SAO PAULO, Aug 10 — A regional turboprop plane fell into what aviation experts called a flat spin before crashing in a residential neighbourhood near Sao Paulo in Brazil on Friday, killing all 61 people on board.

NEW DELHI/SEOUL, Aug 9 — Petrochemical producers in Europe and Asia are in survival mode as years of capacity build-up in top market China and high energy costs in Europe have depressed margins for two consecutive years, forcing firms to consolidate.

LONDON, Aug 9 — The United Kingdom (UK) is keeping thousands of specialised police on duty in case of racist rioting at the weekend, and the government said it is considering tightening regulations around social media companies after days of unrest driven by online misinformation.

BERLIN, Aug 8 — An 18-year-old Iraqi national was detained in Vienna in connection with investigations into an alleged plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in the Austrian capital, Austria's interior minister said roday.

BANGKOK, Aug 9 — Thailand's disbanded opposition Move Forward unveiled a new leadership and political vehicle today that will become the biggest party in parliament, naming it People's Party, and promising to advance its predecessor's progressive platform.

CARACAS, Aug 9 — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday took tensions with social media platform X and its owner Elon Musk to new heights, banning the platform in the South American country for 10 days amid furore over a disputed presidential election.

LONDON, Aug 8 — Thousands of police and anti-racism protesters gathered on streets across the United Kingdom (UK) yesterday to challenge expected far-right groups that failed to materialise following more than a week of violent racist attacks targeting Muslims and migrants.

LONDON, Aug 8 — A heavy security presence, rapid arrests, and displays of unity by people across the United Kingdom (UK) prevented a repeat of widespread rioting involving racist attacks targeting Muslims and migrants, officials said today, adding that they remained on alert.

JAKARTA, Aug 8 — Asean secretary-general Kao Kim Hourn called for ongoing regional integration and adaptability to ensure the grouping remains responsive to future opportunities and disruptions amid current challenges, including geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainties.

BRUSSELS, Aug 8 — Last month was the second hottest July for the planet on record, breaking a 13-month period when each month was warmest, which had been in part fuelled by the warming El Nino weather pattern, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said today.

SEOUL, Aug 8 — South Korean Foreign Affairs Minister Cho Tae-yul has held a meeting with his Philippine counterpart, Enrique Manalo, during which he expressed Seoul’s intention to participate in the development of nuclear energy in the Philippines, the South Korean Foreign Affairs Ministry said.

BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT/PARIS, Aug 8 — European stocks moved higher on Wednesday as global markets extended gains from the previous session.

PARIS, Aug 8 — Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting, one of two boxers at the centre of a gender dispute at the Paris Olympics, moved a step closer to the Olympic title when she beat Turkey's Esra Yildiz by unanimous decision in the women's featherweight semifinals on Wednesday.

ISTANBUL, Aug 8 — Turkey on Wednesday filed its official request to join South Africa's genocide case against Israel over its conduct in the war in Gaza in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague, the foreign ministry said.

JEDDAH, Aug 8 — In an emergency meeting on Wednesday, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held Israel fully responsible for last week’s assassination of former Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, calling it a “crime of aggression, a flagrant violation of international law and a serious infringement of the sovereignty of Iran”.

WASHINGTON, Aug 7 — Pro-Israel advocacy groups and dual United States (US)-Israeli citizens have filed a lawsuit challenging President Joe Biden's order subjecting individuals involved in settler violence in the West Bank to financial and immigration sanctions.

ISTANBUL, Aug 7 — Turkiye will submit a declaration of intervention in South Africa's genocide case against Israel today at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague, the Netherlands, said a diplomatic source.

BANGKOK, Aug 7 — Thailand's Constitutional Court has ordered the dissolution of the anti-establishment opposition party Move Forward, ruling its campaign to amend a law that protects the monarchy from criticism risked undermining the democratic system.

BANGKOK, Aug 7 — Thailand's Constitutional Court will rule on two politically charged cases next week which will decide the fate of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and the popular opposition party, amid heightened uncertainty over potential upheaval.

NEW YORK, Aug 7 — A Chinese academic was convicted on Tuesday (August 6) of illegally acting as a foreign agent in the United States (US) by collecting information about New York-based activists supporting democracy in China and sharing his findings with Beijing.