Asia
3 Jul 2023
It's 3 am and pitch black when rice farmer Tran Thi Lan heads into water-logged fields on the outskirts of Hanoi to begin planting....
3 Jul 2023
Four people were injured in a blast and a blaze in a central Tokyo building, the city's fire department said, with footage showing flames and smoke....
3 Jul 2023
Taiwan will kick off a two-day missile live-firing test on Monday ahead of its largest annual military exercises
2 Jul 2023
Four security officers were killed in a shootout in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province on Sunday, officials said, in an attack claimed by the Pakistan Taliban.
2 Jul 2023
Israel carried out air strikes in Syria near the government-held city of Homs, Syrian state media reported on Sunday, and the Israeli army later said it had responded to rocket fire.
1 Jul 2023
Hong Kong's leader said the city must guard against "destructive forces engaging in soft resistance" as it marked the 26th anniversary of its handover from British to Chinese rule on Saturday.
1 Jul 2023
The armed wing of Gaza's Islamist rulers Hamas has put its weapons on public display for the first time, drawing hundreds of Palestinians including children brandishing rocket launchers for selfies.
1 Jul 2023
Afghanistan's Taliban government on Saturday seized on an off-the-cuff remark by US President Joe Biden to underscore their claim that there was no Al-Qaeda threat in the country. Biden was leaving a press conference on Friday on the US Supreme Court's decision to block his student debt relief program when a reporter asked if he…
1 Jul 2023
The Myanmar junta on Saturday accused an armed ethnic group of attacking a vehicle convoy containing Chinese military personnel who were travelling to a meeting on border security, a claim the rebels denied. Myanmar has been in chaos since the military ousted democratically-elected civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi from office in a 2021 coup.…
30 Jun 2023
In a peculiar incident at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok, a 57-year-old Thai woman had to undergo a leg amputation after becoming entangled in a moving walkway. The exact cause of the accident, which occurred on Thursday in the southern corridor of the domestic passenger terminal, has yet to be fully elucidated by authorities,…
30 Jun 2023
The administration of US President Joe Biden has approved two potential arms sales totaling $440 million to Taiwan in an effort to support the island's defense capabilities amid tensions with China, according to an announcement by the State Department on Thursday. The first sale, valued at approximately $332 million, includes 30mm ammunition and related equipment.…
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