KHARTOUM, April 25 — Sudan's warring factions agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire starting on Tuesday, while Western, Arab and Asian nations raced to extract their citizens from the country.

PADANG, April 25— Indonesian authorities urged caution on Tuesday as residents returned gradually to their homes in western Sumatra after being rattled by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake and several aftershocks.

NAKHON RATCHASIMA, April 25 — Four times a day, Thai conservationist Watchiradol Phangpanya puts on a black, long-sleeved shirt, red gloves, and a red balaclava, hoping to imitate an endangered red-headed vulture feeding its baby.

MOSCOW, April 24 — The military of India and China are holding the first round of military-level border talks in five months, ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) defence ministers' meeting scheduled from April 27 to April 28, reported Sputnik quoting Indian media on Sunday (April 23).

BANGKOK, April 24 — Thai authorities on Saturday (April 22) warned residents across large swathes of the country, including the capital Bangkok, to avoid going outdoors due to extreme heat.

ANKARA, April 23 — The US has evacuated embassy staff and their families from Sudan’s capital Khartoum, where ongoing clashes between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have claimed hundreds of lives.

NEW YORK, April 23 — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday (April 22) called on the international community to accelerate climate action with deeper, faster emissions cuts, reported Xinhua.

SEOUL, April 23 — About 60 per cent of South Koreans in their 20s and 30s said unification with North Korea is not necessary, a survey showed on Sunday, amid a prolonged impasse in inter-Korean relations and denuclearisation talks.

ISTANBUL, April 23 — A total of 50,783 people have been reported dead in the twin earthquakes that hit Turkiye earlier this year, the country's interior minister said Saturday.

KHARTOUM, April 23 — A 72-hour truce has fallen through in Sudan as clashes continued between the country's army and a paramilitary group, a local doctors association announced on Saturday (April 22).

SYDNEY, April 23 — Barry Humphries, the comedian best known for his character Dame Edna Everage who blossomed from an Australian suburban housewife into a self-described gigastar, died on Saturday (April 22).

WASHINGTON, April 22 — South Korea's Washington ambassador Cho Hyun-dong said on Friday he was sure North Korean human rights would be given significant attention in summit talks between South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and United States President Joe Biden next week.

BANGKOK, April 23 — Thailand's opposition bloc should stick together to dislodge the military from politics and form a government after an election in May, the leader of a popular opposition party told Reuters on the sidelines of a packed campaign rally on Saturday.

DUBLIN, April 22 — Irish public servants have been advised not to use TikTok on work devices because security threats cannot be ruled out, reported PA Media/dpa.

JAKARTA, April 22 — Muslims in Indonesia on Saturday celebrated Hari Raya Aidilfitri in a joyful atmosphere with their families in their respective hometowns after three years of celebrating in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.

SYDNEY, April 22 — Australia announced on Saturday a direct pathway to citizenship for New Zealanders living in the country, reversing controversial visa rules a day before a visit by New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins.

WASHINGTON, April 22 — Abortion rights supporters expressed relief on Friday (April 21) after the United States Supreme Court preserved access to a widely used abortion pill but warned of a long fight ahead as a legal challenge to the medication continues.

GENEVA, April 22 — The World Health Organisation said Friday that 413 people have died in the current Sudan conflict, while the UN children's agency said children are paying a high price, with at least nine reportedly killed in the fighting and more than 50 badly injured.

JAKARTA, April 19 — Traffic congestion reached its peak in Java on Wednesday as people began to mudik, or travel to hometown on Tuesday — ahead of the Hari Raya (Eid al-Fitr) celebrations.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 — The Paid Competitive Gaming (PCG) market is expected to reach US$16 billion (RM70.7 billion) by 2024, according to a new report titled Global Paid Competitive Gaming Report 2023.