Asia Pacific
In escalation over submarine deal, France recalls envoys from U.S. and Australia
France plunged into an unprecedented diplomatic crisis with the United States and Australia on Friday after it recalled its ambassadors from both ...US, UK and Australia agree new Indo-Pacific security pact
Australia will build eight nuclear-powered submarines under an Indo-Pacific security partnership with the United States and Britain that analysts say will likely ...Neighbours condemn ‘outrageous’ N.Korea ballistic missiles test
North Korea fired a pair of ballistic missiles off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, ratcheting up regional tensions ...North Korea tests first ‘strategic’ cruise missile with possible nuclear capability
North Korea carried out successful tests of a new long-range cruise missile over the weekend, state media said on Monday, seen by ...Death toll from Indonesia jail blaze at 44 amid focus on overcrowding
The death toll from a blaze that tore through an Indonesian jail has risen to 44, as authorities pledged to look at ...Taiwan scrambles jets against renewed Chinese military activity
Taiwan’s air force scrambled on Sunday against renewed Chinese military activity, with its defence ministry reporting that 19 aircraft including nuclear-capable bombers ...Blasts at Kazakh military base kill five
A series of blasts triggered by a fire at a military base in southern Kazakhstan killed five servicemen and wounded 90 people, ...Japan suspends 1.6 mln doses of Moderna shot days after contamination reports
Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) said on Wednesday it has withheld the supply of about 1.63 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in Japan ...Malaysia prime minister quits after just 17 months in office
Malaysia’s prime minister and his government resigned Monday after just 17 months in office, throwing the country into fresh political turmoil as ...Olympics-IOC removes two Belarus coaches, sprinter says order came from ‘high up’
Two Belarus coaches who cut short sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya’s Tokyo Games have had their accreditation revoked and were removed from the athletes ...














