WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would likely impose sanctions on Russia if its president, Vladimir Putin, refuses to negotiate about ending the war in Ukraine.
Thailand is set to legalise same-sex marriage - one of the few places in Asia to do so. Why is it an outlier?
Some Johoreans who have to look for housing options further from Johor Bahru are concerned that homes in the city centre are increasingly reserved for elites and rich foreigners.
China has signalled that it is willing to work with the US from 'a new starting point'.
WASHINGTON - During his first term in office, U.S. President Donald Trump applied his particular brand of diplomacy with Washington's adversaries, publicly befriending Russia and North Korea while separately piling pressure on China and Iran.
UNITED NATIONS - U.S. President Donald Trump \"sees great promise in the United Nations if it focuses on its founding mission of international peace and security,\" his nominee to be ambassador told the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday.
The lunch was hosted by World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab.
DAVOS, Switzerland - Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang met with global finance and business leaders including Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman, Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio and JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon during a private lunch in Davos on Tuesday.
DAVOS, Switzerland - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday he does not support freedom of speech when it is used for extreme-right views, a day after a hand gesture by U.S. billionaire Elon Musk caused uproar during Donald Trump's inauguration festivities.
DAVOS, Switzerland - Pakistan has agreed terms for a $1 billion loan with two Middle Eastern banks at a 6%-7% interest rate, its Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb told Reuters on Tuesday, as the South Asian country looks for more financing.
DAVOS, Switzerland - Pakistan has agreed terms for a $1 billion loan with two Middle Eastern banks at a 6%-7% interest rate, its Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb told Reuters on Tuesday, as the South Asian country looks for more financing.
The New York Times reports that US officials are planning to propose an “armistice” for Ukraine, allegedly similar to how the Korean War ended in 1953. However, an Armistice Agreement like the Korean one does not align with Russia’s goals and probably can’t be achieved if
"I mean, he was prime minister," said Anwar.
Academic demographers have shown that family-friendly government policies can mitigate or even reverse the fertility decline that has taken birthrates in the industrial world well below replacement. Infertility is notoriously resistant to public spending, but targeted
Authorities from the region agreed to arrest the leaders of criminal syndicates.
DAVOS, Switzerland - Infosys expects the way the tech industry manages talent to shift and has already begun experimenting with how this transformation will occur, its chief technology officer said in an interview Davos, Switzerland.
Refusing to sell TikTok to the Americans could help Beijing assert its stance in what it sees as US bullying.
JERUSALEM - Israel spent about 100 billion shekels ($28 billion) on military conflicts in 2024, the finance ministry said on Tuesday, a figure that has sharply pushed up government borrowing and the country's debt burden.
JAKARTA - Indonesia's new President Prabowo Subianto plans to spend 48.8 trillion rupiah ($2.99 billion) through 2029 to build the new capital city \"Nusantara\", with a target of relocating the government there by 2028, the project's chief said on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON - The United States, Australia, India and Japan recommitted to working together on Tuesday, after the first meeting of the China-focused \"Quad\" grouping's top diplomats since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.
This month, multiple media outlets reported on the US Navy’s evolving plans for the next-generation DDG(X) destroyer, emphasizing its advanced capabilities and challenges. But while the US Navy bets on the DDG(X)’s futuristic concept to outpace China’s naval surge with advanced
A suspected Chinese spy who held trips across the main Luzon island was recently arrested.
Two Americans held by the Taliban were exchanged for an Afghan imprisoned in the US on narco-terrorism charges.
Players use an app to search for virtual coins in the real world, which can be exchanged for cash.
In a rare call, the junta asked other nations to “participate in combating online scams and online gambling”.
Yoon Suk Yeol has made his first appearance at an impeachment trial which will decide if he should be permanently removed.
Some Thai tourism industry groups have proposed cutting the visa-free stay for Chinese tourists.
Zhengzhou, a major manufacturing hub that makes many of the world’s Apple iPhones, bore the brunt of the trade war between the US and China during Donald Trump's first term.
KOLKATA - India's West Bengal state launched an appeal on Tuesday to overturn a life sentence in favour of the death penalty for a police volunteer convicted of the rape and murder of a junior doctor, a senior lawyer aware of the development said.
Live images showed part of a building, on a shopping street in downtown Osaka, still burning.
Apart from the COVID-19 pandemic factor, another driving force behind the exodus might be their smaller pay packages.
In a piece of pure political theatre, Donald Trump began his second presidency by signing a host of executive orders before a rapturous crowd of 20,000 in Washington on Monday. The orders immediately reversed swathes of Biden administration policy and ostensibly began what
BEIJING - U.S. President Donald Trump's picks for senior posts in his administration include several people with deep ties to China, but several have divergent views on how to deal with Washington's biggest rival, including Marco Rubio and Elon Musk.
The group was discovered by residents in a “weak and frail” state.
A childcare centre in eastern Sydney was sprayed with anti-Jewish graffiti and set ablaze.
The landslide was triggered by heavy rains in the area.
Authorities closed nine beaches on 14 January after the marble-sized balls washed up.
Branches of the restaurant will be rebranded to “MongKol”, which translates to “auspicious” in Thai.
Hundreds of civil servants from Indonesia’s Higher Education Ministry reportedly staged a demonstration outside the ministry’s office on Monday (Jan 20).
Afghan Taliban member Khan Mohammed was convicted in 2008 on narco-terrorism charges.
Japan's Ishiba has also sent a congratulatory letter to Trump.
Najib was found guilty in 2020 of criminal breach of trust and abuse of power for illegally receiving funds misappropriated from a unit of state investor 1Malaysia Development Berhad.
A new law coming into effect on Jan 23 grants same-sex couples the same legal rights as heterosexual couples.
President Donald Trump begins a second term that promises to be crucial for Latin America. Much has been said about his 2024 victory, his potential foreign policy and his unconventional personal traits. Most specialists in the United States and the region predict a very stormy
The large fish fell ill soon after the aquarium closed for renovations.
The fish stopped eating after the aquarium closed for renovations in December 2024.
SYDNEY - Australia has been grappling with a spate of antisemitic attacks on synagogues, buildings and cars since the beginning of the Israel-Gaza war in late 2023.