More than 900 earthquakes have shaken a remote and sparsely populated island chain in southern Japan over two weeks, keeping residents anxious and awake all night.
Seismic activity has been "very active" in the seas around the Tokara islands since (...)
US President Donald Trump has called for the chair of the Federal Reserve to quit right away, in an escalation of his attacks on Jerome Powell.
"'Too Late' should resign immediately!!!", Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform.
He also (...)
Alkhorayef Commercial Company (ACC), a leading provider of industrial and commercial solutions in Saudi Arabia, has entered into a strategic partnership with Singapore-based XSQUARE Technologies. The two companies signed a Memorandum of (...)
Lithuania and the Philippines signed an agreement on Monday to build a security alliance resulting from their mutual alarm over what they perceive as growing aggression threatening their regions by countries such as China.
The memorandum of (...)
Japan has condemned US President Donald Trump for comparing recent US strikes on Iran to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that ended World War II.
"That hit ended the war," Trump told reporters on Wednesday. "I don't want to use an example of (...)
North Korea is opening a beach resort that its leader Kim Jong Un hopes will boost tourism in the secretive communist regime, state media reports.
Wonsan Kalma on the east coast will open to domestic tourists on 1 July, six years after it was due to (...)
A British aircraft carrier has docked in Singapore on a rare Indo-Pacific deployment which will see it call on Australia, Japan, Korea and take part in several multinational exercises.
HMS Prince of Wales' visit comes weeks after two Chinese (...)
BLAST has officially announced that BLAST Slam IV, the fourth edition of its Dota 2 tournament series, will be held live in Singapore this November. For the first time in the series' history, fans will be able to experience the action in person.
A (...)
Thailand has imposed restrictions on all travellers heading into Cambodia, as the two countries remain locked in a bitter border dispute.
The ban applies to any vehicle or person trying to cross into Cambodia from checkpoints across several Thai (...)
RIYADH — Shortly after Iran launched missile attacks on US military bases in Qatar and Iraq on Monday, several nations including Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain have closed their air spaces while the United Arab Emirates imposed some restrictions on (...)
A Chinese naval drill near Japan has sparked concern from Tokyo, which in recent days lodged a protest with Beijing and made the rare decision to publicly disclose Chinese military movements.
In the last few weeks China's two aircraft carriers, the (...)
Days after the devastating Air India-171 crash killed at least 270 people, investigators from across the world are putting their heads together to find out what exactly went wrong. So far, there is no indication of where the fault lies, and it could (...)
A Chinese national has been sentenced to three years in prison for damaging an undersea cable connecting Taiwan's main island and the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait.
The man, identified by his surname Wang, was the captain of the (...)
The Indian Coast Guard is trying to tow a burning Singapore-flagged cargo ship away from the coast of Kerala in the Arabian Sea, to prevent "a potential ecological disaster".
The Indian defense ministry on Wednesday said that the situation remains (...)
South Korea's military says it has suspended its loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts across the border to North Korea, as part of a bid to "restore trust" between both countries.
The move comes a week after the country elected its new president Lee (...)
Hong Kong residents found downloading or sharing a mobile game app about defeating the communist regime may be punished under national security laws, police have said.
According to the website for Reversed Front: Bonfire, players can "pledge (...)
Singapore-based budget airline Jetstar Asia will close down at the end of July, with affected passengers to be offered full refunds.
The low-cost airline has struggled with rising supplier costs, high airport fees and increased competition in the (...)
US President Donald Trump has said a deal with China "is done" after two days of talks between top officials in London.
Trump said that, subject to final approval from President Xi Jinping and himself, the US will get the rare earth metals it needs, (...)
India's Coast Guard is continuing efforts to douse a fire on a Singapore-flagged cargo ship in the Arabian Sea near the coast of the southern state of Kerala.
MV Wan Hai 503, which was heading to India's Mumbai city from Sri Lanka's Colombo, (...)
Beyoncé signed off the first night of her London residency by telling fans she was "blessed" to get to do what she loves by performing on stage.
She stormed through a seven-act set at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, treating the audience to a (...)
حسناً فعل برنامج "جودة الحياة" بتوسيع قاعدة برامجه وفعالياته، ليشمل رعاية الحوارات الشبابية، إذ أن زمن التحولات الكبرى التي تشهدها المملكة، يجعل إشراك الشباب ضرورة استراتيجية، وركيزة جوهرية في بناء وطن طموح واقتصاد مزدهر ومجتمع حيوي، كما بشرت به (...)
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a stark warning at a major international security forum on Saturday, calling China's military threat "real and imminent" while urging Indo-Pacific nations to step up their own defense efforts against mounting (...)
India's military has for the first time acknowledged the loss of fighter jets in the recent escalation with Pakistan, but dismissed Islamabad's claim of downing six aircraft as "absolutely incorrect."
Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chauhan confirmed (...)
Students around the world are anxious and in limbo, they say, as the Trump administration makes plans to temporarily halt US student visa appointments.
An official memo seen by BBC's US partner CBS ordered a temporary pause in appointments as the (...)
YANBU — The first groups of pilgrims arrived on Friday at Prince Abdulmohsen bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Yanbu, coming from several countries, including Australia, Singapore, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Sudan. This comes (...)
