Asia

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Expo 2025 tackles sustainable food and next-gen healthcare

In partnership with Cabinet Secretariat

At Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, Japan is putting its culinary heritage and medical innovation on the global stage, from zero-waste food systems to cutting-edge regenerative therapies using iPS cells.

21/07/2025

Iran

Iran to consult with Russia and China ahead of European nuclear talks

Iran, China and Russia will discuss Tehran's nuclear activities and sanctions on Tuesday, with the E3 nations set for talks on Friday amid threats of reimposing sanctions.

21/07/2025

Japan

Far-right party emerges as fourth-largest opposition force in Japan

Campaigning under the nationalist slogan "Japanese First," the party capitalised on growing public frustration with immigration, inflation and the ruling coalition's performance.

21/07/2025

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Air Force jet crashes into school in Dhaka, killing 31

The jet crashed onto the campus of Milestone School and College in Dhaka's Uttara neighbourhood, where students were taking tests and attending regular classes.

21/07/2025

Gaza

At least 85 seeking aid killed in Gaza, officials say

Gaza’s population of more than 2 million Palestinians are in a catastrophic humanitarian crisis, now relying largely on the limited aid allowed into the territory. Many people have been displaced multiple times.

21/07/2025

Indonesia

Hundreds rescued from Indonesia passenger ferry blaze

Indonesian rescuers evacuated over 560 people from a burning ferry, with three confirmed dead. Survivors were pulled from the sea and nearby islands.

21/07/2025

Japan

Ishiba's coalition loses majority in Japan's upper house election

Ishiba said the coalition's poor showing was because his government’s measures to combat price increases had yet to reach many people.

21/07/2025

Iran

Iran and three European powers to resume nuclear talks

Iran's foreign minister has said the country France, Germany and the UK are looking to set a date for a meeting for nuclear talks, in what could be a step toward ending the protracted impasse over Iran's nuclear programme and Western concerns.

20/07/2025

South Korea

Heavy rains in South Korea leave at least 17 dead and 11 missing

South Korea has been battered by torrential rains for the past five days, leaving at least 17 people dead and 11 missing.

20/07/2025

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan to file lawsuits against Russia over Aktau plane crash

President Aliyev stated that Azerbaijan had a clear understanding of what happened to the AZAL plane, and that Russian officials also possessed the same information.

20/07/2025

Tech News

Kazakhstan launches the most powerful supercomputer in Central Asia

Kazakhstan’s experts and politicians alike believe that without its own localised solutions and infrastructure, no country in the future will be successful, or even independent and sovereign.

20/07/2025

World News

Tsunami threat lifted in Russia's Kamchatka after powerful tremor

After powerful earth tremors in the Pacific Ocean, residents of several settlements in Kamchatka had been advised to climb to elevations 30-40 metres high or move at least 2-3 kilometres away from the coast because of the tsunami threat, which was then lifted by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre.

20/07/2025

Syria

Syria's armed Bedouins withdraw from Druze-majority Sweida

Syria's armed Bedouins say they have withdrawn from the Druze-majority city of Sweida, bringing a cautious calm as humanitarian convoys reportedly make their way to the area.

20/07/2025

Space

Soil on the Moon could sustain human life, study finds

Researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong developed a technology that can extract water from the soil on the Moon and convert it into oxygen and chemical fuel.

20/07/2025

Destinations

Kazakhstan plans stellar stays at historic space sites

Kazakhstan is turning decommissioned space sites into glamping spots, museums and family-friendly tourism hubs.

19/07/2025

Iraq

Iraqi officials try to identify 18 bodies from shopping centre fire

While the cause of Wednesday's blaze has not yet been determined, officials blamed lack of safety standards in the building for the scale of the tragedy.

18/07/2025

No Comment

Gaza Christians killed in Israeli strike laid to rest

Mourners gathered Thursday evening in Gaza City for the funeral of two Christians killed when an Israeli shell struck Gaza’s only Catholic church compound earlier that day.

18/07/2025

Gaza

Israel refuses to renew visas for agency heads in Gaza, UN says

Visas for the local leaders of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the human rights agency OHCHR and the agency supporting Palestinians in Gaza, UNRWA, have not been renewed in recent months.

18/07/2025

Syria

Syrian troops to return to Suwayda after renewed Druze-Bedouin clashes

Syrian forces will return to Suwayda after clashes between Druze militias and Bedouin clans. A ceasefire was mediated by the US, Turkey and Arab nations.

18/07/2025

North Korea

North Korea halts foreign tourism at beach resort weeks after opening

No official explanation was provided, but analysts suggest the decision may be linked to Russian media report implying the resort was populated by mobilised locals rather than genuine holidaymakers.

18/07/2025

Pakistan

Heavy monsoon rains in east Pakistan kill 54 people in 24 hours

Since 26 June, Pakistan has reported 178 deaths from Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the northwest, Sindh in the south and Balochistan in the southwest, officials said.

17/07/2025

Syria

Syrian forces withdraw from Sweida after ceasefire goes into effect

The fighting had threatened to unravel Syria's post-war political transition and brought further military intervention by neighbouring Israel.

17/07/2025

Gaza

Israeli strike on Gaza Catholic church kills two and injures several

The Israeli Foreign Ministry issued a formal apology for the strike, while the Israeli army said it has launched an investigation into the strike on Gaza's only Catholic church.

17/07/2025

No Comment

Newly opened mall in Iraq destroyed by fire, killing dozens

A massive fire at a newly opened shopping mall in Kut, Iraq, has killed dozens, with many suffocating inside, as authorities launch an investigation and declare three days of mourning.

17/07/2025

Business

TSMC's profit soars by 60% thanks to robust AI chip demand

The world’s largest contract chip manufacturer TSMC, reported better-than-expected results as AI chip demand has been boosting the company's sales.

17/07/2025

Iraq

Fire at Iraqi shopping centre kills more than 60 and injures dozens

Over 60 people died and dozens were injured in a shopping centre blaze in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut. An investigation and legal actions are in progress.

17/07/2025