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Asia & Pacific

Philippines quake kills dozens as injured overwhelm hospitals

Injured children cried and adults screamed while receiving treatment on beds laid out beneath blue tents on the driveway of the Cebu Provincial Hospital in Bogo.

2 weeks ago
Middle East and Africa premium

Govt reiterates support for Palestine amid Prabowo’s appearance in Israel’s campaign

Establishing relationships with Israel can only be done after it recognizes the independence of the State of Palestine, said the Foreign Ministry after President Prabowo Subianto appeared in a campaign to push United States President Donald Trump’s peace plan in Gaza. ...

3 weeks ago
Middle East and Africa

Explainer: US proposal for 'temporary' Gaza governance includes Tony Blair, Trump

In recent weeks, reports of Blair's involvement raised eyebrows among advocates due to the history of British imperialism in the region and in particular Blair's involvement in the invasion of Iraq that was premised on claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, which were proven false. ...

3 weeks ago

The Latest

Europe

EU will have new climate targets by COP30 summit, von der Leyen says

While seeking to pressure EU countries to make a decision, von der Leyen acknowledged the need for pragmatism given divisions between member countries over the goals.

3 weeks ago
Americas

YouTube to pay $22 million in settlement with Trump

The online video platform, a subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet, is the latest Big Tech firm to settle with Trump after he lodged legal cases challenging his broad deplatforming after January 6.

3 weeks ago
Middle East and Africa

Muslim states join European powers in backing Trump Gaza plan

Indonesia has offered troops as part of a future Gaza force, while Pakistan has been eager to woo Trump and improve its relationship with Washington.

3 weeks ago
Asia & Pacific

Japan major bank to make 1-month paternity leave mandatory

Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. will require its employees to take at least one month's paternity leave in principle from October to encourage participation in childcare and improve the working environment.

3 weeks ago
Europe

How is the Nobel Peace Prize decided?

The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which consists of five individuals appointed by the Norwegian parliament. Members are often retired politicians, but not always. The current committee is led by the head of the Norwegian branch of PEN International, a group defending freedom of expression. Another member is an academic.

3 weeks ago
Americas premium

FDA flags radioactive traces in Indonesian spice export

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has detected traces of radioactive contamination in cloves imported from Indonesia, marking the second such discovery in Indonesian food products shipped to the US in less than two months.

3 weeks ago
Europe premium

Indonesian gymnasts keep on competing despite tragedy

Indonesian gymnast Naufal Takdir Al Bari passed away on Thursday after being treated for 12 days because of a neck injury in Russia. 

3 weeks ago
Europe premium

Solo flight, first flight mark procurement of Indonesian Rafale jet fighters

The Indonesian Air Force will receive its first batch of three Dassault Rafale jet fighters in February or March 2026, which will be deployed at the 12th Squadron "Black Panther" at Roesmin Nurjadin Air Force Base in Pekanbaru.

3 weeks ago
Middle East and Africa

Gaza flotilla sails again; Italy warns of danger

Organisers said on Sunday that Greek vessels had now joined their enterprise, meaning that the flotilla, which counts some 47 civilian boats, was "complete". 

3 weeks ago
Asia & Pacific

China warns Japan businesses over spying after conviction: Sources

A high-ranking Chinese government official has warned Japan's business community against spying in China, following the espionage conviction of an employee of a Japanese company, diplomatic sources said Friday.

3 weeks ago
Americas

Peru's Gen Z rallies against President Boluarte, protesting over pensions, corruption

The protests erupted on Sept. 20 following reforms to the country's pension system that required all Peruvians above the age of 18 to join a pension provider, but were also fueled by longstanding anger against Boluarte and Congress.

3 weeks ago
Middle East and Africa

United Nations arms embargo, other sanctions reimposed on Iran

Attempts to delay the return of all sanctions on Iran failed on the sidelines of the annual gathering of world leaders at the UN this week.

3 weeks ago
Asia & Pacific

Vietnam evacuates thousands, shuts airports as Typhoon Bualoi nears

The typhoon, which was packing wind speeds of up to 133 kilometer per hour as of 2 a.m. GMT, is expected to make landfall in central Vietnam late on Sunday, earlier than previous forecasts as it was travelling fast.

3 weeks ago
Middle East and Africa

Foreign doctors in Gaza describe worst wounds 'they've ever seen'

For the research in the leading medical journal BMJ, 78 humanitarian healthcare workers mostly from Europe and North America answered survey questions describing the severity, location and cause of the wounds they saw during their stints in the Gaza Strip.

3 weeks ago
Americas

Colombian President accuses US of violating international law after visa revoked

The US said on Friday it would revoke Petro's visa after he took to New York's streets on Friday to join a pro-Palestinian demonstration and urged US soldiers to disobey President Donald Trump's orders.

3 weeks ago
Asia & Pacific

Philippines death toll rises to 11 as storm Bualoi bears down on Vietnam

Bualoi battered small islands in the center of the Philippines on Friday, toppling trees and power pylons, ripping roofs off homes, unleashing floods and forcing 400,000 people to evacuate.

3 weeks ago
Americas

As US military leaders prepare for Virginia meeting, agenda comes into focus

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has summoned US generals and admirals from around the world to a meeting in Quantico, Virginia, on Tuesday, a rare gathering of the country's military leadership in one location.

3 weeks ago
Asia & Pacific

Australia's Albanese confident on AUKUS pact after meeting UK's Starmer

The AUKUS pact, sealed in 2021, aims to provide Australia with nuclear-powered attack submarines from the next decade to counter China's ambitions in the Indo-Pacific region.

3 weeks ago
Americas

US to revoke Colombian president's visa over comments at pro-Palestinian gathering

Colombian President Gustavo Petro, addressing a crowd of pro-Palestinian protesters outside the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, called for a global armed force with the priority to liberate Palestinians, adding, "This force has to be bigger than that of the United States."

3 weeks ago
Asia & Pacific

Death toll from Thailand monsoon floods hits seven

More than 260,000 people across several provinces along the Chao Phraya river were impacted by flooding this week, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said in a statement.

3 weeks ago
Asia & Pacific

South Korea PM apologizes after data center fire halts govt services

A lithium battery fire broke out Friday night at the National Information Resources Service in Daejeon, about 150 kilometers south of Seoul, which hosts key state IT systems, according to local authorities.

3 weeks ago
Middle East and Africa

Netanyahu says Palestinian state would be 'national suicide' for Israel

Netanyahu, who has opposed a Palestinian state for decades, mocked Western support for Abbas and called the Palestinian Authority "corrupt to the core."

3 weeks ago
Asia & Pacific

Timor-Leste scraps lifetime pensions after protests

Protests broke out last week in the capital, Dili, with thousands of demonstrators demanding that parliament cancel a $4.2 million plan to purchase SUVs for lawmakers.

3 weeks ago
Middle East and Africa

Netanyahu's plane takes unusual route to UN summit

Although France had authorised Israeli use of its airspace, according to a French diplomatic source who spoke to AFP, flight-tracking data showed Netanyahu's aircraft instead took a southern path.

3 weeks ago
Europe

Dutch to return 'Java Man' fossils to Indonesia

The Dutch plan to hand back some 28,000 fossils of the "Dubois Collection" looted by anatomist and geologist Eugene Dubois in 1891, when Indonesia was still a colony of the Netherlands.

3 weeks ago
Americas

Trump allies to control TikTok under new US deal

The deal would see Chinese ownership of TikTok reduced to 20 percent in the United States, and Beijing on Friday reiterated a call for "open, fair" treatment on the issue.

3 weeks ago
Americas premium

Prabowo hails ‘gamechanging’ trade deal with Canada

With the signing of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between the two countries, Indonesia became the first Southeast Asian nation to have such a trade deal with Canada amid the United States’ transformation of its trade ties

3 weeks ago

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