Asia Pacific
New Year celebrated across world
As Wednesday turned to Thursday, people around the world said goodbye to a sometimes challenging 2025 and expressed hopes for the New ...China launches war games around Taiwan as island vows to defend democracy
By Peter CATTERALL with Joy CHIANG in Taipei AFP China announced “major” military exercises around Taiwan on Monday, saying it would conduct ...Myanmar junta stages election after five years of civil war
A trickle of voters made their way to Myanmar’s heavily restricted polls on Sunday, with the ruling junta touting the exercise as ...Thailand and Cambodia hold talks on ceasefire in border conflict
Military officials from Thailand and Cambodia began talks on Wednesday, both countries said, days after the neighbours agreed to discuss resumption of ...New clashes erupt on Thailand-Cambodia border as ASEAN convenes peace talks
New fighting has broken out along the Thailand-Cambodia border as foreign ministers from Southeast Asian nations met in Malaysia to find a ...Violence continues in Bangladesh after youth protest leader’s death
By Sheikh Sabiha ALAM AFP Violence broke out in Bangladesh’s capital early Friday after a youth leader of the country’s 2024 pro-democracy ...Taiwan says its military can respond rapidly to any sudden Chinese attack
Taiwan’s military can respond rapidly to any sudden Chinese attack with all units able to operate under a decentralised mode of command ...Australia to review gun laws after 15 die in attack on Jewish festival
By Byron Kaye Reuters After Australia’s worst mass shooting in 1996, it took the government 12 days to ban semi-automatic weapons, organise ...Several killed in mass shooting at Australia’s Bondi Beach
Two suspected shooters opened fire at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach on Sunday, killing 12 people and wounding multiple others in an attack ...Thailand-Cambodia fighting continues after Trump says countries agree to ceasefire
Cambodia said Saturday that Thailand continued dropping bombs on its territory hours after US President Donald Trump said the neighbours had agreed ...














