Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has warned China not to cross a red line in the South China Sea, where a standoff between the countries continues to escalate. If any Filipino died as a result of China’s wilful actions, he said, the Philippines would consider it as close

As US and China defence chiefs meet in Singapore, attention turns to rising tensions over the future of Taiwan. Defence chiefs from around the Asia Pacific are in Singapore to discuss security challenges facing the region. The three-day summit, known as the Shangri-La Dialogue,

India is voting in the last phase to decide the fate of 904 candidates competing for 57 seats as the staggered election that started in April comes to a close. Till 9 am, the approximate polling percentage was 11.31%, according to the Election Commission's (EC) voter-turnout app.

Marian Robinson, the mother of former US First Lady Michelle Obama, has died at 86. In a statement, her family said that Robinson had died "peacefully" on Friday morning. Robinson was a well-known fixture at the White House during the eight years of Barack Obama's

US President Joe Biden has urged Hamas to accept a new Israeli proposal to end the conflict in Gaza, saying that "it's time for this war to end". The three-part proposal would begin with a six-week ceasefire in which the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) would withdraw from

Several people have died due to heat-related ailments over the past 24 hours as temperatures continue to soar in northern and central India. Ten fatalities were recorded at the government hospital in Odisha's Rourkela region on Thursday, authorities told Reuters news agency.

The adoption of the EU’s pact on migration and asylum has left Italy's leaders and opposition parties so divided. Giorgia Meloni’s key challenge has been to curb illegal migration, since becoming Italy’s prime minister in 2022. However, delivering on the main

A New York jury on Thursday found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records — the first time a former U.S. president has been convicted of a crime. The jury reached its verdict in the historic case after 9½ hours of deliberations, which

"Candidate registration for the 14th presidential elections began at 8 am (0430 GMT)... at the interior ministry," the official IRNA news agency said. Presidential hopefuls will have five days to register, IRNA added. The elections were originally slated for 2025 but were

A Lebanese army site on the outskirts of the border town of Alma Al-Shaab came under machine gun fire from the Israeli army on Wednesday. Nobody was injured in the incident. Israeli artillery also targeted the outskirts of Mays Al-Jabal, Wazzani, Jebbayn, Chihine and Kfarkela. A

China will send giant pandas to the National Zoo in Washington, DC, United States first lady Jill Biden and officials say in a surprise announcement signalling a new era of panda diplomacy between the superpowers. Bao Li and Qing Bao will arrive in the US before the end of the year

North Korea has launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles, South Korea’s military said, as it continues to develop its military weaponry in breach of international sanctions. The 10 missiles were launched from the Sunan area at about 6:14am on Thursday (21:14 GMT on

Israel’s national security adviser says the continuing war on Gaza is likely to last through the end of the year. In an interview with Israel’s Kan public broadcaster on Wednesday, Tzachi Hanegbi said “we are expecting another seven months of fighting” to

After more than five weeks, countless hours of testimony and a mountain of documents, a New York judge instructed a jury to make a historic decision: whether Donald Trump is guilty or not guilty of a crime. On Wednesday, a day after both sides made their final pitches to jurors,

Fourteen Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were found guilty and two were acquitted on Thursday in a landmark subversion trial that critics say could deal another blow to the city's rule of law and its reputation as a global financial hub. The verdicts in Hong Kong's biggest

The Palestinian death toll from Israel’s military offensive on the Gaza Strip has surged to 36,171 since last October, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave said on Wednesday. At least 81,420 people have also been injured in the assault, the ministry added in a statement.

Pope Francis has apologised following reports that he used extremely derogatory language towards gay men. A statement from the Vatican said the Pope did not mean to offend anyone and apologised to those who were "hurt by the use of a word". At the Italian Bishops'

The US does not believe Israel has launched a full-scale invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza, White House spokesman John Kirby has said. He spoke hours after Israeli forces reached the centre of the city and reportedly seized a strategically important hill overlooking the nearby border

Israeli forces shelled a tent camp located in a designated "safe zone" west of Rafah, resulting in the deaths of at least 21 Palestinian civilians, including 13 women and girls.  This incident marks the latest in a series of mass killings of Palestinian civilians amidst

Spain, Norway and Ireland formally recognized a Palestinian state on Tuesday in a coordinated effort by the three western European nations to add international pressure on Israel to soften its devastating response to last year’s Hamas-led attack.  Tel Aviv slammed the