Pakistan’s prime minister said eight officials were suspended and called for criminal proceedings against them, after 14 infants were killed in a fire in the maternity ward of a hospital
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung reshuffled his Cabinet over the weekend, replacing six ministers as he moved to reset his administration for its second year.The shake-up also filled months-long
Thailand is reviving its proposed $14 fee on foreign visitors as a long-term source of funding for insurance, destination renewal and a shift towards higher-quality tourism, with officials warning that
Two school shootings in eight weeks have forced the Philippines to confront a form of violence it once regarded largely as an American problem.School shootings have historically been rare in
Rescuers in Nepal and China raced on Sunday (Aug 30) to find thousands of people missing after a glacier collapse unleashed a catastrophic mudslide across the Himalayas, as they faced
More than 20 people may be missing or unaccounted for following a flash flood in Grand Canyon National Park in the U.S. state of ArizonaThe “significant flash-flood event” occurred in
Three months before a wall of water, mud and rock killed hundreds when it hurtled down a Himalayan valley bordering Nepal and China, experts and officials from both countries met
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sunday that a victory for the far-right AfD party in next week’s regional election in Saxony-Anhalt would damage the eastern state and deter foreign
U.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Iran’s Larak island on Sunday, marking the first known American strikes on Iran since late July.Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said the attack killed and
The “no” camp moved ahead early on Sunday (Aug 30) in partial results of Iceland’s referendum on whether to start accession talks with the European Union, broadcaster RUV reported.Based on