Asia
19 Oct 2023
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with North Korea's Kim Jong Un on Thursday, after slamming US policy towards the nuclear-armed state as "dangerous".
19 Oct 2023
Google plans to manufacture its flagship Pixel 8 smartphone in India, CEO Sundar Pichai said Thursday, joining a growing list of global tech companies limiting their supply chains' dependence on China.
19 Oct 2023
Chinese President Xi Jinping told Egypt's prime minister on Thursday that their countries should work together to bring "more stability" to the Middle East, as the Israel-Hamas war casts a shadow over the region.
18 Oct 2023
The Health Ministry run by Hamas said an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday hit a Gaza City al-Ahli Hospital packed with wounded and other Palestinians seeking shelter, killing hundreds in an attack that is yet by far the deadliest Israeli airstrike in five wars fought since 2008. A Gaza civil defence chief told Al-Jazeera that more…
17 Oct 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in China on Tuesday to meet his "dear friend" Xi Jinping and bolster their relationship at a summit overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war.
17 Oct 2023
Apple chief Tim Cook made a surprise visit to China this week, greeting gamers in the southwestern city of Chengdu as his company faces slumping phone sales in its biggest market.
16 Oct 2023
• Over 1,400 killed in Israel, death toll in Gaza rises to 2,670 • UN: One million displaced in one week • Gaza invasion could lead to genocide, Arab League, African Union warn • Nigeria mum as 20 nations condemn Israel aggression • EU leaders back Israel’s right to defend itself • Pope calls for humanitarian corridors for Gaza residents As…
15 Oct 2023
One of Iran's most prominent film-makers, Dariush Mehrjui, was stabbed to death on Saturday evening alongside his wife at their home near Tehran.
15 Oct 2023
Lebanon's Hezbollah and Israel exchanged deadly border fire Sunday, with the Iran-backed group claiming responsibility for strikes that Israel said killed a civilian, further raising cross-border tensions during Israel's war with Gaza-based militants.
15 Oct 2023
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for pressure on Hamas during a meeting Sunday with the de facto leader of Saudi Arabia, which has warming ties with Israel but has put normalisation on hold.
15 Oct 2023
A shallow 6.3 magnitude earthquake rocked western Afghanistan on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, the latest to hit a region where entire villages have been flattened and over 1,000 killed by a series of tremors this month.
14 Oct 2023
Lebanon said on Saturday that Israel was behind cross-border fire that killed a Reuters journalist and wounded six others near the border the previous day. Israel's military said it was looking into the circumstances of the fatal strike Friday which also injured journalists from AFP, Reuters and Al Jazeera. "We are very sorry for the…
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