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Indonesia’s Mount Dukono volcano erupts, sneding 900-meter ash column

JAKARTA - Mount Dukono in Indonesia's North Maluku province erupted on Tuesday morning, sending a column of volcanic ash up to 900 meters above its peak, Indonesia's geological agency...

Japan deploys long-range counterstrike missiles despite opposition

TOKYO - Japan's Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that long-range missiles with counterstrike capabilities...

FT: Hegseth’s broker looked to buy defense fund before US-Israeli attack on Iran

NEW YORK - A broker for US Defense Secretary explored a multimillion-dollar investment...

Myanmar’s elected lawmakers elect 2 vice-presidents

NAY PYI TAW - Elected representatives from and Amyotha Hluttaw (Upper House) on...

Palestine blasts Israel’s death penalty law targeting West Bank Palestinians

RAMALLAH - on Monday condemned the approval of a law by the Israeli...

Yemen govt says its forces retake oil-rich Hadramout from separatists

ADEN, Yemen / ABU DHABI - Yemen's internationally recognized government said on Saturday its forces had regained full control of the oil-rich southeastern province...

Arab, Islamic nations voice concern over worsening Gaza humanitarian crisis

CAIRO – The foreign ministers of eight Arab and Islamic countries expressed concern on Friday over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip,...

Iran vows to ‘forcefully reject’ interference after Trump’s threat

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Friday vowed to "forcefully reject" any interference in the country's internal affairs, after US President...

Indonesia enacts new criminal code, new criminal procedure code

JAKARTA – on Friday officially enacted its National Criminal Code and a new Criminal Procedure Code, marking a major step in reforming the...

Medical source: Over 20 killed, dozens injured in Saudi airstrikes in Yemen’s Hadramout

ADEN, Yemen - More than 20 people were killed and dozens of others injured as Saudi warplanes intensified airstrikes on multiple locations in Yemen's...

122 evacuated as smoke fills cabin of passenger jet in S. Korea

SEOUL - A total of 122 people, including passengers and crew members, were evacuated Friday as smoke filled the cabin of a passenger jet...

Saudi-backed Yemeni govt launches operation against STC in Hadramout province

ADEN, Yemen - The Saudi-backed Yemeni government on Friday announced the launch of a military operation against in the southeastern oil-rich province of...

Israeli judges call for protection after threat to chief justice

Israel’s judicial and business establishments are expressing alarm over the safety of the country’s chief justice after a top minister threatened to “run him...

Over 1,800 UN peacekeepers exit southern Lebanon

BEIRUT - More than 1,800 have left southern Lebanon since early November 2025, with over 300 more set to exit by May 2026,...

Singapore home prices up for ninth year despite cooling measures

Singapore private home prices extended their rally into a ninth year on renewed demand for new apartments, but the boom is slowing.An index for...

Israel says new rules barring some aid groups from Palestinian territories take effect

JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH/ISTANBUL - Israel said Thursday that new regulations banning access of dozens of aid organizations to Gaza and the West Bank had come into...

Lao, Vietnam governments join hands to build irrigation system

The governments of Laos and Vietnam have joined hands to invest more than VNĐ290 billion to build an irrigation system in Xiengvang village of...

Indian authorities step up Tamil Nadu surveillance after bird flu outbreak

NEW DELHI - As cases of bird flu increase in parts of the southern Indian state of Kerala, authorities in the adjacent Tamil Nadu...

Top DPRK leader sends New Year’s message to overseas operations units

PYONGYANG - , top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), sent a congratulatory message to the officers and soldiers of the...

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