Global warming has accelerated at an "unprecedented" pace as the window to limit rising temperatures within internationally-set targets closes, over 50 leading scientists warned in…
The US House of Representatives voted on June 4 to advance a largely symbolic bill calling for sanctions on the International Criminal Court after its…
The US will temporarily close its Mexico border to asylum seekers from June 5, as President Joe Biden tries to neutralize his political weakness on…
The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah is not seeking to widen its conflict with Israel but is ready to fight any war imposed on it, its…
Nigerian union leaders on June 4 suspended a nationwide strike to allow for more wage talks after they disrupted flights, shut down the national power…
Israel announced a new military campaign against Hamas in central Gaza on June 5 and Palestinian medics said airstrikes there had killed dozens of people…
Israel said on June 4 it signed a $3 billion deal to buy a third squadron of 25 advanced F-35 stealth fighter jets manufactured by…
Germany is considering deporting Afghan migrants who pose a security threat back to Afghanistan, the interior minister said on June 4, after the killing of…
Slovenia's parliament on June 4 passed a decree recognising a Palestinian state, following last week's recognition by three other European states. With the move in…
Matt Croucher, a former British Royal Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, has been held in Dubai for seven months on spying charges, the…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced on June 5 the prospects of a far tougher-than-expected third term after his party failed to secure an outright…
Scores of people staged a small protest in the Pakistan-administered region of Kashmir on June 4, an AFP journalist said, as Hindu nationalist Prime Minister…
The Commerce Ministries of Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to implement the mechanism of Temporary Admission Document (TAD) to streamline and regulate the movement of…
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim faces the specter of several by-elections in Malay-majority constituencies that his ruling coalition had lost in recent polls, which could…
Vietnam's central bank lent another $1.2 billion to ailing Saigon Joint Stock Commercial Bank over the last two months, according to a bank document seen…
The ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) won most of the seats in the municipal, provincial, town and district council elections for the fourth mandate on…
Myanmar’s junta is cracking down on gold and foreign exchange traders and agents selling foreign real estate, with 35 arrests announced in the last two…
One person was killed and 23 wounded at a Myanmar school on June 4 after a student picked up an unexploded grenade fired during fighting…
South Korea will restore all border military activities for the first time in more than five years, after it suspended a 2018 inter-Korean military pact,…
Beijing’s Tiananmen Square had checkpoints and police vehicles on June 4 as China tried to silence the 35th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy…
Japanese transport ministry officials launched an on-site investigation at Toyota Motor's (7203.T) headquarters on June 4 after irregularities were found in its applications to certify…
Japan aims to expand the overseas market size of anime, games and other creative industries to 20 trillion yen (129 billion US dollars) by 2033,…
Christopher Luxon says a new large-scale, renewable energy project in Niue should be operating by the end of next year. Luxon is in Niue for…
Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has welcomed Palau President Surangel Whipps Jnr to Tokyo ahead of the 10th Pacific Islands Leaders’ Meeting (PALM 10). “I’m…
The U.S Missile Defence Agency (MDA) is proposing to launch the initial flight test of Guam’s missile defense system in the first quarter of fiscal…
