At least eight people died and nearly 40 others were taken ill over the past 24 hours after they allegedly consumed spurious liquor mixed with methanol in India’s western state
A liaison council comprising the governors of 15 Japanese prefectures hosting U.S. military bases and related facilities submitted a petition to the central government on Thursday, calling for a revision
At least 10 people in Iloilo Province in the central Philippines have died from leptospirosis in the past eight months, local media reported on Friday.The death toll in Iloilo Province
U.S. Treasury chief Scott Bessent said the United States will impose “the toughest sanctions in history” on Iran, a move he suggested would lessen the need for new major military
Australian police recovered the body of an 18-year-old hiker overnight from dense bushland in a remote national park near Sydney, authorities said on Friday, more than a week after she
Seven commodity ships sailed along the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, just half the previous day’s tally, showed data from shiptracker Kpler, amid concern over risk to Middle East shipping
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been moved back to prison after spending a few hours overnight at a hospital, a spokesman for his party said on Friday.Khan, 73,
U.S. President Donald Trump says he wants to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this year. But his overtures have drawn a frosty response from Pyongyang, suggesting it
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Wednesday and Thursday held respective interactive dialogues with two candidates for the next UN secretary-general.In Wednesday’s dialogue, Ugandan diplomat Olara Otunnu, who was nominated
Climate change could almost triple the area burned by wildfires across Europe by the end of the century under a high-emissions scenario, as hotter, drier and windier conditions increase fire