Papua New Guinea (PNG) authorities and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) team have reached a staff-level agreement for access of about $265 million to improve…
Small businesses in New Ireland province are struggling with high costs of goods and services that have burdened the economy, according to the Chamber of…
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that aims to develop land use planning was signed between the Land and Physical Planning Department and the US Agency…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on October 9 called for new EU rules on handling irregular arrivals of asylum seekers and migrants to come into…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived October 9 in Croatia at a summit with Balkan leaders as his country struggles to repel Russian advances in the…
1Russia on October 9 convicted in absentia a former US Marine who fought for Ukraine after spending over two years in a Russian prison before…
Ukraine has arrested a Russian-Ukrainian dual national extradited from Moldova charged with promoting the Kremlin's invasion, Kyiv's security service said October 8. The SBU said…
Over 1,000 residents have been evacuated due to a fire at a large oil terminal in Russian-annexed Crimea, a local official said October 8, after…
A Russian opposition activist October 8 cut open veins in her arm in a courtroom protest in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, a women's rights…
Guinean authorities have suspended a senior official who sparked outcry after publicly threatening anyone who attacked the image of the country's military ruler, an official…
Indian-administered Kashmir elected October 8 its first government since the restive Himalayan territory was brought under New Delhi's direct control, as voters backed opposition parties…
A soldier was abducted by suspected militants and killed in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said October 9, hours after results were announced for the disputed region's…
A Chinese navy sailing ship was allowed to dock in Sri Lanka on October 8 but Colombo's new government said a ban on foreign research…
Five Russian mountaineers were killed while climbing in Nepal, a tourism official said October 8, two days after the team lost contact while on the…
Southeast Asian leaders pressed Myanmar's junta and its opponents on October 9 to take "concrete action" to stop the bloodshed in the country's civil war…
Former US president Donald Trump's hotel group will develop a $1.5 billion luxury resort and golf course project in Vietnam, the local partner and state…
A detained Philippine pastor who is also wanted in the United States for sex trafficking children registered October 8 to run in next year's senate…
Thailand expects foreign tourist arrivals to reach 40 million next year, topping the pre-pandemic record with authorities enlisting the help of companies including Trip.com Group…
North Korea's army said on October 9 it was moving to "permanently shut off and block the southern border" with the South and had informed…
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba dissolved parliament on October 9 ahead of October 27 snap elections, banking on his honeymoon popularity and a fragmented opposition…
China said on October 8 it would impose provisional tariffs on brandy imported from the European Union, marking the latest salvo in an escalating trade…
Japanese prosecutors said on October 8 they will not appeal against last month's acquittal of the world's longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada. After a…
A surge of drugs is engulfing the paradisal South Pacific, as cartels and triads use far-flung island nations to channel narcotics across the globe, top…
The Commonwealth Election Commission (CEC) is considering manual tabulation for the November 5 polls, citing a delay in the counting of ballots during the 2022…
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto cemented a roughly US$6.7 billion deal to buy lithium chemicals producer Arcadium on October 9, snapping up a significant player…
