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Myanmar’s parliament houses nominate candidates for vice-presidency

NAY PYI TAW - Myanmar's Pyithu Hluttaw (Lower House) and Amyotha Hluttaw (Upper House) on Monday held separate sessions to nominate the country's vice-presidential candidates.During the sessions, Pyithu Hluttaw...

Japan aborts maiden flight test of reusable rocket experimental vehicle again

TOKYO - Japan's space agency aborted the scheduled maiden flight test of its small...

Tehran issues warning as Trump eyes oil hub

Pakistan hosts Saudi, Turkiye, Egypt for talks, eyes US-Iran dialogueIran accused the United States...

Mideast conflict sends energy, economic shockwaves across Europe

BERLIN - One month after the United States and Israel launched military strikes on...

Rallies against US-Israeli war on Iran draw 8m worldwide

WASHINGTON - Rallies against the US-Israeli war on Iran swept numerous cities across the...

To Lam re-elected Vietnam’s communist party chief

HANOI - To Lam has been re-elected general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, an official press release said on Friday.

Trump touts ‘massive’ US forces heading toward Iran

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States has a "massive" naval force heading toward Iran, while suggesting it may...

WSJ: White House considers full withdrawal of US troops from Syria

WASHINGTON - The White House is weighing a full withdrawal of US troops from Syria as Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa moves to assert control...

Trump launches ‘Board of Peace’, draws criticism for undermining UN

DAVOS, Switzerland/GAZA/BRUSSELS/LONDON/MOSCOW/JERUSALEM -formally launched his so-called "Board of Peace" on Thursday at a charter-signing ceremony during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.The move...

Gunman at large after three shot dead in eastern Australia

SYDNEY - A gunman remained at large on Thursday night after three people were shot dead west of Sydney in the Australian state of...

Japan’s cabinet approves decision to dissolve lower house

TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister 's cabinet on Friday adopted a decision to dissolve the House of Representatives.Later in the afternoon, the lower house...

Report: Iran officially counts 3,117 deaths in Dec-Jan unrest

TEHERAN - Iran's state television IRIB reported on Wednesday that 3,117 people were killed during recent unrest, citing the country's Forensic Medical Organization.The figure...

Six more bodies found at plane crash site in Indonesia

JAKARTA - Indonesian rescuers on Thursday recovered six more bodies at the crash site of an ATR 42-500 aircraft on the slopes of Mount...

Israel: Hamas suspects targeted, 11 Palestinians killed across Gaza

GAZA/JERUSALEM - Eleven Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire on Wednesday across Gaza amid escalating tensions, according to Palestinian sources.An Israeli drone strike targeted...

Malaysia weighs social media rule change after Grok AI uproar

Malaysia is reviewing its rules for regulating social media platforms after an outcry over sexualized images of people generated by Elon Musk’s artificial...

Operation suspended at TEPCO’s just-restarted nuke plant as alarm goes off

TOKYO - Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company () said Thursday it suspended operation at the just-restarted reactor of a nuclear power plant in Niigata...

Australia’s conservative coalition ends political alliance

CANBERRA – 's two most prominent conservative political parties have ended their long-standing alliance amid a disagreement over hate speech laws introduced in response...

People feared buried as New Zealand storms trigger landslide

Rescuers are searching for people buried by a large landslide at a campsite in Mount Maunganui after a tropical storm swept through ’s North...

ROK investigators raid homes of suspects in alleged drone infiltration into DPRK

SEOUL – A Republic of Korea joint military-police investigation team on Wednesday executed search and seizure warrants against three civilian suspects in connection with...

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