbours in December has killed at least 32 people.
The premier announced more than 25 changes to his Cabinet after previously saying that a major reshuffle was not on the cards.
A climatologist said a cyclone seed detected in the Indian Ocean may become a full-fledged cyclone.
At least 44,600 firearms have been stolen in the past 20 years, the equivalent of one every four hours.
Such stores have been expanding across South Korea since the first one opened in June.
They ran towards danger to help others and prevent more bloodshed.
Some ministers had their portfolios switched, while others were newly called into the Cabinet.
NAJAF, Iraq, Dec 16 - Iraqi wheat farmer Ma'an al-Fatlawi has long depended on the nearby Euphrates River to feed his fields near the city of Najaf. But this year, those waters, which made the Fertile Crescent a cradle of ancient civilisation 10,000 years ago, are drying up,
The comments come as Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te continued a tug of war with the opposition over legislation and government plans.
It will classify heavy rain, flooding, landslides and storm surges into five alert levels.
Terror groups in the country have become smaller and factionalised, but are still loyal to ISIS.
SYDNEY, Dec 16 - Flowers were laid on Tuesday in front of the shuttered shop of Ahmed al Ahmed, the 43-year-old tobacco shop owner who locals hailed as the “Bondi hero” after he wrestled a gun from one of the attackers during a mass shooting on Sydney's Bondi Beach.
Years earlier, Naveed Akram was preaching about peace, and then something happened.
Years earlier, Naveed Akram was preaching peace, and then something happened.
The pandas are to return to China at the end of January after China-Japan relations have deteriorated.
TOKYO, Dec 16 - A day after news broke that Japan would soon lose its last two giant pandas to China, thousands of fans flocked to Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on Tuesday to catch a final glimpse, with many bidding the twins a tearful farewell.
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 - Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will appoint new ministers on Tuesday, as he looks to stabilise his administration and fill the vacancies in his cabinet arising from resignations and expired senate terms.
Some witnesses have suggested police were too slow to disarm the two gunmen during the Bondi shooting.
Malaysia's Health Ministry aims to finalise the policy by 2026.
MANILA, Dec 16 - The Philippines Bureau of Immigration said on Tuesday that the two alleged gunmen behind the mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach travelled to the Philippines on November 1 aboard Philippine Airlines Flight PR212 from Sydney to Manila and onward to Davao.
At least 16 people – including a ten-year-old child – are dead after two men opened fire on a crowd of people celebrating the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah on Sunday in a public park at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Many more are injured. I am horrified. But as a researcher who studies
Thaksin’s nephew is one of three prime minister candidates nominated by the Pheu Thai Party.