At least 142 countries now recognize or plan to recognize Palestinian statehood, according to an AFP tally -- though Israel and the United States strongly oppose the move.

Tensions were reignited in May following the killing of a Cambodian soldier during a brief exchange of gunfire, which escalated into a full-blown diplomatic crisis and now has triggered armed clashes.

The United Nations' highest court on Wednesday told wealthy countries they must comply with their international commitments to curb pollution or risk having to pay compensation to nations hard hit by climate change.

Thailand's army said three civilians were wounded in a Cambodian rocket strike on Thursday as the two countries' militaries clashed again in an escalating row over a disputed border.

In a closed-door meeting on Tuesday between the defense minister and the SAF chief in Jakarta, the neighboring countries agreed to enhance cooperation across all military domains, including cyber defense, with a view to maintaining stability in Southeast Asia amid an increasingly fraught global landscape.

The case was brought by a transgender man, known as "K", who was encouraged by doctors to use men's public bathrooms as part of his gender dysphoria treatment.

The world's top court will Wednesday deliver a seminal ruling laying out what legal obligations countries have to prevent climate change and whether polluters should pay up for the consequences.

Brussels says China's deepening political and economic relations with Russia since the 2022 invasion represent tacit support for Moscow that have helped its economy weather sweeping Western sanctions. China denies the claims.

More than 100 aid organizations warned on Wednesday that "mass starvation" was spreading in Gaza ahead of the US top envoy's visit to Europe for talks on a possible ceasefire and an aid corridor.

While voicing strong support for Cambodia’s anti-scam crackdown, which netted 339 Indonesian nationals in a recent raid, the government has emphasized its duty to protect citizens abroad, including trafficking victims forced to work at scam centers across the region.

Rather than cracking down on critical voices from grassroots communities, ASEAN should include voices and insights from non-state actors to help the bloc navigate its recent geopolitical challenges, a former deputy foreign minister said.

Sanseito's agenda comes straight from the copybook of right-wing movements such as US President Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again", the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and Nigel Farage's Reform party in Britain.

Bangkok has previously said it has never recognized the court's jurisdiction on the issue and prefers to settle the dispute through bilateral mechanisms.

Trump reveled in the firing of one of his most prolific detractors, posting on his Truth Social platform that "I absolutely love that Colbert was fired."

Many of the victims were young students who had just been let out of class when a Chinese-made F-7 BJI aircraft slammed into the Milestone School and College.

An Indonesian social media influencer sentenced to seven years in prison in Yangon for terrorism-related charges has been granted amnesty by Myanmar and allowed to return home over the weekend, following months of diplomatic efforts by the Foreign Ministry.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa will visit China on Thursday and meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday.

All passengers and crew members have since disembarked, Air India said, without saying whether anyone was injured. Air India flight AI2744 had flown from Kochi in southern Kerala state to Mumbai.

Experts and analysts gathering at the BRICS forum on think tanks and the media in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro late last week applauded the club of 11 emerging nations, including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, for its ability to remain united and claimed that its consensus-based decision-making process could be a saving grace in a world that is becoming more conflicted. 

Iranian diplomats will meet counterparts from Britain, France and Germany, known as the E3, after the trio warned that sanctions could be reimposed on Tehran if it does return to the negotiating table over its nuclear program. 

Marcos will be the first Southeast Asian leader to meet Trump in his second term.

Voters angry at inflation turned to other parties, notably the "Japanese first" Sanseito, which made strong gains with its "anti-globalist" drive reminiscent of US President Donald Trump's agenda.

Fighting nonetheless persisted in other parts of Sweida province, even as the Druze regained control of their city following days of fierce battle with armed Bedouin supported by tribal gunmen from other parts of Syria.

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has governed Japan almost continuously since 1955.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Friday Washington was revoking a US visa for Moraes for his "political witch hunt against Jair Bolsonaro."

Boeing last year agreed to plead guilty under a deal with prosecutors to a criminal fraud charge that it misled US regulators about a crucial flight control system on the 737 MAX, its best-selling jet.

The United Nations has described Southeast Asia as the "ground zero" of cybercrime centers, where workers typically use romance or business cons to defraud web users of an estimated US$40 billion annually.