NEW DELHI/OTTAWA, Oct 15 — Canada expelled six Indian diplomats including the High Commissioner on Monday, linking them to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader and alleging a broader effort to target Indian dissidents in Canada.

JAKARTA, Oct 15 — Indonesia's incoming president Prabowo Subianto has asked current Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati to remain in her post under his presidency, with a focus on strengthening state finances.

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 15 — The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Monday expressed strong concern after several of its peacekeeping positions in southern Lebanon came under fire amid clashes between the Israeli military and Iran-backed Hezbollah militants.

JERUSALEM/DUBAI, Oct 14 — Israel expanded its targets in its war with the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon on Monday, killing at least 18 people in an airstrike on the Christian-majority town of Aitou in the north, said the Lebanese Red Cross.

SINGAPORE, Oct 14 — The trial of Singapore’s Opposition Leader Pritam Singh, who faced two charges of lying to a Parliamentary committee, began today at the State Courts — seven months after he was charged with the offence allegedly committed in 2021.

BANGKOK, Oct 14 — Thailand has expressed full confidence in Malaysia's leadership as the 2025 Asean chair, highlighting its role in steering the regional bloc through pressing global challenges.

JAKARTA, Oct 14 — Indonesia's incoming president Prabowo Subianto is considering offering current Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati a cabinet minister post in his administration, two sources with knowledge of the situation told Reuters.

MANILA, Oct 14 — The Philippines doubts China's intention to negotiate a regional code of conduct in the South China Sea although Manila is looking forward to continuing discussions, Defence Minister Gilberto Teodoro said today.

BEIRUT, Oct 14 — The death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon since last October rose to 2,306, with 10,698 others injured, the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Sunday.

SINGAPORE, Oct 14 — Singapore’s economy grew 4.1 per cent in the third quarter from a year earlier, preliminary government data showed on Monday.

CARACAS, Oct 13 — Venezuela has cancelled the passports of dozens of journalists and activists since President Nicolas Maduro claimed a re-election victory, part of what rights groups say is an intensifying campaign of repression against the authoritarian president’s opponents, the Financial Times reported yesterday.

CAIRO, Oct 12 — Israeli military strikes on Gaza overnight killed at least 19 Palestinians, medics said on Saturday, while forces continued to push deeper into the Jabalia area, where international relief agencies say thousands of people are trapped.

PAPHOS, Cyprus, Oct 12 — French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday reiterated his call for an end to arms exports to the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, adding it was the sole means at hand to end the two conflicts pitting Israel against Iran-backed Hamas and Hezbollah.

FORT PIERCE, Florida, Oct 12 — Millions of Floridians began a long and difficult recovery on Friday after the state's second major hurricane in two weeks, restoring power, shovelling mud from flooded homes and clearing mountains of debris left by Milton and Helene.

NEW YORK, Oct 12 — A coalition of 104 United Nations (UN) member states, along with the African Union, condemned on Friday Israel's decision to declare Secretary-General Antonio Guterres "persona non grata." According to Anadolu Agency, the group voiced strong support for Guterres in a...

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GAZA, Oct 11 — The Israeli army has announced the seizure of the land of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East’s (UNRWA) main headquarters in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem to build 1,440 colonial housing units.

GENEVA, Oct 11 — Lebanon is grappling with a "devastating and indescribable" humanitarian crisis as Israel continues its air and ground attacks, according to the medical coordinator for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Lebanon, Anadolu Agency reported.

BRUSSELS, Oct 10 — X will not be designated gatekeeper under landmark European Union tech rules known as the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which would have subjected it to an onerous list of obligations, people with direct knowledge of the matter said today.

JAKARTA, Oct 10 — To eliminate illegal activities and foster a more secure online environment for its residents, Indonesia blocked 3,796,902 online gambling sites between July 17 last year and yesterday.