SEOUL, July 29 — South Korea's Foreign Ministry has welcomed a ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia, expressing hope that the border conflict would be peacefully resolved, the Yonhap News Agency reported.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — Global economic growth is projected to reach 3.0 per cent in 2025 and 3.1 per cent in 2026, above the reference forecast in the April 2025 World Economic Outlook (WEO), according to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) July 2025 WEO update, released today.

ISTANBUL, July 29 — At least 60,034 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s unrelenting war on the Gaza Strip since October 2023, Anadolu Ajansi reported, citing Palestine’s Health Ministry on Tuesday.

ABERDEEN, July 29 — United States (US) President Donald Trump formally opened a new golf course at his sprawling property in Scotland on Tuesday, saying he would play a quick round before heading home to focus on addressing crises in the Middle East and elsewhere.

YANGON, July 29 — Approximately 2,267 people from 461 households were evacuated in four townships of eastern Myanmar's Shan state due to flooding, according to the Myanmar Fire Services Department today, Xinhua reported.

HANOI, July 29 — Vietnam welcomes the immediate and unconditional ceasefire agreement reached between Cambodia and Thailand yesterday, considering it an important step towards easing tensions and restoring peace, stability, security, and safety in the region.

NEW YORK/GENEVA, July 29 — Famine is "playing out" in the Gaza Strip, a global hunger monitor said in an alert issued on Tuesday as international criticism of Israel intensifies over rapidly worsening conditions in the Palestinian enclave.

BANGKOK, July 29 — Military commanders from Thailand and Cambodia held talks today as calm returned to their disputed border and displaced residents began trickling back, following the Southeast Asian neighbours' announcement of a truce to end five days of fighting.

NEW YORK, July 29 — United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres reaffirmed that the two-state solution remains the only credible path to achieving a just and lasting peace, describing it as an essential condition for peace across the broader Middle East, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

SAMRAONG, July 29 — On Cambodia’s northwestern border, residents staying in makeshift refugee shelters were waiting to head home today after a fierce five-day conflict with neighbouring Thailand ended in a ceasefire effective from last night.

WELLINGTON, July 29 — The New Zealand government today introduced a law that will prevent people from enrolling to vote on election day and bar prisoners from casting their ballot while in jail, in a move critics say could reduce voter participation.

UNITED NATIONS, July 29 — Dozens of ministers gathered at a United Nations conference yesterday to urge the world to work towards a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine, but the United States and Israel boycotted the event.

TURNBERRY, July 28 — United States President Donald Trump set a new deadline of 10 or 12 days for Russia to make progress toward ending the war in Ukraine or face consequences, underscoring frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the 3.5 year-long conflict.

TURNBERRY, July 28 — The United States struck a framework trade agreement with the European Union yesterday, imposing a 15 per cent import tariff on most EU goods — half the threatened rate — and averting a bigger trade war between the two allies that account for almost a third of global trade.

GENEVA, July 28 — A long-term steady supply of aid is needed to counter the worsening hunger crisis in Gaza, United Nations agencies said today after mounting pressure prompted Israel to ease restrictions in the Palestinian enclave.

SEOUL, July 27 — South Korea has raised its travel alert for border areas in Cambodia and Thailand, marking the second adjustment in three days, amid escalating armed clashes between the two countries.

JERUSALEM/GAZA, July 27 — Israel has said it would halt military operations each day for 10 hours in parts of Gaza and allow new aid corridors in the shattered enclave, where images of hungry Palestinians have alarmed the world.

SISAKET/PHNOM PENH, July 27 — Cambodia and Thailand have each said the other had launched artillery attacks across contested border areas early on Sunday, hours after United States (US) President Donald Trump said the leaders of both countries had agreed to work on a ceasefire.

LONDON, July 27 — Hundreds of people demonstrated in the streets of Aberdeen and Edinburgh on Saturday to protest against United States (US) President Donald Trump, who arrived in Scotland for a five-day visit, reported Xinhua.

TAIPEI, July 27 — Taiwan opposition lawmakers survived a major recall election on Saturday, thwarting a bid to oust one-fifth of the island's parliamentarians — a move supporters had hoped would send a message to China but that opponents called an assault on democracy.