Flood-hit Nepal will ask wealthier countries and global agencies for financial help this week, arguing they should contribute to the $5 billion needed for initial rebuilding as the disaster shows
U.S. states filed two lawsuits on Wednesday accusing President Donald Trump’s administration of illegally weakening the federal Endangered Species Act, alandmark law that has shielded the bald eagle and other
The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s 35-nation board of governors has passed a resolution reporting Iran to the U.N. Security Council for the first time in 20 yearsfor breaching its non-proliferation obligations,
Pakistan has delivered a Saudi warning to Iran to rein in its Yemeni Houthi allies after they stepped up attacks on the kingdom, in a coordinated effort to prevent the
Nearly 10,000 New Zealand public servants walked off the job for several hours on Wednesday, adding to pressure on a government confronting a weak urban economy and middle-income households strained
South Korean police suspect that at least three additional people were involved in the death of a woman whose frozen body was discovered last week inside a walk-in freezer at
Indonesian teams were searching on Tuesday (Sep 8) for eight people, including five journalists who had gone missing while travelling to cover the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau.The group set
Singapore is open to considering pharmacological anti-androgen treatment, or chemical castration, as an additional measure to curb sexual crimes, though evidence of its effectiveness in reducing crime remains inconclusive, Minister
China on Wednesday officially recognized 11 new occupations and 23 new specialties under existing occupations, reflecting evolving labor demand driven by technological advances, industrial upgrading and changing consumer needs.The new
Russian drones hit a border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova in the southern region of Odesa, killing two people, and attacked the country’s capital Kyiv overnight on Wednesday.Two civilians near