Climate-threatened Pacific Islands criticize Australia at Commonwealth meeting

Several Pacific island nations singled out Australia to do more to phase out fossil fuel exports during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting which opened in Samoa

International Criminal Court reports Mongolia to its oversight body for failing to arrest Putin

A panel of judges at the International Criminal Court reported Mongolia to the court’s oversight organization yesterday for failing to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin when he visited the Asian

Storm-triggered floods spark frantic calls to rescue trapped people

Torrential rain set off by an approaching tropical storm swamped eastern Philippine cities and towns overnight in widespread flooding that trapped people, some on their roofs, and

How a nearly extinct crocodile species returned from the brink

A tiny snout poked out to widen the crack of the slowly shattering eggshell. The Siamese crocodile was taking its time, lagging others that had already wriggled

Fresh tension grips Bangladesh as student demand president’s resignation

Political tension in Bangladesh was growing anew on Wednesday after a leading student group called for the country’s figurehead president to resign over comments he made

Sri Lanka police raise security at popular surf site over threat to Israelis

Police in Sri Lanka have raised security around a popular surfing destination after receiving information about a possible threat to Israeli travelers, a spokesperson said yesterday. Police spokesperson Nihal

South warns it can send arms to Ukraine after reports of North’s troops in Russia

South Korea warned yesterday it could consider supplying weapons to Ukraine in response to North Korea allegedly dispatching troops to Russia, as both North Korea and Russia

Delhi plans to punish people making hoax bomb threats against flights

The Indian government plans a new law to punish those making hoax bomb threats against flights, which disrupt the schedules of airlines and cause massive inconvenience

King Charles ends first visit by a reigning British monarch in 13 years

King Charles III ends the first visit to Australia by a reigning British monarch in 13 years yesterday as anti-monarchists hope the debate surrounding his journey

‘You are not my king,’ Indigenous Australian senator yells at visiting King Charles

An Indigenous senator told King Charles III that Australia is not his land as the British royal visited Australia’s parliament yesterday. Sen. Lidia Thorpe was escorted

Gunmen kill seven people working on a strategic tunnel project in Kashmir

Gunmen fatally shot at least seven people working on a strategic tunnel project in Indian-controlled Kashmir and injured at least five others, officials said yesterday.

Prabowo Subianto sworn in as president

Prabowo Subianto was inaugurated yesterday as the eighth president of the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, completing his journey from an ex-general accused of rights abuses during

Tokyo, London and Rome to expedite next-generation fighter jet to replace F-2s and Eurofighter Typhoons

The defense ministers of Japan, the U.K. and Italy agreed to accelerate the joint development of a next-generation fighter jet, and announced that a trilateral government

Real estate tycoon sentenced to life for billions in fraud in gov’t graft crackdown

A Vietnamese real estate tycoon was convicted yesterday of fraudulently obtaining property worth billions of dollars and sentenced to life in prison, in a case that has been

Youngest female climber to scale 14 tallest peaks calls for novices to be regulated

A British mountaineer who set the record as the youngest female to climb all the 14 tallest mountains in the world said yesterday that inexperienced climbers should not

Japan records trade deficit on weak yen, slowing exports

Japan racked up a trade deficit of 294.3 billion yen ($2 billion) in September, according to Finance Ministry data released yesterday, as exports fell to key destinations like

Bodies of five Russian climbers who died on a Nepal peak have been retrieved

The bodies of five Russian mountaineers who died on the world’s seventh-highest peak were retrieved from the mountain and flown to Kathmandu. The bodies were picked up

North is preparing to destroy northern parts of inter-Korean roads, Seoul says

South Korea said yesterday it has detected signs that North Korea is preparing to destroy the northern parts of inter-Korean roads no longer in use, as the

A record-setting teen climber returns home to a hero’s welcome

A Sherpa teenager who became the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks returned home to Nepal yesterday to a hero’s welcome. Nima Rinji

An elephant procession for Dussehra draws a crowd in the former Mysore kingdom

The spectators were getting restless after hours of waiting when a drizzle began. But an announcer over scratchy loudspeakers urged them in Kannada, the language of India’s

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