Tiny, landlocked Bhutan detailed plans on October 1 for a "Mindfulness City" to lure foreign investment and international travellers to the Himalayan kingdom which has…
Ten Vietnamese fishers were violently robbed in the disputed South China Sea, state media reported October 2, with an official saying the attackers came from…
A devastating fire on a Thai school bus killed at least 23 people, police said October 1 after rescuers pulled children's bodies from the charred…
Tech giant Oracle on October 2 said it plans to invest more than $6.5 billion on cloud services data centres in Malaysia, joining a list…
Census takers guarded by police and soldiers took to the streets of Myanmar on October 2 for a national survey that anti-junta groups have urged…
A new Singapore government agency will help victims quickly put a stop to online harms instead of solely depending on the usual court-based process. Victims…
Taiwan shut down schools and closed its financial markets on October 2 as Typhoon Krathon pounded its south and east with torrential rains and winds…
A minor blast at a regional Japanese airport was caused by an unexploded US bomb, officials said on October 2, with reports saying the device…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated new Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, state media reported October 2, the day after he took office in Tokyo.…
A body was found drifting in the Sea of Japan that Japanese rescuers said on October 1 might be a teenager who went missing in…
Australian police on October 2 charged a 19-year-old woman after an investigation into Hezbollah flags flown at a Sydney demonstration. "She was arrested and charged…
New Caledonia's controversial constitutional reform, which triggered violent unrest after a vote in the French National Assembly, will not go ahead, French Prime Minister Michel…
Plans are being made to visit all islands in Kiribati to call on the people to boycott the presidential vote. That national poll is to…
Families of victims of human rights abuses committed under former President Suharto have condemned a proposal by national assembly members to give the deceased authoritarian…
Eleven police officers, including a district police chief, are under investigation by the Jakarta Police’s Internal Affairs Division (Propam) over the forced dispersal of a…
Russia plans to boost its defense budget by almost 30% next year as it diverts resources to its Ukraine offensive, spending more on the military…
At least 100 people have been killed after destructive floods ripped through the US southeast, officials said September 30, with the emergency response effort fast…
NATO's new chief Mark Rutte on October 1 downplayed fears over the impact of a potential Donald Trump victory in upcoming US elections and pledged…
The UN Security Council extended on September 30 its authorization of the multinational policing mission in crime-ravaged Haiti, but without any call to transform it…
Four employees of Canadian mining company Barrick Gold arrested in Mali last week have been released, a judicial source said on September 30. Barrick Gold…
Dockworkers at major ports along the US East and Gulf Coasts went on strike October 1 after last-minute negotiations yielded no new labor contract, a…
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said October 1 he was released after years of incarceration only because he pleaded guilty to doing "journalism", warning that freedom…
Austria entered uncharted territory September 30 after the far right scored a historic national election win, with parties facing an uphill task to form a…
California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill aimed at regulating powerful artificial intelligence models following pushback from tech giants and critics who argued the…
A former doctor went on trial in Paris on October 1 accused of genocide in Rwanda, the latest suspect to face justice in France three…
