French retail giant Carrefour announced September 9 that it will return to India by June 2025 in a franchise partnership with Dubai firm Apparel Group,…
Thousands of people were stranded on rooftops and posted desperate pleas for help on social media September 10 after severe flooding in parts of typhoon-hit…
A Vietnam court September 10 sentenced a journalist who wrote about issues including corruption, land rights and the environment to seven years in jail, his…
Former Philippine town mayor Alice Guo was held in contempt for a second time on September 9 after refusing to answer senators' questions on suspected…
Thailand will distribute 145 billion baht (US$4.2 billion) of its "digital wallet" handout programme earlier than scheduled to support vulnerable groups, a deputy finance minister…
The purchasing power of people in Laos is fading rapidly amid soaring inflation, a weakening currency and other deteriorating macroeconomic conditions, with experts warning the…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country was moving to steadily increase its nuclear arsenal, state media reported September 10, claiming that Pyongyang…
Five Chinese naval ships entered the Sea of Japan heading in the direction of Russia over the weekend, Tokyo said after Beijing announced joint military…
China will train thousands of law enforcement officers from different countries over the next 12 months, its police chief said September 9, as it seeks…
Chinese football on September 10 banned 43 people for life over alleged gambling and match-fixing, including three former China internationals and South Korean World Cup…
Pope Francis celebrated a mass for hundreds of thousands of faithful in East Timor on September 10, rallying nearly half the population of the world's…
Australia will ban children from using social media with a minimum age limit as high as 16, the prime minister said September 10, vowing to…
Australia should resolve issues related to the environment approval process, said Tania Constable, chief executive of the country’s minerals council, highlighting the industry’s concerns that…
Japan and Australia should "update" their economic partnership centered on Australia's natural resources, particularly coal, as they commit to a carbon-neutral future, said New South…
Indonesia is the world's third-largest producer of plastic waste, according to research published in the journal Nature. India is the world's largest producer of plastic…
President Joko Widodo inaugurated two new toll roads during a working visit to North Sumatra on September 10. Widodo said the 26.2 km toll road…
Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto during a meeting in Jakarta on September 9 with Sergei Gennadievich Tolchenov, Russia's new ambassador to Indonesia, expressed optimism about improved…
The House of Representatives (DPR) on September 9 approved the budgets for the National Counter-Terrorism Agency (BNPT), the National Narcotics Agency (BNN), and the Financial…
Papua New Guinea will bring in former New Zealand governor-general and senior diplomat Sir Jerry Mateparae to help resolve a deep impasse over Bougainville's political…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called September 9 for a "fair trade order" during a visit to China where he met leader Xi Jinping and…
Madrid on September 8 said it would grant political asylum to Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who was heading into exile in Spain after…
Russia on September 8 said its forces had advanced in eastern Ukraine as Kyiv reported deadly air attacks and urged the West to allow it…
The US presidential race remains neck-and-neck according to polls released September 8, two days before Kamala Harris and Donald Trump hold their first -- and…
A fuel tanker exploded after colliding with a truck carrying passengers and cattle in northern Nigeria's Niger State killing at least 52 people, a rescue…
A member of the Tanzanian opposition party Chadema has been found dead after being "abducted" by armed men suspected to be security agents, the party…
