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London: British monarch Queen Elizabeth II, 96, has been placed under medical supervision after doctors evaluated her Thursday morning. more
Tension with Tokyo: China joins Russian-led drills in Sea of Japan

Tokyo: China has sent a flotilla led by its largest destroyer to participate in the joint naval drills with the Russian navy in the Sea of Japan, sending a message to Japan amid strained ...

Ukraine: Guterres calls for ‘safety’ and ‘security’ of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

New York: Briefing the Security Council on Tuesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres again underlined the need to de-escalate the situation around the embattled Zaporizhzhia N ...

Social contract needed to lift Asia and Pacific region’s workforce out of poverty

New York: Denied decent work opportunities and highly vulnerable to systemic shocks such as pandemics or economic downturns, workers in Asia and the Pacific are under pressure, according ...

Papua New Guinea: Conflict and election-related violence trigger wave of displacement

New York: Following conflict and election-related violence in Papua New Guinea, more than 15,000 people have been internally displaced in Hela, Southern Highlands and Enga provinces, the ...

Somalia: UN’s top humanitarian forum warns of ‘tipping point’ as famine risk rises

New York: Somalia is at a “tipping point”, with hundreds of thousands of people at immediate risk of famine, the heads of the UN’s highest-level humanitarian coordinatio ...

British PM Liz Truss rewards allies with cabinet roles

London: Liz Truss has rewarded her key allies with top jobs in a major reshuffle hours after taking charge as the new UK prime minister.

Digital currency may become new point of tension between US-China

Washington: China's move to implement the start of a new digital currency may trigger a new battle with the US which is also trying to create its own digital dollar.

China's growing influence reflected as Solomon Islands denies docking permission to two international warships

Honiara: The Solomon Islands has triggered new fears of China’s growing influence after it rejected docking permission to two international warships, media reports said.

Somalia receiving unprecedented levels of food aid, with ‘famine at the door’

New York: As UN relief chief Martin Griffiths warned of an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe on Monday, the World Food Programme (WFP) announced that it is delivering more food aid to So ...