Polls opened in the Pacific nation of Kiribati on August 14 after a campaign dominated by the increasing cost of living, rising sea levels, and…
The Five Eyes countries are considering whether they can run checks on each other’s criminal databases. The New Zealand government says the proposal is in…
A former chief of Pakistan’s premier intelligence agency faces court martial following his arrest for alleged misconduct in a case related to a private housing…
The UN General Assembly on August 13 officially launched a new data-driven “vulnerability” index that would help small island states and developing nations gain access…
China has “destroyed” a large network of Taiwanese spies in the mainland and uncovered more than 1,000 espionage cases undertaken by Taiwan, China’s security ministry…
Myanmar’s military on August 14 said rumors top generals had detained the embattled junta chief in a new coup were “propaganda” spread by “traitors” ahead…
A German military base was sealed off on August 14 as authorities investigate suspected sabotage, the defense ministry said, with media reports saying the water…
People are leaving New Zealand in record numbers as unemployment rises, interest rates remain high and economic growth is anemic, government statistics show. Data released…
Suspected militants hurled hand grenades at a house and a store selling Pakistani national flags in the restive southwestern Baluchistan province on August 13, killing…
As authorities hunt controversial Philippine evangelist Apollo Quiboloy, analysts believe former president Rodrigo Duterte and his family may face obstacles in next year’s midterm elections…
The Australian government has announced plans to launch a world-leading digital identification system. Bill Shorten, the minister for government services, on August 13 said that…
A charity working with homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand unknowingly distributed candies filled with a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine in its food parcels…
North Korea will resume international tourism to its northeastern city of Samjiyon in December, and possibly the rest of the country, tour companies said on…
Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown is looking forward to handing over the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders chairmanship to Tongan PM as he focuses on his…
DR Congo and Zambia on August 13 announced the reopening of a border post which had been closed after a trade dispute between the two…
When a mass uprising forced Bangladesh’s longtime prime minister to step down and flee the country last week, a 65-year-old retired auditor who had worked…
South Korea’s first home-grown military spy satellite is ready to begin its “full-fledged” mission of monitoring the North, Seoul’s arms procurement agency said on August…
Soldiers in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir battled insurgents on August 14, with a captain and a suspected rebel killed in clashes in the disputed territory,…
North Korea is baking in a “fierce” heatwave, a weather agency official said on August 13, with the mercury forecast to reach as high as…
Many petrol stations in Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, were closed on August 14 because of a severe shortage of fuel, residents told Radio Free Asia,…
Food aid to Rohingya refugees – which dipped to $8 monthly per person in 2023 – has been gradually restored and reached $12.50 in August,…
Singapore’s Sembcorp Industries has suspended operations at its 225 MW power plant in central Myanmar’s Mandalay region because of “escalating civil unrest” after pro-democracy insurgents…
Authorities in northern Laos have given illegal call centers operating in the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone until the end of the month to clear…
