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N Korea fires 3 missiles, including ICBM, as Biden ends Asia tour
South Korea, Japan condemn ‘provocations’ after North Korea fires three missiles, including a suspected ICBM, off its east coast.
North Korea has test-fired three missiles off its east coast, including a suspected intercontinental…
At Tokyo summit, Quad offers ‘tangible benefits’ to counter China
Leaders of US, Japan, India and Australia unveil the Indo-Pacific maritime surveillance plan, pledge $50bn in infrastructure investment in a bid to counter China.
The leaders of the United States, Japan, India and Australia have launched a…
At least 17 Rohingya, including children, killed in boat capsize
UNHCR expresses shock and sadness after an incident in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Myanmar.
At least 17 Rohingya refugees, including children, have been reported dead after their boat capsized in bad weather off the Myanmar coast.…
Ukraine war: Russian soldier jailed for life after murdering unarmed Ukrainian civilian in first war…
The trial has been hugely symbolic for Ukraine, which said it has identified more than 10,000 possible war crimes by Russia during the invasion.
A Russian soldier who admitted murdering an unarmed 62-year-old Ukrainian civilian has been…
Ten dead, dozens saved after 10-storey building collapses in Iran
Ten people have been killed and dozens injured after an unfinished building collapsed in southwest Iran, the Iranian Red Crescent said.
Rescue teams worked through the night to pull out the dozens still trapped in the 10-story…
Mekong people fight not to retreat, pleading for sacred things to protect the waters at the Bun Bun…
Mekong Community Network of 7 Northeastern Provinces joins Bun Bun Fai Festival at Nakhon Phanom province, held during the annual pre-boonvisakha bucha event.
This is the first time it has held the event after two years of absence from…
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka receives Indian ship carrying relief materials
An Indian ship carrying urgent relief supplies like rice, life-saving medicines and milk powder for the people of crisis-hit Sri Lanka arrived in Colombo on Sunday and the consignment was handed over to the government in the island nation.…
Ukraine war: Russian forces intensify attacks on key city Donbas
Russian forces in eastern Ukraine are intensifying attacks on a key city as they seek to seize the Donbas region.
Severodonetsk, the largest city under Ukrainian control in Luhansk province, has come under intense artillery and missile…
Zuraida says Malaysia will not lose out as Indonesia resumes palm oil export
The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC) said that Indonesia’s move to lift the ban on palm oil exports, effective May 23, 2022, will see a knee-jerk correction in palm oil price but not a big downward adjustment, as the…