World

KARACHI, Pakistan: The death toll from malaria and other diseases tearing through Pakistan's flood-ravaged regions reached 324, authorities said on Wednesday (Sep 21), and actress Angelina Jolie said she feared...

Let's get you up to speed with the day's stories. President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday (Sep 21) ordered Russia's first mobilisation since World War II, warning the West that if it...

RUSSIA, THE JUNIOR PARTNER What is happening in Ukraine makes Putin look weak. And it makes Xi also look weak by association. It’s not hard to imagine that Putin’s public...

Canada's Defence Minister Anita Anand said that her country, as a Pacific nation, was deeply committed to upholding global stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region. "Today's routine Taiwan Strait...

TOKYO: A man was taken to hospital unconscious after apparently setting himself on fire near the office of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on Wednesday (Sep 21), local media...

NEW YORK/WASHINGTONP: Iran and the West remained at loggerheads on Tuesday (Sep 20) over UN probes of uranium traces at three Iranian sites as the United States said it did...

WASHINGTON: Overshadowed by US President Joe Biden's headline-grabbing vow that American forces would defend Taiwan against a Chinese attack was his hint at possibly shifting US policy to support the...

BISHKEK: Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov urged his country on Monday (Sep 19) to have trust in its army and strategic partners, and said there was no need for volunteer forces...

SEOUL: A US aircraft carrier will visit South Korea this week for joint drills for the first time in about four years, officials of both countries said on Monday (Sep...

BEIJING: The Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday (Sep 19) that China has lodged "stern representations" with the United States, after US President Joe Biden said US forces would defend...