Mystery globules on Sydney beach identified as 'tar balls'

Authorities were baffled earlier this week when thousands of black spheres -- sized between a golf ball and a tennis ball -- were found littering the shores of tourist haven Coogee Beach.
17 October 2024, 03:39 AM

Biden to make farewell trip to Germany as Ukraine war rages

Biden was originally due in Germany last week for a multi-day visit that would have included a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
17 October 2024, 03:17 AM

Harris grilled on Fox News on immigration, Biden's fitness for office

Harris and Baier frequently talked over each other and Harris grew visibly frustrated, but she delivered her message for the Nov. 5 election to a conservative audience that might not often hear it.
17 October 2024, 03:11 AM

India's alleged interference in Canada was 'horrific mistake,' Trudeau says

The Canadian leader's comments were the strongest he has made in a year-long dispute that plunged bilateral relations to a new low.
17 October 2024, 03:07 AM

Myanmar, China have lowest internet freedom

Myanmar and China have the world’s worst internet freedom, with declines reported in a number of other countries led by Kyrgyzstan, a study said yesterday.
16 October 2024, 18:00 PM

1.4m apply to join army

North Korean state media said yesterday around 1.4 million young people had applied to join or return to the army this week, blaming Seoul for a provocative drone incursion that had brought the “tense situation to the brink of war”.
16 October 2024, 18:00 PM

India should take Canada allegations ‘seriously’: US

The United States on Tuesday called on India to take seriously allegations by Canada of an assassination plot, as tensions escalated between the two US partners.
16 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Israel’s plan to respond to Iran attack is ready: source

Israel’s plan to respond to Iran’s October 1 attack is ready, a source familiar with the matter told CNN, without providing further information.
16 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Pak calls for expansion of BRI at SCO summit

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif yesterday called for the expansion of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to enhance regional cooperation at a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Islamabad.
16 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Russia launches 130 drones over Ukraine: Kyiv

Russia launched one of its largest drone salvos at Ukraine in recent months, targeting Kyiv and other cities and igniting a fire at an industrial facility in the western region of Ternopil, officials said yesterday.
16 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Israeli strike hits municipal building in south Lebanon, mayor, 5 others killed

Security sources say an Israeli air strike today on the municipal building in Nabatieh, a major town in southern Lebanon, killed the mayor Ahmed Kahil and at least five others
16 October 2024, 11:31 AM

Mahathir hospitalised with lung infection; defamation trial postponed

The 99-year-old was on the witness stand on Oct 14, and was due to appear in court again on Oct 16 and 17
16 October 2024, 09:06 AM

Indian FM's visit to Pakistan an 'ice breaker', minister says

The first visit to Pakistan by a top Indian diplomat in nearly 10 years was an "ice breaker", the information minister said Wednesday, as regional heads of governments gathered for a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit.
16 October 2024, 08:11 AM

Iran warns of 'decisive' response if Israel strikes, urges UN action

Iran's top diplomat has warned UN chief Antonio Guterres that Tehran is ready for a "decisive and regretful" response if Israel attacks his country in retaliation for a missile attack.
16 October 2024, 06:33 AM

Pakistan PM Sharif calls for expansion of China's Belt and Road Initiative

Sharif also called for a stable Afghanistan, saying it is essential to fully realizing trade opportunities for the SCO member states.
16 October 2024, 06:17 AM

Four migrants dead, 27 rescued off the Greek island of Kos

Three coast guard ships along with a commercial vessel searched for more people in the area, the agency said.
16 October 2024, 05:32 AM

India-Canada row overshadows growing trade ties, investment

Indian authorities briefly curbed visas for Canadians and forced Ottawa to withdraw several diplomats.
16 October 2024, 05:25 AM

Israel's demining near Golan signals wider front against Hezbollah, sources say

The move suggests Israel may seek to strike Hezbollah for the first time from further east along Lebanon's border, at the same time creating a secure area from which it can freely reconnoitre the armed group and prevent infiltration, the sources said.
16 October 2024, 04:35 AM

Singapore fighter jets escort Air India flight after bomb threat

Two Singapore air force F-15SG jets scrambled and escorted Air India flight AXB684 away from populated areas after the airline received an email that there was a bomb on board its plane, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said in a Facebook post.
16 October 2024, 04:32 AM

Pacific island nations swamped by global drug trade

Pacific islands such as Fiji and Tonga sit at the crossroads of largely unpatrolled ocean-trafficking routes used to shift cocaine from Latin America and methamphetamine and opioids from Asia.
16 October 2024, 04:20 AM