Australia is facing an unprecedented threat from three different strains of avian influenza according to experts from the national science agency. Debbie Eagles and Frank…
The Marianas Islands Legislature Association (MILA) has adopted a resolution seeking to replace the CNMI’s foreign worker programme with a joint Marianas visa tailored to…
The Japanese Government plans to increase the number of port calls by Maritime Self-Defence Force(MSDF) vessels to Pacific Island nations, according to a draft of…
The United States Department of the Interior’s Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs Carmen G. Cantor has announced US$372 million in Compact of Free…
A senior North Korean diplomat based in Cuba defected with his wife and child to South Korea in November, South Korean media reports said on…
A recently signed agreement will open a direct line of communication between China and the Philippines’ presidential offices to try and prevent any new confrontation…
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met in Berlin on July 12 and agreed to establish a new bilateral framework for consultations…
Illegal sales of fentanyl, a potent and highly addictive opioid, have increased significantly in South Korea, raising concerns among authorities and the public alike. Data…
The number of calls related to poisoning cases in Malaysia is increasing, with most involving children aged below four, says the country’s National Poison Centre…
The Philippines has tallied 233 deaths due to dengue from January to June 29 this year as cases rise amid the wet season, the country's…
Authorities in Australia's Northern Territory (NT) have granted environmental approval for the world's largest renewable energy and transmission project. The NT government and NT Environmental…
The number of elderly Singaporean residents living alone in households more than doubled from 35,160 in 2013 to 78,135 in 2023, according to the Family…
More than 400 Bangladeshis were injured in ongoing protests over quotas for coveted government jobs, police and protesters said on July 16, after clashes between…
The death toll from rainstorms and flooding in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province has risen to 40 and the number of injured has reached 347, the…
Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan plan to introduce a full free trade regime, according to the press service of the Uzbek government on July 12. Uzbek Prime…
At least four children have died and two others are undergoing treatment for suspected infection of Chandipura virus in the western Indian state of Gujarat,…
Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris condemned violent anti-immigration clashes on July 15 at a planned asylum-seeker housing facility in Dublin as "reprehensible", as 15 were…
Some 2,000 police were deployed on July 15 to ten favelas in Rio de Janeiro to crack down on conflict between narcos and militias, authorities…
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has ordered top EU officials to skip a series of meetings in Hungary amid ire over Prime Minister Viktor…
Mali on July 15 jailed an ally of an influential imam critical of the ruling junta for "opposing the legitimate authorities", a judicial source said,…
A Libyan airline's commercial director has been arrested in an investigation into flying illegal migrants who intended to enter the United States to Nicaragua, the…
A wildfire raging in a seaside tourist area in western Turkey killed three people, the provincial governor said on July 15, the latest in a…
Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates reached an agreement allowing for the resumption of travel between the two countries, Nigeria's information minister said on Juy…
More than 60 children in El Salvador have been arbitrarily detained, tortured and beaten since the government declared a state of emergency over two years…
The United Nations' International Seabed Authority (ISA) met on July 15 to consider new rules allowing firms to extract minerals from the ocean floor, despite…
