Asia Pacific
Xi, Putin hail ties as ‘stabilising’ force in chaotic world
By James EDGAR AFP Leaders Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin framed their nations’ ties as a stabilising force in a chaotic world as they met Thursday ...New Caledonia closes airport, imposes curfew after violence
By Lucy Craymer, Kirsty Needham and Gus Trompiz Reuters Authorities in the French-ruled Pacific island of New Caledonia shut the international airport, ...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A Myanmar rebel group has withdrawn its troops from a town along the Thai border following a counteroffensive by soldiers of the ...Pro-China party wins Maldives election in landslide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 ...













