ISTANBUL, June 10 — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and United States (US) Secretary of State Antony Blinken agreed to intensify efforts to reach a ceasefire deal in Gaza today.

NEW DELHI, June 10 — Narendra Modi was sworn in as India’s Prime Minister yesterday for a third term, after a shock election setback that will test his ability to ensure policy certainty in a coalition government in the world’s most populous nation.

SEOUL, June 10 — South Korea resumed loudspeaker broadcasts directed at North Korea yesterday, its military said, following through on a warning demanding Pyongyang stop sending balloons carrying trash into the South.

BANGKOK, June 10 — Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Saturday he was ready to face charges of insulting the monarchy that mark a setback to a political heavyweight whose allies are currently in government.

CAIRO, June 10 — Israeli forces pounded central Gaza anew yesterday, a day after killing 274 Palestinians during a hostage rescue raid, and tanks advanced further into Rafah in an apparent bid to seal off part of the southern city, residents and Hamas media said.

ISTANBUL, June 9 — The D-8 group of developing nations called for the United States (US) to lift its veto on the full membership of Palestine as an independent and sovereign state in the United Nations (UN).

PARIS, June 8 — Fresh from commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day, French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed US President Joe Biden in Paris on Saturday for a state visit marked by pomp as well as talks on trade, Israel and Ukraine.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — Miscarriages are increasing among pregnant women in Gaza due to stress and lack of food, ActionAid International said.

BANTING, June 8 — The additional RM200 million allocation approved by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today will be distributed to technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions next month, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said.

WASHINGTON, June 8 — Retired astronaut William Anders, who was one of the first three humans to orbit the moon, capturing the famed "Earthrise" photo during Nasa’s Apollo 8 mission in 1968, died on Friday in a small airplane crash in Washington state.

BRUSSELS/LONDON, June 8 — Some of the world's major economies want to finalise a plan ahead of this year's United Nations (UN) climate summit to halt new private sector funding for coal projects, five sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

NEW YORK, June 8 — United Nations (UN) secretary-general Antonio Guterres has added Israel's military to a global list of offenders for committing violations against children in 2023, said Israel's UN envoy Gilad Erdan, describing the decision as "shameful." Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad...

BEIJING, June 7 — Two of the world’s largest solar panel producers said they would suspend some production in Southeast Asia this week, after a United States tariff reprieve on solar panels from some Southeast Asian countries expired.

LONDON, June 7 — The United Nations world food price index rose for a third consecutive month in May, as higher cereals and dairy product prices outweighed drops in prices for sugar and vegetable oils.

PARIS, June 7 — United States President Joe Biden will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy here today with a package of US$225 million (RM1.05 billion) in weapons on the sidelines of D-Day anniversary events.

NEW DELHI, June 7 — Newly elected lawmakers of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's National Democratic Alliance (NDA) arrived in New Delhi on Friday for their first meeting at which he will be formally elected as their leader, ahead of presenting his claim to form a new coalition government.

SAO PAULO, June 7 — Meta launched its first AI-driven ad targeting program for businesses on WhatsApp, as it tries to wring revenue out of the popular chat service, the company announced yesterday at a conference in Brazil.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 — The Asean Secretariat is ready to render its full support to Malaysia as the Asean chair next year.

ISTANBUL, June 6 — The Papua New Guinea government has announced it will relocate the affected residents of a massive landslide away from the hazardous site after over 2,000 people were killed.

MANILA, June 6 — Four Filipino police officers who are suspected members of a kidnapping syndicate were arrested for the abduction of four foreigners in Pasay City.