Some 200,000 New Zealanders held in care were abused over decades, a public inquiry reported on July 24, prompting an apology from the country's prime…
The Australian government will issue significant fines to technology giants that fail to report on how they are combating the spread of child abuse material…
France has hit back at New Zealand’s deputy prime minister for suggesting a referendum in New Caledonia wasn’t in the spirit of the law as…
Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders have endorsed a high-level mission to New Caledonia. This is in response to the request from New Caledonia to support…
Trash-carrying balloons sent by North Korea hit the South Korean presidential compound July 24, security officials told AFP, prompting Seoul to mobilize chemical response teams…
Taiwan closed schools, suspended the stock market, and declared a typhoon holiday on July 24 as Gaemi barrelled towards the island, bringing torrential rains and…
Japan protested to Russia on July 23 over curbs denying entry to 13 Japanese business executives, including the Toyota Motor chairman, as part of counter-sanctions…
Japan will continue to work with the United States for peace on the Taiwan Strait regardless of who is in the White House after the…
Myanmar's Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department will provide low-interest loans to farmers in animal husbandry, including beef cattle, dairy cows, poultry, and goat and sheep…
The central banks of Cambodia and Timor-Leste on July 22 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening banking and financial cooperation, said a…
A Vietnamese missile frigate arrived in Russia's port of Vladivostok on a "business call", Russia's TASS state news agency reported on July 24, citing the…
India needs to tackle sexual abuse in sports to improve its chances of hosting global tournaments such as the Olympics, a rights group said on…
Sri Lankan Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Plantation Industries signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with two state banks on July 22 to provide interest-free…
Sri Lanka's navy arrested nine Indian fishermen who were poaching in the country's territorial waters on July 23 morning, the navy said in a statement.…
The Sri Lanka cabinet approved the implementation of a national social protection policy, the government's information department said on July 23. The department said President…
The commander of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, at war with the army for over a year, agreed late on July 23 to ceasefire talks…
Eight crew members have died and five are missing after their fishing vessel encountered bad weather near the Falkland Islands, east of Argentina, Spanish authorities…
Authorities in the western Canadian province of Alberta have ordered evacuations of the popular Jasper National Park and nearby towns due to approaching forest fires.…
Dozens of people who joined scattered anti-corruption rallies in the capital Kampala on July 23 in defiance of an official ban have been charged and…
Amor Nouira, a farmer in Tunisia's Chebika village, has lost hope of saving his prickly pear cacti, ravaged by the cochineal insect spreading across North…
A team of UN investigators said on July 23 they had met in Chad with victims of violence in Sudan's brutal civil war and had…
Italian prosecutors investigating a shipwreck which killed 94 migrants in 2023 accused two members of the coast guard and four police officers on July 23…
French President Emmanuel Macron's office on July 23 said he was pressing Danish authorities not to extradite arrested anti-whaling activist Paul Watson to Japan. Watson,…
The World Health Organization voiced alarm on July 23 at the prospect of outbreaks of polio and other diseases in war-ravaged Gaza, amid an already…
Violence against women and girls in England and Wales is a "national emergency" with almost 3,000 offenses recorded daily, police warned in a new report…
