Ancient secrets unearthed in vast Turkish cave city

Through a basement door in southeastern Turkey lies a sprawling underground city -- perhaps the country’s largest -- which one historian believes dates back to the ninth century before Jesus Christ.
26 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Flash floods, landslides kill seven in Vietnam

Flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain have killed seven people in northern Vietnam and swept away homes, disaster officials and state media said yesterday.
25 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Boeing finalises 737 MAX guilty plea deal

Boeing finalised a guilty plea to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge and agreed to pay at least $243.6 million after breaching a 2021 agreement with the US Justice Department, according to a court filing on Wednesday.
25 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Russia, China FMs meet as talks get underway

The foreign ministers of Russia and China met yesterday on the sidelines of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) foreign ministers talks in Laos, Moscow and AFP journalists said.
25 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Philippine death toll from typhoon-fuelled rains hits 20

Relentless rain fuelled by Typhoon Gaemi left at least 20 people dead in the northern Philippines, police said today, as clean-up efforts got under way
25 July 2024, 06:30 AM

Indonesia launches 'Golden Visa'

The five-year "Golden Visa" requires individual investors to set up a company worth $2.5 million, while a 10-year visa requires a $5 million investment.
25 July 2024, 05:54 AM

15 migrants killed after boat capsizes off Mauritania: IOM

At least 15 migrants died and dozens more are missing after their boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and local sources said yesterday.
24 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Harris bashes Trump over ‘fear and hate’

US Vice President Kamala Harris assailed Donald Trump on Tuesday at her first campaign rally since replacing President Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential candidate, while a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll showed her taking a marginal lead over her Republican rival.
24 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Asean seeks to tackle Myanmar crisis

The Southeast Asian bloc Asean met in Laos yesterday as it seeks to advance a stalled bid to resolve a crisis in Myanmar and cool tensions in the South China Sea, days ahead of a gathering of top diplomats from the world’s biggest powers.
24 July 2024, 18:00 PM

25 killed in migrant wreck off Mauritania

At least 25 migrants have died and dozens are missing after their boat capsized off Mauritania, the country’s news agency AMI said yesterday, in the latest in a string of migrant tragedies off the coast of West Africa.
24 July 2024, 18:00 PM

New Zealand inquiry finds 200,000 children and vulnerable adults abused in care

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon apologised and promised reforms on Wednesday after a public inquiry found some 200,000 children, young people and vulnerable adults were abused in state and religious care over the last 70 years
24 July 2024, 07:39 AM

Israel PM to rally US Congress support amid tensions with Biden

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will deliver a landmark speech to the US Congress Wednesday, seeking to rally support at a time of tensions between his country and its main military backer over the war in Gaza.
24 July 2024, 03:37 AM

July 21 hottest day ever recorded globally: EU monitor

July 21 was the hottest day ever registered globally, according to preliminary data published Tuesday by the EU's climate monitor...The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said the global average surface air temperature of 17.09 degrees Celsius (62.7 degrees Fahrenheit) on Sunday
23 July 2024, 18:51 PM

Ethiopia landslides toll hits 229

The death toll from two landslides in southern Ethiopia has jumped to 229 and could rise further as the search for survivors and casualties continued into a second day, a government official said yesterday.
23 July 2024, 18:00 PM

US presidential polls: Kamala Harris hits campaign trail

After winning support from Democratic party heavyweights, Kamala Harris was due to test her potential candidacy with voters yesterday at a campaign rally in Wisconsin, a critical “swing state” for her likely face-off with Donald Trump.
23 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Israel tanks advance deeper in southern Gaza as more ceasefire talks expected

The Israeli military said Hamas and other groups used those areas to renew attacks, including firing rockets.
23 July 2024, 15:28 PM

Trial starts for Vietnam tycoon in $146m graft case

A former Vietnamese property and aviation tycoon charged with $146 million in fraud and stock market manipulation went on trial in Hanoi yesterday, the latest corruption case targeting the communist country’s business elite.
22 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Taiwan remodels war games in the face of China’s threats

Taiwan launched annual war games yesterday aiming to more realistically simulate an attack from China, dropping drills deemed to be out-of-touch with the growing threat of conflict.
22 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Philippines ‘to assert rights’ after China sea deal

Manila insisted yesterday it will continue to “assert our rights” over a hotspot South China Sea reef, after reaching a deal with Beijing for resupplying Filipino troops stationed on a grounded warship.
22 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Ethiopia landslides toll hits 229

The death toll from two landslides in southern Ethiopia has jumped to 229 and could rise further as the search for survivors and casualties continued into a second day, a government official said yesterday.
20 July 2024, 18:00 PM