Police and masked activists clashed at a protest over a motorway project in southern France on June 8, leaving five people hurt, local officials said.…
US Supreme Court justices reported receiving gifts including a stay in a Bali hotel and tickets to a Beyoncé concert, as well as nearly $1.6…
More than 50 defendants, including six with US, British, Canadian or Belgian citizenship, appeared in court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on June 7…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's chief rival Rahul Gandhi was nominated on June 8 to lead India's opposition in parliament after an election result that rescued…
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sworn in on June 9 for a third term after worse-than-expected election results left him reliant on coalition partners…
Bangladesh’s government, in trying to boost revenue, is proposing to offer an amnesty with a big tax incentive to people who haven’t declared their assets,…
Before US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Cambodia this week, the Pentagon had indicated that the talks wouldn't yield "significant deliverables." Despite some media…
Middle and high school students in Laos say they are dropping out of school because of the country’s dismal economy and lack of job opportunities,…
Vietnam has been increasing its dredging and landfill work in the South China Sea, creating almost as much new land as in the previous two…
The Philippines on June 7 accused China of blocking and ramming a boat carrying a sick marine being evacuated from its outpost in the South…
South Korea's military said it was on alert for possibly more trash-carrying balloons arriving from North Korea on June 9, a potential response to the…
Staff at Samsung Electronics, one of the world’s largest smartphone manufacturers and also one of the only companies producing high-end semiconductors, have taken industrial action…
Four universities in Taiwan will be closing in July following a dip in enrollment due to the island’s plunging birth rate, reported Taiwanese news outlets.…
A two-and-a-half-year-old girl tested positive for H5N1 bird flu and needed hospital intensive care treatment in Australia after traveling to India, the World Health Organization…
Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is very supportive of New Zealand considering joining the Aukus security pact, saying his nation would likely benefit from it.…
A man shot by police in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia has died of his wounds, becoming the eighth victim of weeks of…
New Zealand's government said on June 9 it would introduce legislation to remove a controversial ban on offshore petroleum exploration to attract investment to the…
Humanity now faces an 80% chance that Earth's temperatures will at least temporarily exceed the key 1.5-degree Celsius mark during the next five years, the…
South Africa's ruling ANC said on June 5 it had reached out to rivals to form a government of national unity, after failing to win…
Joe Biden is looking to convince voters of his leadership credentials with a striking flurry of major announcements on Gaza, Ukraine and the Mexican border,…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 5 criticized the West's delivery of long-range weapons to Ukraine, arguing Moscow could arm other countries with similar weapons…
A person died of bird flu in Mexico in the first confirmed case of a human infected with the H5N2 variant, the World Health Organization…
A court in Turkey on June 5 jailed a pro-Kurdish mayor for 19 and a half years for "terrorism", his lawyer said, a ruling denounced…
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on June 5 blamed his opponents for fostering the "hatred" that led to an assassination attempt against him, in his…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is “prepared for a very intense operation” along its border with Lebanon, where Israeli troops have exchanged near-daily fire…
