More diplomacy, engagement and compromise are needed in New Caledonia, where deadly riots erupted in May over an electoral reform, New Zealand's foreign minister said…
The United States on July 19 said it has officially opened an embassy in Vanuatu, part of ongoing efforts to parry China's influence in the…
Australia's cyber intelligence agency said on Juy 20 that "malicious websites and unofficial code" were being released online claiming to aid recovery from Friday's global…
North Korea has resumed sending balloons carrying trash across the border into the South, Seoul's military said on July 21, in apparent response to the…
South Korea will ramp up propaganda broadcasts to the North in response to Pyongyang sending more trash-carrying balloons across the border, Seoul's military said July…
A Mongolian court sentenced a controversial journalist to almost five years in prison for illegally obtaining state secrets and a host of other crimes, in…
Taiwan's foreign minister on July 19 said the self-ruled island must rely on itself for defense after US presidential candidate Donald Trump insisted Taipei "should…
Manila's resupply missions to troops on a disputed South China Sea atoll will remain purely Philippine operations, the National Security Council said on July 21,…
An alliance of armed groups in Myanmar has agreed to extend a ceasefire with the junta in northern Shan state after "pressure" from China, a…
A South African court on July 19 ordered the national arms regulator to suspend and review all permits granted for the sale of weapons to…
The Philippine Air Force must ramp up pilot training if it is to buy 20 or more multi-role fighter jets as it modernizes and expands…
Bangladesh's top court on July 21 pared back contentious civil service hiring rules but failed to mollify university student leaders, whose demonstrations against the scheme…
The US State Department warned Americans on July 20 not to travel to Bangladesh and said it would begin removing some diplomats and their families…
Sri Lanka has scrapped plans to sell off its indebted national airline despite shortlisting three potential buyers, the government's privatization agency said on July 19.…
After a long estrangement, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad may be edging towards a meeting, but analysts say normalization…
A head-on collision between a truck and a bus on a highway in the Bolivian Andes on July 20 left 22 people dead and 16…
Ugandan protesters who said they would press ahead with a banned anti-corruption march on July 16 are "playing with fire", the country's president warned. "Some…
The top UN court's ruling that Israel's 57-year occupation of Palestinian land was "illegal" is "largely consistent with EU positions", the bloc's foreign policy chief…
Three police officers were injured in the latest anti-immigration protests at a site earmarked for housing asylum seekers in Dublin, authorities said. It was the…
The Democratic Republic of Congo is suffering an "exponential rise" in the number of monkeypox cases, the government said on July 20. Government spokesperson Patrick…
Spanish police on July 20 said that they had arrested three people accused of taking part in cyberattacks by a pro-Russian group targeting public institutions…
Uganda again rejected UN allegations that it is backing M23 rebels in neighboring DR Congo after Kinshasa summoned the Ugandan charge d'affaires over the issue.…
Airlines were gradually coming back online July 20 after global carriers, banks and financial institutions were thrown into turmoil by one of the biggest IT…
The United Nations said on July 19 it was "extremely worried" about the fate of two Guinea opposition leaders reportedly tortured in custody, urging the…
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa committed his new coalition government to growth, job creation and poverty reduction as he opened parliament on July 18 following…
