Japan ruling party proposes electing new PM on Oct. 1
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday proposed electing a successor to outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the start of an extraordinary Diet session on Oct. 1.
The...
Pakistanis in Houston rally to support badly wounded student
NEW YORK - The Pakistani-American community in Houston, Texas, has rallied around a Pakistani female student who was severely injured by a hit-and-run driver and lying in pain in intensive treatment at...
Myanmar junta makes rare request for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods
Floods and landslides have killed almost 300 people in Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand in the wake of Typhoon Yagi
In Myanmar, more than 235,000 people have...
Thailand’s new PM outlines policies to parliament as consumer mood drops
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra highlights signature plan for a ‘digital wallet’ handout of 10,000 baht to 50 million people
The scheme has been criticized by economists and...
Harris puts Trump on defensive in fiery presidential debate
The two meet face to face for the first time
A tight race with eight weeks to go before Election Day
For Harris, a...
Why an Israel-Iran war is more likely than not
The Gaza war appears to be nearing its end with signs of agreements emerging, Hamas and Israel being closer in distance and Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah announcing that there will be no retaliatory...
Japan’s main opposition party begins leadership race, eyes election
Official campaigning for the race to choose the leader of Japan's largest opposition party began Saturday as it gears up for a likely general election later in the year.
How to make sense of Netanyahu’s shenanigans
A report by the well-connected Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth this week confirmed earlier reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has derailed ceasefire deals by introducing unreasonable last-minute demands, designed to be...
Trump says US colleges could lose accreditation over ‘antisemitic propaganda’ if he’s elected
Speaking remotely to a crowd of Jewish donors in Las Vegas, Trump also warned that his rival Kamala Harris would abandon Israel if she becomes president
“You’re...
Kenya school fire kills at least 17 children
The blaze in Nyeri county’s Hillside Endarasha Academy broke out at around midnight
The primary school caters to some 800 pupils, aged between roughly five and 12