Asia Pacific
Floods kill 37 in Indonesia’s West Sumatra, 17 missing
Flash floods and mud slides in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province killed at least 37 people this weekend while the search for 17 missing people ...More than 200 dead in Afghanistan flash floods
Flash floods that have ripped through northern Afghanistan left more than 200 people dead in a single province, the United Nations said ...Macron, von der Leyen press China’s Xi on trade in Paris talks
By Elizabeth Pineau, John Irish and Ingrid Melander Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen urged ...Pro-Palestinian protesters camp across Australian universities
By Lewis Jackson Reuters Hundreds of people protesting Israel’s war in Gaza rallied at one of Australia’s top universities on Friday demanding ...New film captures Afghan women’s courage in failed peace talks with Taliban
By Jenna Zucker Reuters The new documentary “The Sharp Edge of Peace” begins with a harrowing scene: Fawzia Koofi, a former member ...Myanmar rebel group withdraws troops from key town on Thai border
A Myanmar rebel group has withdrawn its troops from a town along the Thai border following a counteroffensive by soldiers of the ...Pro-China party wins Maldives election in landslide
By MOHAMED SHARUHAN AP MALE, Maldives — Maldivians voted in parliamentary elections Sunday, in a ballot crucial for President Mohamed Muizzu, whose ...US House passes $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan
By Richard Cowan, Moira Warburton and Patricia Zengerle Reuters The U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday with broad bipartisan support passed a $95 ...Indonesian volcano eruption forces evacuations, airport closure
Indonesia shut a provincial airport and evacuated hundreds of people from the vicinity of the Ruang volcano after it belched explosive plumes ...Floods grip Kazakhstan and Russia as tributaries of Ob rise
By Tamara Vaal Reuters Swathes of northern Kazakhstan and Russia’s Urals region were flooded on Monday as melt waters swelled the tributaries ...













