The head of a Japanese sightseeing boat company whose vessel capsized in frigid waters in 2022 killing at least 20 tourists and crew has been…
Same-sex Taiwanese-Chinese couples are now legally able to register their marriages in Taiwan, Taipei said September 19, recognising cross-strait unions for the first time. Taiwan…
Security forces in New Caledonia killed two men during an overnight operation, the public prosecutor said September 19, taking the death toll to 13 after…
Fijian former coup leader George Speight was granted a presidential pardon and freed on September 19, after spending 24 years in jail on treason charges.…
Australian police said September 19 they had busted a drug trafficking ring dubbed "The Commission" that brought more than a tonne of cocaine into the…
New Zealand's economy shrank in the second quarter, according to official data September 19, pushing the country close to recession. The 0.2 percent on-quarter contraction…
Dozens of people were injured and hundreds of buildings, including homes and public facilities, were damaged by a moderate earthquake that struck the regencies of…
The Surabaya District Court in East Java on September 18 ordered textile producer PT Soedali Sejahtera to pay Rp48 billion in compensation to the state…
The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) on September 18 reported that 38 regions across seven provinces are currently experiencing extreme drought. According to the…
According to a survey conducted by the Indonesian Internet Providers Association (APJII), 82.6% of the 9.82 million people living in 64 remote or underdeveloped regions…
President-elect Prabowo Subianto's flagship free lunch meal program is expected to benefit 82.9 million people by the time it is fully operational in 2027, according…
France's budgetary situation is "very serious", Prime Minister Michel Barnier told AFP on September 18, saying more information was needed to gauge the "precise reality"…
The Netherlands announced September 18 that it had requested from Brussels an opt-out from the European Union's rules on asylum, days after the coalition government…
Donald Trump hits the campaign trail again on September 17, traveling to Michigan two days after an apparent assassination attempt against him was foiled at…
At least two soldiers died and 26 were wounded in a bomb attack September 17 on a military base in Colombia, the army said, blaming…
Thousands of firefighters on September 17 battled wildfires in Portugal that have killed seven people and burnt more land in a matter of days than…
An EU court on September 18 scrapped a 1.49-billion euro ($1.65 billion) fine imposed by Brussels against Google over abuse of dominance in online advertising.…
Sean "Diddy" Combs was charged with racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking in an indictment unsealed on September 17 that accuses the superstar rapper of engaging…
Scotland's leader John Swinney said September 18 that the country's pro-separatist movement must build on the "overwhelmingly positive legacy" of the 2014 independence referendum to…
Georgia's ruling party on September 17 adopted a controversial "family values" bill denounced by rights groups and the European Union as curbing the rights of…
Turkey's energy minister announced September 18 a 10-year deal to receive liquefied natural gas from French firm TotalEnergies as the country, heavily dependent on Russia,…
Indian authorities in Kolkata have sacked the city's police chief and top health ministry officials after furious protests at the brutal rape and murder of…
Bangladesh remanded in custody on September 17 two journalists and a writer accused of involvement in violence against the protests that ousted autocratic premier Sheikh…
Schools reopened in India's northeastern state of Manipur on September 17, more than a week after they shuttered due to deadly ethnic violence and clashes…
India's top court ordered authorities on September 17 to pause demolishing private property as punitive action against people accused of criminal activity, condemning the so-called…
