North Korea fumes over US-South Korea drills
North Korea has denounced major United States-South Korea military drills set to start next week as a provocation that heightens tensions on the Korean Peninsula....
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US warns Iran over hormuz attacks
Transit through the Strait of Hormuz appeared to grind to a near standstill on Friday after two more ships were attacked there and the United...
135 million Europeans face temperatures over 35°C
More than 135 million people across Europe, mostly in France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, face temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) as...
Andy Hall ordered to pay RM500,000 for defaming recruitment director
Migrant rights activist Andy Hall has been ordered by the Johor Bahru High Court to pay a global sum of RM500,000 in damages over two...
Zhu Rongji: China’s Reformer, Bangladesh’s Friend
“I will be sure to work conscientiously and diligently until I take my last breath.” These words, spoken with the trademark grit that defined his...
Oil prices rise, stocks mixed ahead of US inflation data
Oil prices rose again on Wednesday (Aug 12) and stock markets were mixed, with eyes on the release of key US inflation data that could...
Toyota ex-chief Okuda, pioneer of the Prius, dies at 93
Former Toyota head Hiroshi Okuda, credited with championing the pioneering Prius hybrid and turning the Japanese automaker into a global titan, has died aged 93,...
China’s C919 jet makes 1st int’l commercial flight
China’s homegrown C919 jet completed its first international commercial flight on Wednesday (Aug 12), a symbolic step towards Beijing’s goal of challenging the decades-long aerospace...
Australian Federal Court Dismisses Indian Appeal in Basmati Word Mark Case
The Ministry of Commerce, Government of Pakistan welcomes the decision of the Federal Court of Australia dismissing the appeal filed by India’s Agricultural and Processed...
Drone incidents alarm Europe amid Russia-Ukraine war
A quadcopter drone with plastic explosives attached to it flew unnoticed past air defence installations at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport, a key NATO airlift hub, on...
Zelensky: Russia uses N Korean missiles in Ukraine
Ukraine and Russia have continued striking each other overnight, with Volodymyr Zelensky accusing Moscow of using North Korean missiles. The Ukrainian president said strikes in...
Attackers kill 60 people in S.Sudan cattle raid: Local official
Armed attackers have killed at least 60 people in central South Sudan, according to local officials and media, in the country’s latest deadly cattle raid. The young...