The Indonesian Army on July 17 deployed 450 soldiers to the country’s border with Papua New Guinea to maintain security. The soldiers originated from Braja…
Australia on July 17 pledged to clean up one of its most powerful trade unions, which has been tarred by accusations of intimidating "thuggery", corruption…
Australia on July 17 vowed to hold Russia to account for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 ten years ago that killed nearly 300…
A proposal to build nuclear reactors in Australia is incompatible with the country's rollout of renewable energy, the country's energy minister has said. In a…
Japan Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has announced the nation’s commitment to provide a fishery research vessel to Papua New Guinea during a bilateral meeting with…
China on July 16 expressed willingness to facilitate "reconciliation" between rival Palestinian factions, after Fatah said its officials would meet in Beijing with Hamas counterparts.…
Some 10,000 junior doctors who left hospitals five months ago in protest of the Yoon Suk Yeol administration’s decision to expand the medical school quota,…
North Korea has recently laid tens of thousands of new landmines along its border, forcing its soldiers to work in grim conditions as they suffer…
Japan plans to increase jet fuel production and imports to address a pick up in demand from flights amid a boom in tourism, according to…
The domes and spires of Myanmar's temple city of Bagan mark an island of calm in the country's raging civil war, but with conflict keeping…
Vietnamese Minister of Home Affairs Phạm Thị Thanh Trà and the Republic of Korea’s Minister of the Interior and Safety Lee Sang-min agreed to strengthen…
Bangladesh ordered schools and universities around the country to close indefinitely on July 16 after six students were killed in protests that prompted the mobilization…
Sri Lanka's cabinet has approved a proposal for the implementation of the national policy on indigenous medicine for the period between 2024 and 2034, the…
The 16th edition of the India-Mongolia Joint Military Exercise, Nomadic Elephant 2024, has concluded after an intensive 14 days of training and collaboration. The closing…
Global rating agency Moody’s on July 16 said that Pakistan’s staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)“ improves funding prospects, but ability to sustain…
The US Secret Service increased security for Donald Trump weeks ago after authorities learned of an Iranian plot to kill him, although it was not…
Iran on July 17 rejected what it called "malicious" accusations by US media implicating it in a plot to kill former US president Donald Trump.…
Over a year and a half since Haiti's rampant gang violence upended her life, Philomene Dayiti longs for nothing more than leaving the Port-au-Prince church…
Children's rights are being increasingly eroded by the rise in armed conflict around the world, including the wars in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine, aid group…
Colombian guerrillas fighting the government and rival armed groups on July 16 threatened a major UN biodiversity summit to be held later this year in…
Police fired tear gas and water cannon against dozens of demonstrators in Kenya's capital Nairobi on July 16, as scattered rallies across the country called…
Kyiv and Prague have agreed to launch joint production of assault rifles and ammunition components inside Ukraine, the countries' prime ministers said on July 16…
Serbia's government on July 16 said operations can restart at a disputed lithium mining project, days after a top court ruling overturned a 2022 cancellation…
A former Kosovo rebel commander was found guilty of war crimes on July 16 and sentenced to 18 years behind bars for abuses and murder…
North Macedonia turned to air support from abroad on July 16, as firefighters struggled to contain a string of blazes across the country amid a…
