The highest court in France has overturned a decision to lock up the Kanak pro-independence activist Christian Tein. Tein, who is the head of the…
King Charles III landed in Samoa October 23 to join his first Commonwealth summit as monarch, hoping to breathe new life into a bloc seen…
Australia’s fast-growing A$3.9 trillion ($2.6 trillion) pensions industry is contributing to a higher chance of large market gyrations due to the increase in private-market investments,…
Japan and the United States kicked off 10 days of joint military drills on October 23 involving tens of thousands of personnel, a week after…
A Chinese aircraft carrier group sailed through the Taiwan Strait on October 23, Taiwan's defence minister said, a day after Beijing held a live-fire exercise…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) revised its forecast for China's growth this year down slightly to 4.8 percent on October 22, warning that a persistent…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a strategic missile base, state media said October 23, releasing images of him viewing transport and launch vehicles…
Singapore on October 22 blocked access to 10 websites linked to foreign actors which the government said could be used to mount "hostile" disinformation campaigns…
Myanmar rescuers recovered eight more bodies, including three children, on October 22 after an overloaded boat carrying around 90 people sank off the country's southern…
Pakistan and India have agreed to extend the visa-free Kartarpur religious corridor for five years, marking a rare act of cooperation between the South Asian…
Acrid clouds engulfed India's capital on October 23 as air pollution fuelled by fireworks and farm stubble burning was ranked "hazardous" by monitors for the…
Crowds of Bangladeshi female students marched in Dhaka with burning torches late October 22, demanding the government stem a reported dramatic surge in violence against…
Indian pharmaceutical tycoon Adar Poonawalla has invested $119 million into one of Bollywood's biggest production companies, a boost to a film industry that has suffered…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 23 touted the creation of a new "multipolar world order" at the BRICS summit, a gathering of world leaders…
The European Parliament on October 22 voted to hand war-torn Ukraine a loan of up to 35 billion euros ($38 billion) backed by profits from…
The World Health Organization said October 23 that "intense bombardment" and "escalating violence" in northern Gaza had forced it to postpone the final phase of…
Global growth is expected to ease slightly to 3.2%this year and remain at that level in 2025, the IMF announced October 22, while warning that…
The main opposition candidate in Mozambique's contested general election on October 22 accused security forces of killing his lawyer, as European Union observers cast doubt…
The EU has not been fully transparent about the human rights risks related to a migration deal with Tunisia marred by allegations of abuse, the…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on October 22 condemned late preacher Fethullah Gulen and his followers as traitors and vowed to pursue them globally, following…
Eight teenagers were arrested over dozens of fake bomb threats to schools in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo that have virtually paralysed teaching, police said on…
Local activists in central Sudan have reported over 50 people killed since clashes erupted in Al-Jazira state on October 20 after a paramilitary commander defected…
Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, posted a gain of more than $76 billion in the third quarter as the global equities market got…
President Prabowo Subianto on October 21 announced that he would immediately implement the eight "quick-win" programs he had planned for the first 100 days of…
Two people were injured in a gas explosion at a house in Kertamukti village, Cibitung district, Bekasi regency, West Java on October 22. The explosion…
