Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves 66 dead, mainly in province still recovering from deadly quake

Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 66 people dead with 26 others missing in the central Philippines, many in widespread flooding that trapped people on their

Air force chopper carrying five crashes while en route to help in typhoon response

Vehicles lie piled on after flooding caused by Typhoon Kalmaegi in Cebu city, yesterday A Philippine air force helicopter with five personnel on board crashed in the country’s

South Korean and Japanese leaders vow to improve ties in face of global uncertainty

Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (above, left) and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japan’s new Prime Minister

North Korea’s top diplomat meets with Putin on a visit to Russia

North Korea’s top diplomat visited the Kremlin yesterday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which followed last month’s meeting between the countries’ leaders. Putin

Timor’s Ramos-Horta says personal diplomacy could bring Myanmar ceasefire

East Timor’s President Jose Ramos-Horta speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kuala Lumpur The president of East Timor told AP yesterday that he

Police arrest 57 South Koreans over alleged links to online scams

A delegation of South Korean lawmakers visit a building complex that was allegedly used for online scam work, outside Phnom Penh Cambodian police said yesterday they

Victims of 2021 typhoon seek compensation from Shell

A ‘help’ sign is painted on the roof beside damaged homes caused by Typhoon Rai in Siargao island, Surigao del Norte, Dec. 2021 Philippine victims of

Motegi plans to tell Trump it will build up military

Toshimitsu Motegi, newly appointed foreign minister, arrives at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo Japan’s new foreign minister said yesterday his country plans to show its determination

London and Jakarta agree to send home a British woman facing death penalty for drugs

UK Ambassador Dominic Jermey (left) and Indonesia’s minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra show the document arrangement on transfer of sentenced British prisoners in Jakarta, yesterday A British woman will

Parliament elects Takaichi as nation’s first female prime minister

Lawmakers applaud as Sanae Takaichi was elected as Japan’s new prime minister during the extraordinary session of the lower house, in Tokyo, yesterday Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative

Death of kidnapped S.Korean student spurs talks to tackle online scams

South Korea’s Vice Foreign Minister Kim Jina (left) talks with Cambodian PM Hun Manet, during a meeting in Phnom Penh, yesterday Cambodian and South Korean officials agreed

Pacific nations ‘threatened by great power contest over deep sea minerals’

New Zealand’s defense minister Judith Collins New Zealand’s defense minister warned in an interview that small countries in the South Pacific face growing pressure from great power

Google announces $15B investment in AI hub meant to drive digital transformation

Google announced yesterday that it will invest $15 billion in India over the next five years to establish its first artificial intelligence hub in the country.

US and Malaysia work to expand Thai-Cambodia ceasefire in advance of ASEAN summit

Malaysia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamad Hasan Malaysia and the U.S. are facilitating efforts to secure an expanded ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia that they

Police officer killed in attack by gunmen on a polio vaccine team

Suspected militants shot and killed a police officer guarding a team of polio workers in northwestern Pakistan yesterday, the latest in a series of attacks on vaccine

Ruling party turns 80 with foreign leaders in attendance

Kim Jong Un and Vietnamese General Secretary of Communist Party To Lam shake hands in Pyongyang, yesterday North Korea is celebrating today the 80th anniversary of the

British and Indian prime ministers promote trade deal during visit by Starmer

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his British counterpart Keir Starmer yesterday in talks meant to deepen cooperation on trade, defense and technology while promoting a trade

Hundreds of hikers rescued from Mount Everest after severe snowstorm

About 900 hikers, guides and other staff who were stranded by a weekend snowstorm on the Chinese side of Mount Everest have reached safety, state media

Military strikes village in glider raid, killing 24 including children

Myanmar’s military carried out a paraglider strike on a village that killed at least 24 people including children, and wounded more than 50 others, according

Australia, Papua sign defense treaty that raised China’s concern

Australia’s PM Anthony Albanese (right) and Papua New Guinea’s counterpart James Marape before signing a defense treaty at Parliament House in Canberra The leaders of Australia and

Police seize guns from owners who hold views rejecting government authority

Victorian state Police gather at a staging area at Feathertop Winery in Porepunkah, Australia, Aug. 27, 2025, during a search for a fugitive believed to be involved in the

Rescuers run oxygen to survivors in school building collapse that buried dozens

Rescuers pull out a survivor from a collapsed building at an Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, Monday Rescuers ran oxygen and water to students trapped

In a rare UN appearance, senior N.Korean diplomat insists his country won’t give up nukes

Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs for North Korea Kim Son Gyong at the UN A senior North Korean diplomat reiterated at the U.N. yesterday that his country

Tropical storm rips through Vietnam and kills at least 12 people

Heavy rain and strong winds from the former Typhoon Bualoi flooded roads, knocked off roofs and caused at least 12 deaths in central Vietnam before weakening

South says the North has 4 uranium enrichment facilities to build nuclear weapons

This undated photo, provided by the N.Korean gov’t, shows Kim Jong Un on an inspecting visit at what they say is an institute of nuclear weapons A top

Authorities impose security restrictions in remote Ladakh after deadly clashes

Smoke rises from buildings including the local office of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party set ablaze during the protests Authorities in India enforced security restrictions in two

Court rejects an appeal by Australian who says she was tricked into smuggling drugs

Kristal Hilaire, a daughter of Australian citizen Donna Nelson, speaks to reporters at the Tokyo District Court, yesterday A Japanese court yesterday dismissed an appeal by an Australian

South Korean parliament votes to allow tattooists to work without a medical license

Members of the Korea Tattoo Federation celebrate outside the National Assembly, in Seoul, yesterday Tattoo artists in South Korea will no longer need to worry about

Singapore executes Malaysian drug trafficker in the city-state’s 11th execution of the year

A Malaysian man was hanged in Singapore yesterday for drug trafficking, raising the number of executions in the city-state to 11 this year despite renewed calls to abolish

Southern China cancels schools and flights as Super Typhoon Ragasa approaches

Pedestrians walk along the waterfront of Victoria Harbor ahead of Super Typhoon Ragasa approaches Hong Kong, Tuesday (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei) Southern Chinese cities scaled back many aspects of daily

Police arrest 17 for hurling rocks as thousands peacefully protest corruption

Philippine police arrested 17 people — many dressed in black and wearing face masks — who set fire to the tires of a barricade truck and threw

Earthquake causes scattered damage in Papua region

A magnitude-6.1 earthquake shook Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua early Friday, causing scattered damage in a coastal town. No casualties were immediately reported. At least two houses

Indonesian court sentences Ukrainian man to life for producing illegal drugs

Ukraine’s citizen Roman Nazarenko arrives for a hearing at the district court in Denpasar, yesterday A Ukrainian man arrested in Thailand and extradited to Indonesia after seven months

Unification Church inked to an investigation into former first lady

Hak Ja Han, the leader of Unification Church, arrives at a special prosecutor’s office in Seoul, yesterday The elderly leader of the international Unification Church became the

Australia offers Papua New Guinea a Parliament House extension

Papua New Guineans stand in front of a statue of Papua New Guinea’s first Prime Minister Michael Somare in Port Moresby, yesterday Australia offered to gift

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