India and EU clinch the ‘mother of all deals’ in a historic free trade agreement

Indian PM Modi (center) welcomes European Council President Antonio Costa (left) and European Commission PresidentUrsula von der Leyen before their meeting in New Delhi, yesterday A

Gov’t grounds company’s fleet of passenger ships after at least 18 die

Philippine officials yesterday grounded the entire fleet of passenger ships belonging to a company that owned a ferry that sank in the south and left at

At least 18 killed, hundreds rescued after ferry disaster

Rescued passengers from M/V Trisha Kerstin, 3 an inter-island cargo and passenger ferry that sank, on a boat around waters of Isabela City, Basilan Provincey, yesterday A ferry

A suicide bomber strikes a wedding in northwestern Pakistan and kills seven people 

A suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest among guests at a wedding ceremony in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least seven people and wounding 25, police said. The

Cambodia will send 73 online scam suspects to South Korea

South Koreans, walking in the line to the left, arrive at the Incheon International Airport last October Dozens of South Koreans detained in Cambodia for

Man who assassinated prime minister Abe gets life in prison

A Japanese court sentenced a man who admitted assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life imprisonment yesterday. The case has revealed decades of cozy

Former prime minister jailed for 23 years in martial law case

A South Korean court ruled yesterday that the ill-fated imposition of martial law by the then President Yoon Suk Yeol constituted an act of rebellion, as

Social media platforms removed 4.7 million accounts after Australia banned them for children

Social media companies have revoked access to about 4.7 million accounts identified as belonging to children in Australia since the country banned use of the platforms by those under 16,

Manila and Tokyo sign a new defense pact as they face growing China influence

Japanese FM Toshimitsu Motegi (left) and Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro shake hands in Manila, yesterday Japan and the Philippines signed a defense pact yesterday

Another construction crane collapse kills 2 people a day after deadly train derailment

A construction crane collapsed onto an elevated road near Bangkok, killing two people yesterday, a day after another crane fell onto a moving passenger train in

Construction crane falls onto a moving train, killing 30 people

Rescuers work amidst the wreckage after a construction crane fell into a passenger train in Nakhon Ratchasima province, yesterday A construction crane fell onto a moving

Adelaide Writers Week canceled as 180 speakers withdraw

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Organizers of Australia’s largest free literary festival canceled the event yesterday after more than 180 writers and speakers

Malaysia, Indonesia become first to block Grok over sexually explicit AI images

Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, after authorities said it was

Bride and groom among eight killed in gas cylinder blast at wedding in Pakistan’s capital

A gas cylinder explosion yesterday after a wedding reception at a home in Pakistan’s capital killed at least eight people, including the bride and groom, police and officials said.

Why Southeast Asia’s online scam industry is so hard to shut down

People from China, Vietnam and Ethiopia, believed to have been trafficked and forced to work in scam centers, sit with their faces masked while in detention after being released

Gen Z activists are frustrated with the leaders they brought to power

Nepalese police detain a young protester during an anti-government rally in Kathmandu Mukesh Awasti was all set to leave for Australia to pursue a degree

Japan’s Cabinet OKs record defense budget that aims to deter China 

Type-12 surface-to-ship missile launchers are seen at the inauguration ceremony of a missile regiment of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in Uruma, Okinawa, southern Japan, 2024 J

Thailand and Cambodia sign a new ceasefire agreement to end border fighting 

Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Seiha, left, stands with Thai Defense Minister Nattaphon Narkphanit, right, at the General Border Committee Meeting in Chanthaburi Province, Thailand, Saturday Thailand

Protest erupts in India’s capital city over lynching of Hindu man in Bangladesh

A protest erupted in India’s capital yesterday in response to the death of a Hindu man who was lynched and burned by an angry mob in neighboring Bangladesh,

Mourners grieve 10-year-old slain in Bondi mass shooting

Hundreds of mourners bearing bright bouquets and clutching each other in grief gathered at a funeral in Sydney yesterday for a 10-year-old girl who was gunned down

Constitutional Court removes police chief over martial law involvement

S.Korea’s National Police Agency Commissioner General Cho Ji Ho South Korea’s Constitutional Court yesterday formally removed the country’s impeached police chief for deploying hundreds of

More actors seek Hollywood dream after global success of Korean entertainment

Amy Baik, a South Korean actor, performs a scene for an English-language demo reel she plans to submit to Hollywood casting directors in Seoul When actor

Sydney taekwondo instructor gets life sentence for murdering student, parents

Victim’s family and friends leave the New South Wales Supreme Court in Sydney, yesterday A  judge sentenced a Sydney taekwondo instructor yesterday to life in prison

Authorities to tighten gun laws after Hanukkah massacre

A flower memorial to shooting victims outside the Bondi Pavilion at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, yesterday Australian federal and state government leaders yesterday agreed to immediately

Manila tests ‘transition credits’ to cut coal use in novel experiment

A semi-submerged freighter lists by the coast of the South Luzon The Philippines is testing a new type of carbon credit aimed at encouraging companies

Border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia intensify with attacks

This shows a house which, Thai local security forces say, was damaged by a Cambodian artillery strike in Surin province Cambodia said Thailand launched more

World-first social media ban for children under 16 starts

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social media ban for children younger than 16 that took effect yesterday as families taking back power

Ayumi Hamasaki cancels Macau concert amid diplomatic tensions

Japanese pop icon Ayumi Hamasaki has called off her upcoming concert in Macau, citing ongoing diplomatic strains between Japan and China. The performance, scheduled for January

New fighting between Thailand and Cambodia rooted in old enmity

Thai residents who fled homes as Thailand and Cambodia clash over border, rest at an evacuation center in Buriram province, Monday A history of enmity between Thailand

Takaichi wins fans not with politics but with her style, and ‘work, work’ mantra

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives to her office in Tokyo The pledge by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to “work, work, work, work and work”

Canberra to enforce social media age limit of 16 next week

Australia’s Communications Minister Anika Wells Social media platforms must report monthly how many children’s accounts they close once Australia begins enforcing its 16-year age limit

1,300 dead from floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand

Men stand on logs swept away by flash flood in Batang Toru, North Sumatra Emergency crews raced to reach survivors and recover more bodies yesterday as the death

Rescuers intensify search for victims after floods and landslides kill 69 people

Rescuers searched yesterday in rivers and the rubble of villages for bodies and possible survivors after flash floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island left 69 people dead

More than 30 dead and 14 missing amid landslides and floods

People walk past a section of a highway blocked by a landslide caused by heavy rain in Badulla, Sri Lanka, yesterday Sri Lanka stopped passenger trains and

Flooding death toll rises to more than 80 as water levels fall

People wade through floodwaters in Songkhla province, yesterday The death toll from severe flooding in southern Thailand climbed to more than 80 people as floodwaters began

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