The newly launched dengue vaccine, Qdenga, is being offered at some Malaysian clinics for more than RM500 (S$143), which is believed to be nearly three…
At least eight people were killed in India on June 17 when a goods train driver missed a signal and slammed into an express passenger…
Sri Lanka on June 17 hailed data showing the economy grew far more than expected in the first quarter, as the country continued its recovery…
Nepal's Acting President Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, in recent separate meetings with a senior Chinese political advisor, reiterated…
Sri Lankan authorities have formulated an initial roadmap to ease restrictions on motor vehicle imports by 2025, local media quoting the International Monetary Fund (IMF)…
An Israeli government spokesman on June 17 said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had dissolved the war cabinet following the resignation earlier this month of centrist…
The African Union on June 17 condemned "massacres" in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo that killed 150 people in June. African Union…
A soldier was killed and eight people were wounded in an explosion on June 17 at a Czech military base used to train Ukrainian troops,…
Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed a woman the West has called his "close relative" to a top defense ministry post on June 17 as part…
Russia and North Korea will sign several "important documents" during President Vladimir Putin's visit this week, including a possible strategic partnership treaty, Russian news agencies…
Austria's conservatives on June 17 vowed to take legal action at the European Court of Justice after the environment minister helped pass an EU nature…
Nuclear-armed countries hiked spending on atomic weapons arsenals by a third in the past five years as they modernized their stockpiles amid growing geopolitical tensions,…
At least six people were killed and 30 others remained missing after heavy rains triggered a landslide in a tourist region of southern Ecuador, authorities…
Six Nigerien soldiers protecting an oil pipeline to neighboring Benin were killed during an attack by "armed bandits" in the south of the country, Niger's…
Iran and Sweden announced a prisoner exchange on June 15 in which a former Iranian official was released in Sweden in exchange for a European…
A Group of Seven summit is opening on June 13 with agreement on a US proposal to back a $50 billion loan to Ukraine using…
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, whose family is estimated to be wealthier than King Charles, said he went without "lots of things" as a child,…
A UN investigation concluded on June 12 that Israel had committed crimes against humanity during the war in Gaza, including that of "extermination", while Israeli…
Argentina’s Senate began what’s likely to be an all-night voting marathon on the details of President Javier Milei ‘s sweeping proposals to slash spending and…
Germany on June 12 unveiled plans for a new military service model as the country looks to revamp its depleted armed forces in the wake…
The international trading system is on the brink of fragmenting amid rising geopolitical tensions, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on June 12, as he cautioned…
South Africa's opposition Inkatha Freedom Party on June 12 announced it will ally with the ruling ANC as it seeks to build a governing coalition…
Canada's 2024 wildfire season got off to a better start than feared with fewer fires and areas burned than average, but officials said on June…
The EU's member countries in the coming months are to prepare plans on how they will implement overhauled rules for asylum-seekers to be operational in…
A Russian nuclear-powered submarine and other naval vessels arrived in Cuba on June 12 for a five-day visit to the communist island off Florida's coast…
