Russian car bomb suspect extradited from Turkiye

ASEAN diplomats meet China as friction mounts over Beijing's sweeping maritime claims VIENTIANE, Laos: Top Southeast Asian diplomats met Friday in Laos with China's foreign minister for talks that come as friction escalates over Beijing's growing effort to press its sweeping maritime claims in the South China Sea.Several members of the Association of Southeast Asian … Read more

Barack and Michelle Obama endorse Kamala Harris, giving her expected but crucial support

ASEAN diplomats meet China as friction mounts over Beijing's sweeping maritime claims VIENTIANE, Laos: Top Southeast Asian diplomats met Friday in Laos with China's foreign minister for talks that come as friction escalates over Beijing's growing effort to press its sweeping maritime claims in the South China Sea.Several members of the Association of Southeast Asian … Read more

UK must drop legal challenge against ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu: HRW

LONDON: Britain's new government must drop the country's legal challenge to the International Criminal Court's request for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders, Human Rights Watch has said. Rishi Sunak, the former British prime minister, had challenged the court's issuance of orders against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant earlier this year. … Read more

Sri Lanka announces first presidential vote since unrest

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's first presidential election since an unprecedented economic crisis sparked widespread unrest will be held in September, the electoral commission said on Friday. President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who has led an effort to repair the island nation's battered finances, will face at least two rivals fighting against austerity measures imposed under an International Monetary … Read more

Kamala Harris gains ground in polls as Trump tries to brand her a Marxist

HOUSTON, Texas: Vice President Kamala Harris took her presidential campaign to America's largest teachers union on Thursday, pledging a “fight for the future” as new polls showed her narrowing the gap with Republican rival Donald Trump. Harris' rapid emergence as the successor to President Joe Biden, 81, as the Democratic presidential nominee in the Nov. … Read more

US military, seeking strategic advantages, builds up Australia’s northern bases amid China tensions

ABUJA: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Nigeria's armed forces warned on Thursday of Kenya-style violence in protests planned for next week over soaring living costs, with the military saying it would avert “anarchy”. Kenya was rocked by deadly protests that forced the government to scrap new taxes. Nigeria's economic reforms have seen a 40 percent … Read more