Indonesian legal experts and activists voiced support on Monday for an Indonesian court ruling voiding legal provisions that made insulting the government a criminal
August 31, 2026China's three biggest state-owned airlines reported first-half losses for the seventh consecutive year, battered by surging jet fuel
August 31, 2026Leaders from some of the world’s least populous states are gathering in Palau for the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting
August 31, 2026Some schoolchildren in Nepal have survived catastrophic floods by leaving their classrooms for lunch
August 30, 2026Authorities in Nepal are warning of potential fresh flooding as water levels rise in the Bhotekoshi River
August 30, 2026At least five heads of government were absent from talks at the annual Pacific Island Forum that began on Monday, as China-Taiwan tensions weighed
August 31, 2026Three months before a wall of water, mud and rock killed hundreds when it hurtled down a Himalayan valley
August 30, 2026Plans in one of Texas’ largest counties to use dozens fewer polling location than previous years is drawing protests from Democrats who say the reductions could create confusion in the November midterm elections
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August 31, 2026Ukraine's former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov is seeking U.S. investment for a defence technology fund, he said in an interview with the Financial Times that was published on
August 31, 2026At least eight people died and 18 were missing after a ferry carrying around 270 passengers and crew capsized off North Cyprus on Sunday, leaving survivors clinging to its
August 30, 2026Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the death toll from a Russian strike on a warehouse west of Kyiv has risen to 38, with four people still missing
August 30, 2026Nepal's scenic Chitwan district, known for its forests and
August 30, 2026South Korea unveiled a major cabinet reshuffle on Sunday, naming First Vice Finance Minister Lee Hyoung-il as the new deputy prime minister and minister of economy and
August 30, 2026Poor weather temporarily hampered aerial rescue operations in Nepal as the search for thousands of missing people in areas devastated by catastrophic flash floods along the border with China entered its fourth day
August 29, 2026Jaymiëll Martina struck out 12 batters, added an an RBI double and Curacao defeated Japan 4-0 on Saturday to advance to the Little League Baseball World Series Championship for the sixth time in the nation’s history
August 30, 2026General Motors plans to assemble a heavy-duty pickup at an Ontario plant as part of a tentative deal with a key union that would pump C$1.1 billion ($791.31
August 30, 2026Mutinous soldiers in Niger attacked the airport and the presidency in the capital, Niamey, early on Saturday, triggering hours of gunfire and explosions and briefly knocking
August 29, 2026Six months into the Iran war, Iranian Americans remain divided over what comes next
August 29, 2026The Himalayas are unpredictable. But countries are building there like never before
August 29, 2026Trump is staking out extreme positions on White House secrecy, legal experts say
August 29, 2026The threat of a lake formed after a glacier collapse bursting near the China-Nepal border where a devastating flood occurred earlier this week has decreased, Chinese
August 29, 2026President Donald Trump on Friday announced an unprecedented U.S. push to take control of a fifth of Venezuela's vast oil reserves, betting that American companies
August 29, 2026American diplomats and at least some of their family members are beginning to return to U.S. embassies in the Middle East
August 29, 2026Nepal and China resumed rescue operations in the flood-hit Himalayas on Friday, with a Chinese rescue
August 28, 2026Zoyal Ghale, who ran into a forest and climbed trees to escape Nepal's deadly floods, was reunited with his mother on Friday after she had
August 28, 2026Flash floods caused by a glacier collapse along the Nepal-China border have killed hundreds and caused widespread destruction
August 28, 2026Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Friday that he still saw little sign that the surge in energy prices caused by the U.S.-Iran conflict was creating serious longer-term
August 28, 2026An Israeli strike killed a Hamas operative and two of his accomplices in the West Bank on Friday, the military said, in a rare use of deadly air power in the
August 28, 2026Institutional investors are increasing allocations to private credit in Asia.
August 28, 2026Vietnam said on Friday it strongly opposed all foreign activities in the Paracels archipelago in the disputed South China Sea, following a report earlier this week of new
August 28, 2026Nepal does not need foreign assistance for search-and-rescue operations following the devastating flash flood that swept through several towns on
August 28, 2026MSCI's global equities gauge fell in a choppy session on Friday, while short-dated U.S.
August 28, 2026The Cambodian government has claimed a milestone in its fight against the scam industry accused of stealing billions of dollars from victims around the world, with officials saying
August 28, 2026China on Friday removed two senior military officers from its supreme military command body, the state Central Military Commission, state-run Xinhua reported, following
August 28, 2026Congo government figures show that the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has spread to two new health zones in eastern Congo
August 28, 2026Nepal’s disaster management authority said the number of people reported missing after a flash flood along the Himalayan border between Nepal and China has doubled to 1,924
August 28, 2026Japanese authorities spent a record 15.4 trillion yen ($96.5 billion) intervening in foreign exchange markets over the past month to support the local
August 28, 2026The U.N. refugee agency has scaled back its budget by 16% and lowered its official headcount by around 3,500 as it adapts to new financial constraints at a
August 28, 2026Police in the Indonesian capital Jakarta have detained over 300 people for questioning and named dozens of suspects following street protests that had turned into late-
August 28, 2026Officials in Nepal's Rasuwa district have received a notice saying a lake has broken its banks, two days after a flash flood hit the region, Narendra Pariyar, the most
August 28, 2026Japan's finance minister and central bank governor will attend next week's U.S.-hosted meeting of finance chiefs from the Group of 20
August 28, 2026Chinese authorities have assessed that risks from an overflowing lake formed after a glacier collapse that triggered catastrophic flooding on the China-Nepal
August 28, 2026Chinese government ships spotted in record numbers off Taiwan in July
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