Beryl was downgraded July 8 evening to a tropical depression after slamming the southern US state of Texas as a Category 1 hurricane, killing at…
Four Indian soldiers were killed and at least six others were wounded in gun battles with militants in Jammu and Kashmir state, a senior police…
Indian lawyers and activists are urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to put on hold three sets of new criminal laws, arguing they will increase…
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) resumed trading on July 8 after a two-hour suspension due to a fire in the bourse's Karachi headquarters. In a…
With inflation continuing to plague Sri Lanka as it recovers from its worst economic crisis in decades, the strategy is to increase salaries nationwide, the…
Shipments of aviation fuel are reaching Myanmar despite calls to deprive its military of the resources needed to carry out unlawful air strikes against insurgents…
Container ship congestion in Singapore, one of Asia’s busiest ports, is spreading to neighboring Malaysia, snarling supply chains and causing delays in the movement of…
Laos Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone will make his first official visit to Singapore on July 9. Siphandone was appointed prime minister in December 2023, after…
A batch of suspect fireworks exploded accidentally during their disposal in the southern Philippines, injuring 27 people, most of them explosives experts, police said July…
Six people have died of heatstroke in Tokyo as Japan swelters under a rare rainy season heatwave, prompting authorities to issue a flurry of health…
China lashed out at NATO's "smears and attacks" on July 9 after the defence alliance's chief accused it of supporting Russia's war in Ukraine on…
Taiwan's exports rose more than expected in June, with the island benefiting from its position as a key link in the supply chain of the…
Hyundai Motor Co reached a tentative wage agreement with its South Korean labour union on July 8, a union official said, potentially avoiding a strike…
Australia's cyber intelligence agency sounded a rare warning July 9 about the rising threat of state-backed Chinese hackers, saying they were "actively" looking for targets…
Australia's prime minister appointed a special envoy to tackle anti-Semitism in the country on July 9, urging his compatriots to avoid being "torn apart" by…
Top officials from Australia and the U.S. have pledged to help Pacific countries tackle a steep decline in the number of correspondent banks, with the…
Two US Pacific territories are steps closer to having their membership upgraded at the main political decision-making body in the region - the Pacific Islands…
President Emmanuel Macron on July 8 was to start efforts to extract France from its most severe political uncertainty in decades after the left defeated…
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on July 7 said he might invite his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad to Turkey "at any moment", in a sign of…
The West African bloc ECOWAS on July 7 warned the region faced "disintegration" after the military rulers of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso cemented a…
Newly-elected Prime Minister Keir Starmer on July 7 began a whistlestop tour of UK nations, promising an "immediate reset" of relations with the devolved governments…
All 10 elderly residents of an Uruguayan nursing home died July 7 after an early-morning fire from which the lone caretaker was the only person…
Thousands of Moroccans demonstrated July 7 in the northern city of Tangier in support of the Palestinian people and against Morocco's ties with Israel, an…
Cuba claimed July 7 to have thwarted a "terrorist plot" planned on US soil, arresting its alleged mastermind and several others. The interior ministry announced…
An overnight Ukrainian drone attack set a Russian munitions depot ablaze the Voronezh region, near the two countries' shared border, Russian and Ukrainian officials said…
