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Aug 14, 20242 min read
Factbox-What happens next after Thai PM Srettha Thavisin's exit?
BANGKOK - Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin was dismissed on Wednesday by the Constitutional Court for a breach of ethics in...


Aug 13, 20242 min read
Putin tells Abbas of 'great pain' at Palestinian plight
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin told visiting Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday that Moscow was pained by the...


Aug 12, 20241 min read
Israeli minister tells US that large-scale Iranian attack expected, Axios reports
WASHINGTON - Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday that Iran was making preparations...


Aug 12, 20242 min read
Philippines urges China to de-escalate tensions after air incident over Scarborough Shoal
MANILA - The Philippines urged Beijing on Monday to heed calls to de-escalate tensions in the South China Sea after what it described as...


Aug 12, 20243 min read
Israel orders more Gaza evacuations after school shelter attack kills scores
CAIRO - Israel expanded evacuation orders in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip overnight, forcing tens of thousands of Palestinian...


Aug 12, 20242 min read
Indonesia holds first cabinet meeting in planned new capital, Nusantara
JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo held his first cabinet meeting in his planned new capital, Nusantara, on Monday, as the...


Aug 9, 20243 min read
Nobel laureate Yunus takes charge of Bangladesh, hopes to heal strife-torn country
DHAKA - Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus took charge of Bangladesh's caretaker government on Thursday, hoping to help heal the country...


Aug 8, 20243 min read
Nobel laureate Yunus makes emotional return to Bangladesh to lead caretaker government
DHAKA - Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus made an emotional return home to Bangladesh on Thursday to lead a new interim government...


Aug 8, 20243 min read
Fear gripped global markets this week – but was it all overblown?
This week has been a rollercoaster ride for investors. Financial markets across the world were gripped by a fearsome selloff that...


Aug 8, 20244 min read
Bangladesh new interim leader Yunus heads home, government to be sworn in on Thursday
DHAKA - The Nobel Peace laureate tapped to lead an interim government in Bangladesh called for calm and boarded a flight on Wednesday to...


Aug 7, 20243 min read
Hamas names Oct 7 mastermind Sinwar as leader after Haniyeh assassination
CAIRO - Hamas named its Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar as successor to former political chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran...


Aug 7, 20242 min read
Hindu homes, temples targeted in Bangladesh after Hasina ouster, minority group says
DHAKA - Hundreds of Hindu houses, businesses and temples have been vandalised since the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a...
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