PHNOM PENH, July 6 — A global conservation agency announced a RM177 million (US$42 million) project to protect the Indo-Malaya forest, one of the world’s last remaining major primary forest areas.

AUSTIN, July 7 — At least 43 people, including 15 children, have been confirmed dead following flash floods in central Texas, the United States (US) authorities said on Saturday as rescuers continued a frantic search for campers, vacationers, and residents who were still missing.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 — Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya will arrive in Malaysia on Wednesday (July 9) to attend the 58th Asean Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) and related meetings, and to co-host the Fourth Conference on Cooperation among East Asian Countries for Palestinian Development (CEAPAD IV).

WASHINGTON, July 5 — United States President Donald Trump yesterday signed into law a massive package of tax and spending cuts at the White House, staging an outdoor ceremony on the Fourth of July holiday that took on the air of a political rally.

VIENNA, July 5 — The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog yesterday said it had pulled its last remaining inspectors from Iran as a standoff over their return to the country’s nuclear facilities bombed by the United States and Israel deepens.

JORDAN VALLEY, July 5 — Thirty Palestinian families left their home in a remote area of the Israel-occupied West Bank yesterday, saying they were forced out after years of persistent harassment and violence by Israeli settlers.

MADRID, July 4 — Liverpool's Portuguese forward Diogo Jota and his brother died in a car crash in northwestern Spain early yesterday, when their Lamborghini veered off the road and burst into flames.

BANGKOK, July 3 — Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has been appointed as acting Prime Minister following the swearing-in of a new Cabinet on Thursday.

BEIJING, July 3 — China firmly supports the establishment of a Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ), in its capacity as Asean's comprehensive strategic partner and friendly neighbour, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

JAKARTA, July 3 — Indonesia will sign a pact worth US$34 billion (RM143.5 billion) with business partners next week to boost purchases from the United States (US), as part of efforts to strike a trade deal with Washington ahead of the July 9 deadline.

BRUSSELS, July 3 — At the 13th round of the China-European Union (EU) High-level Strategic Dialogue on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell agreed to deepen mutual understanding and work together to prepare well for the upcoming leaders' meeting aimed at enhancing cooperation.

JAKARTA, July 3 — Four people died, 38 were missing and 23 survived after a ferry carrying 65 people sank near Bali, Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said today.

JAKARTA, July 3 — Four people died, 38 were missing and 23 survived after a ferry carrying 65 people sank near Bali, Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said today.

WASHINGTON/HANOI, July 3 — The United States will place a lower-than-promised 20 per cent tariff on many Vietnamese exports, Donald Trump said yesterday, cooling tensions with its 10th-biggest trading partner days before the US president could raise levies on most imports.

WASHINGTON, July 3 — A federal judge yesterday blocked United States President Donald Trump’s asylum ban at the US-Mexico border, saying Trump exceeded his authority when he issued a proclamation declaring illegal immigration an emergency and setting aside existing legal processes.

LONDON, July 3 — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will launch a 10-year strategy today to save a National Health Service (NHS) he said was in crisis, as he aims to alleviate the burden on overstrained hospitals and provide care closer to people’s homes.

CAIRO, July 3 — DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing evidence of the ties between two great cultures of the period, with a fifth of his genetic ancestry traced to Mesopotamia.

LONDON, July 3 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) is pushing countries to raise the prices of sugary drinks, alcohol and tobacco by 50 per cent over the next 10 years through taxation, its strongest backing yet for taxes to help tackle chronic public health problems.

BRUSSELS, July 2 — The European Commission has proposed a legally binding target to cut the European Union’s (EU) net greenhouse gas emissions by 90 per cent by 2040, compared to 1990 levels.

WASHINGTON, July 2 — United States (US) President Donald Trump has said that he has struck a trade deal with Vietnam and would announce details later.