ISTANBUL, July 25 — CrowdStrike Holdings Inc yesterday said a content configuration update affected its Falcon Sensor, which protects key risk areas and the Windows operating system, causing a global IT outage last week, Anadolu Agency reported.

GIANYAR, July 24 — The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) has issued a warning that Bali has become a prime target for transnational drug kingpins, evidenced by the raids on two clandestine laboratories in May and July 2024, reported ANTARA News Agency.

VIENTIANE, July 24 — Representatives from the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) have gathered in the Laotian capital Vientiane to review and discuss key issues in the region.

PARIS, July 24 — Swimmers from China were the most tested athletes ahead of the Paris Olympic Games, according to World Aquatics statistics yesterday, reported Xinhua.

DHAKA, July 24 — Bangladesh partially restored telecommunication services on Wednesday although internet connection was slow and social media remained suspended, days after deadly protests against reservations for government jobs killed almost 150 people.

MILWAUKEE, July 24 — United States Vice-President Kamala Harris assailed Donald Trump yesterday at her first campaign rally since replacing President Joe Biden as Democratic presidential candidate, while a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll showed her taking a marginal lead over her Republican rival.

MANILA, July 24 — Typhoon Gaemi and a southwest monsoon brought heavy rain today to the capital and northern provinces, prompting authorities to halt work and classes, while stock and foreign exchange trading were suspended.

WASHINGTON, July 23 — United States (US) Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned after the agency came under harsh scrutiny for its failure to stop a would-be assassin from wounding former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally, the White House said today.

ANKARA, July 23 — Myanmar's acting President Myint Swe has transferred his duties to the junta chief after falling gravely ill, local media reported today.

ISTANBUL, July 23 — Palestinian factions have pledged to end divisions during their reconciliatory talks in Beijing, the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced today.

WELLINGTON, July 23 — Asean plays an important role to support peace and stability in the region, New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said today.

WILMINGTON, July 23 — United States Vice-President Kamala Harris secured support from a majority of the Democratic National Convention’s delegates yesterday to become presidential nominee, according to sources.

WASHINGTON, July 23 — The United States House of Representatives’ Homeland Security Committee has sent a letter to CrowdStrike Holdings Inc chief executive officer George Kurtz asking him to testify on last week’s global tech outage.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 23 — Google will keep third-party cookies in its Chrome browser, it said yesterday, after years of pledging to phase out the tiny packets of code meant to track users on the internet.

MOSCOW, July 22 — Republican nominee and former United States President Donald Trump said his party must be compensated for alleged “fraud” by President Joe Biden’s entourage after his decision to quit the presidential race, reported Sputnik.

WASHINGTON D.C., July 22 — Donald Trump boasted on Sunday he would easily defeat Kamala Harris if she becomes the Democratic nominee in the November 5 presidential election, but her entry would reshape a race that had appeared to be going Trump's way.

REHOBOTH BEACH, July 22 — US President Joe Biden abandoned his reelection bid on Sunday under growing pressure from his fellow Democrats and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the party's candidate to face Republican Donald Trump in the November election.

MANILA, July 21 — The Philippines and China have “reached an understanding on the provisional arrangement” for resupply missions to a beached naval ship in the South China Sea, Manila’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement today.

DHAKA, July 21 — Bangladesh’s Supreme Court today scrapped most of the quotas on government jobs that had sparked student-led protests, in which at least 114 people were killed.

WASHINGTON, July 21 — A global tech outage related to a software update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike affected nearly 8.5 million Microsoft devices, Microsoft said in a blog post yesterday.