WASHINGTON, Jan 10 — Social media platform X will introduce peer-to-peer payments, new AI-powered advertisement tools and expand partnerships with content creators, the company said Tuesday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 9 — Global air cargo demand increased by 8.3 per cent in November 2023 compared to the same month in 2022, while demand growth for international operations stood at 8.1 per cent, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

SEOUL, Jan 9 — South Korea's Parliament passed a bill today to ban the eating and selling of dog meat, a move which will end the controversial centuries-old practice amid growing support for animal welfare.

WASHINGTON, Jan 9 — United Airlines said Monday it has found several instances of loose bolts holding down exit plugs on its fleet of Boeing 737 Max-9 aircraft similar to the one that blew off during an Alaska Airlines flight.

ISTANBUL, Jan 9 — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman stressed the importance of stopping Israel’s war on Gaza in talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday.

GAZA, Monday, Jan 8 — At least eight people were killed and dozens more wounded in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house west of the city of Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip, according to local medical sources, reported the Palestine News and Information Agency (WAFA).

JAKARTA, Jan 8 — Indonesian presidential frontrunner Prabowo Subianto suffered a barrage of attacks in a heated election debate yesterday, with his two opponents taking aim at his military procurement strategy as Defence Minister, calling him reckless and wasteful.

BEIJING, Jan 7 — China will sanction five United States (US) military manufacturers in response to the latest round of US arms sales to Taiwan, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said today.

RAMALLAH, Jan 6 — Approximately 11,000 Palestinians have been arrested and detained in Israeli prisons throughout 2023, with half of them being detained after October 7.

LONDON, Jan 6 — More than 90,000 people, about 4 per cent of the population in Gaza, are dead, wounded or missing, a human rights monitor said Friday.

TOKYO, Jan 6 — The death toll has risen to 100 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa after a series of earthquakes of up to 7.6 magnitude struck the prefecture and its vicinity, amid fears of escalating casualties despite intensified rescue and search efforts, reported Xinhua.

RIYADH, Jan 6 — The 37th Saudi relief plane, operated by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), left Riyadh on Friday for El-Arish International Airport in the Arab Republic of Egypt.

ISTANBUL, Jan 6 — Maersk announced Friday that it will pause vessels bound for the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden “in light of the recent incident involving Maersk Hangzhou and ongoing developments in the area.” “The situation is constantly evolving and remains highly volatile, and all available...

GENEVA, Jan 5 — Covid-19 cases increased by 52 per cent globally ahead of the Christmas holiday period, the World Health Organisation said on Friday.

BANGKOK, Jan 4 — Asean is ready to extend its assistance to relief efforts following the earthquake in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan 1.

NEW YORK, Jan 4 — The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees said 1.9 million people, or nearly 85 per cent of Gaza's total population, are estimated to be internally displaced.

TOKYO, Jan 4 — From the moment a Japan Airlines passenger jet collided with a smaller plane on a runway in Tokyo on Tuesday, it took crew 18 minutes to get all 367 travellers off the plane and safely accounted for.

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 3 — South Africa will appear before The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) next week to present its case against Israel’s alleged genocide in Gaza, a Foreign Ministry official said.

BEIJING Jan 3 — China on Tuesday said "the international community needs to work together" to prevent a situation where national security restrictions severely impede global growth, as the International Monetary Fund's No.

TOKYO, Jan 3 — One day after the collision between a Japanese passenger plane and a coastguard aircraft at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, the country's transportation authorities have begun investigating the cause of the accident, reported the German News Agency (dpa).