The death toll from the devastating earthquakes that struck Myanmar has climbed to 1,002, with over 2,300 people injured and 30 still missing, according to state media reports on Saturday.
Myanmar's state-run broadcaster MRTV reported the updated (...)
A number of countries have officially announced that Eid Al-Fitr will fall on Monday, March 31, 2025, as the Shawwal crescent moon was not sighted on Saturday evening.
Authorities in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and Australia (...)
Australia will head to the polls on May 3 for a federal election that could reshape the country's political landscape.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, whose center-left Labor Party holds a narrow majority, confirmed the date on Friday after (...)
Millions of tires being sent from the UK to India for recycling are actually being "cooked" in makeshift furnaces causing serious health problems and huge environmental damage, the BBC has discovered.
The majority of the UK's exported waste tires (...)
Canada's newly appointed Prime Minister Mark Carney has called a snap election, sending the country to the polls on 28 April.
The election comes as Canada faces a trade war with the US and calls from President Donald Trump for it to become the 51st (...)
RIYADH — Salem Al Dawsari's decisive goal secured Saudi Arabia a 1-0 victory over 10-man China PR on Thursday, propelling them into sole possession of third place in Group C of the AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to 26.
The Al Hilal captain broke the (...)
Defense ministers from Europe's five largest military nations—France, Germany, Britain, Italy, and Poland—met in Paris on Wednesday to discuss a new security framework for Ukraine in response to the US-Russia rapprochement.
French Defence Minister (...)
US President Donald Trump has pledged to impose more tariffs after his latest move to introduce import taxes on steel and aluminum entering the US prompted retaliation from the European Union (EU) and Canada.
Trump said "of course" he would respond (...)
Tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on imports of steel and aluminum have taken effect in a move that will likely escalate tensions with some of America's largest trading partners.
The measure raises a flat duty on steel and aluminium (...)
Police in Australia have charged a 17-year-old who got on a plane with a shotgun and ammunition.
He was filmed being wrestled to the ground by passengers and crew as the aircraft prepared to take off from Avalon Airport, near Melbourne, carrying 160 (...)
The wind has been kicking up along Australia's Gold Coast and so too has the swell. But while authorities have been warning residents to stay indoors as Cyclone Alfred approaches, die-hard surfers have been throwing caution to the increasing (...)
The 27 leaders of the European Union are gathering in Brussels to discuss the future of Ukraine, a candidate country to join the bloc, amid Donald Trump's maximalist demand that a deal to end Russia's war be struck as soon as possible.
It marks the (...)
An adventurer who tried to row across the Pacific Ocean from the United States to Australia has been rescued just days before he reached his final destination.
Lithuanian rower Aurimas Mockus sounded a distress signal late on Friday after he was (...)
One of the world's most prolific blood donors — whose plasma saved the lives of more than 2 million babies — has died.
James Harrison died in his sleep at a nursing home in New South Wales, Australia on 17 February, his family said on Monday. He was (...)
The owners of a New Zealand volcano that erupted in 2019, killing 22 people, have had their conviction over the disaster thrown out by the country's High Court.
Whakaari Management Limited (WML) was found guilty in 2023 of failing to keep visitors (...)
MADINAH — A fourth batch of pilgrims hosted under the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Guests Program for Hajj, Umrah and Visit has arrived in Madinah.
The current batch of guest pilgrims includes 250 men and women from 14 countries from South (...)
Candidates vying to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada faced each other for the first time on Monday in a French-language debate.
The stage was shared by four hopefuls: former governor of the banks of (...)
HAIL — The Saudi Heritage Commission has launched a "Survey and Documentation of Stone Structures" project in Hail region in cooperation with University of Sydney, Australia, with the aim of inventorying, studying and documenting stone structures (...)
China on Sunday rejected Australia's criticism of its recent live-fire naval drills near Australia and New Zealand, calling the concerns "hyped up" and "inconsistent with the facts."
Responding to statements from Australian Defense Minister Richard (...)
Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said on Saturday that China has not provided a "satisfactory" explanation regarding reports of its warships conducting live-fire exercises in airspace off the Australian coast, according to local (...)
JOHANNESBURG — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan held a series of high-level diplomatic meetings with his counterparts from China, the United Kingdom, France, and Australia on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers' (...)
The leaders of Hong Kong's Democratic Party have announced plans to dissolve what was once the city's largest opposition group.
Members will soon vote on the final decision on whether to shut down the 31-year-old party, chairman Lo Kin-hei said.
The (...)
Beloved Australian soap drama Neighbors has been canceled again, two years after it was saved by Amazon MGM Studios.
Without specifying a reason, Amazon confirmed the series will finish at the end of 2025 — 40 years and more than 9,000 episodes (...)
Commercial flights were warned to avoid airspace over the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand on Friday after Chinese warships took part in an apparent live-fire drill.
It's understood at least three commercial flights diverted their course (...)
Australian police have charged a 31-year-old woman for assaulting two Muslim women at a shopping center in Melbourne last week.
The woman from Pascoe Vale suburb is due in court on Wednesday, where it will be alleged that she targeted the two (...)
