The first batch of long-awaited F-16 jets have arrived in Ukraine, Lithuania's foreign minister and a US official said on July 31, an effort Kyiv…
Signs of a major prisoner exchange between Russia and Belarus on one side and the US, Germany and Slovenia on the other, multiplied on August…
Transport unions in Bolivia started a national strike on July 31 to protest fuel shortages, as diesel supplies shipped from Russia fail to arrive and…
The European Union's landmark law on artificial intelligence came into force on August 1, which Brussels vows will drive innovation while protecting citizens' rights. The…
The US sanctioned two people and four firms on July 31 for facilitating the procurement of weapons on behalf of Yemen's Houthi rebels. The group…
Nigerian police fired tear gas on August 1 to break up several hundred protesters in the northern city of Kano and in the capital Abuja…
A teenager appeared in court on August 1 charged with murdering three girls in a mass stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed dance party as violent…
Bangladesh police freed six student leaders on August 1 whose campaign against civil service job quotas sparked deadly nationwide unrest, as the government looked to…
Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan has offered to hold "conditional negotiations" with the powerful military as he serves a year into a jail term…
At least 21 people were killed and over 50 others went missing as torrential rains triggering cloudbursts, landslides, flooding and waterlogging wreaked havoc in north…
Pakistan's second-largest city of Lahore was deluged with record-breaking rainfall on August 1, the national weather agency said, with hospitals flooded, power interrupted and streets…
Vietnamese coast guard vessel 8002 is on its way to the Philippines for the first joint coast guard drills between the neighbors, who both have…
The military regime that seized power in Myanmar 3 1/2 years ago extended a state of emergency in the civil war-wracked country for another six…
The Philippines and US navies conducted a joint maritime exercise in the South China Sea on July 31, the Philippine armed forces said. The two…
North Korea wants to reopen nuclear talks with the US if Donald Trump is re-elected as president and is working to devise a new negotiating…
South Korea is ready to provide North Korea with relief supplies for damage caused by recent heavy rainfall, South Korea's Red Cross said on August…
With large parts of the world in turmoil and deep uncertainty over the future direction of America’s global role, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken…
China's state council said on July 31 it expects the urbanization rate of its permanent population will increase to close to 70% in the next…
The obscure UN organization attempting to set rules for the exploitation of deep-sea metals is facing a potential shake-up as more nations call for a…
Australia is struggling to improve the lives of the country's Indigenous population, with only five of 19 measures on course to meet targets, showed a…
Planned missile tests in Guam are dividing residents as an unprecedented military build-up in the US territory continues in response to geo-political tensions in the…
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has urged regional customs agencies to innovate and collaborate across the Oceania region at the 26th Annual Oceania Customs…
Cocoa production in East New Britain province dropped significantly in the last 14 years, acting regional coordinator for the Cocoa Bord of Papua New Guinea…
Two people died and at least 10 others went missing after a small boat capsized at the mouth of Vailala River in Gulf province on…
Police have arrested 20 suspects in Wau, Kilolo and Makoni areas on July 29 following an attack at a mining site in Wau, Morobe province.…
