FLORIDA, July 25 — Hulk Hogan, the American sports and entertainment star who made professional wrestling a global phenomenon, has died at the age of 71, World Wrestling Entertainment said on Thursday.

LONDON, July 24 — Oil prices rose more than one per cent on Thursday, buoyed by optimism over United States (US) trade negotiations that would ease pressure on the global economy and a sharper-than-expected decline in US crude inventories.

MANILA, July 24 — Heavy rain threatened to trigger more severe floods and landslides in the Philippines as the country experiences three tropical storms within days, worsening a disaster that has already left 12 people dead and over 2.7 million people displaced, reported Xinhua.

BANGKOK, July 24 — The Malaysian Embassy in Thailand has advised Malaysians to avoid disputed areas along the Thai-Cambodian border amid rising military tensions between the two neighbours.

BANGKOK/PHNOM PENH, July 24 — A Thai F-16 fighter jet bombed targets in Cambodia today, both sides said, as weeks of tension over a border dispute escalated into clashes that have killed at least nine civilians, including a child.

BANGKOK, July 24 — One Thai civilian was killed and three others, including a five-year-old child, were seriously injured following a clash between Thai and Cambodian troops in a disputed border area early today.

BANGKOK, July 24 — A fresh clash between Thai and Cambodian troops erupted early Thursday along the disputed border, amid heightened tensions following a downgrade of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

PHNOM PENH, July 24 — The Cambodian government downgraded diplomatic relations with Thailand to the lowest level today, state media reported.

GENEVA, July 24 — Gaza is suffering man-made mass starvation caused by a blockade on aid into the Palestinian enclave, World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday.

BANGKOK, July 23 — Thailand has recalled its ambassador to Cambodia and will expel Cambodia’s ambassador, the ruling Pheu Thai Party said today following a landmine incident that injured a Thai soldier along the disputed border between the two countries.

JAKARTA, July 23 — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has welcomed Timor-Leste’s upcoming accession to Asean.

TOKYO, July 23 — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will announce his resignation by the end of next month, Japanese media reported today, following a bruising election defeat that cost his administration its upper house majority.

LONDON/LOS ANGELES, July 23 — Ozzy Osbourne, frontman of 1970s heavy metal band Black Sabbath, earned his infamy biting the head off a bat on stage and pursuing a drug-fuelled lifestyle before reinventing himself as a loveable if often foul-mouthed reality TV star.

TOKYO, July 23 — Japanese automaker's shares led a surge in the Nikkei share average today, while bonds slid after US President Donald Trump said he had reached a trade deal with Tokyo.

WASHINGTON, July 23 — United States (US) President Donald Trump announced yesterday the finalisation of a “framework” trade agreement with Indonesia that he said will eliminate 99 per cent of the tariffs imposed on US exports to the island nation, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported.

WASHINGTON, July 22 — United States President Donald Trump pulled the US out of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) today, repeating a move he had ordered during his first term, which was reversed under ex-president Joe Biden.

BRUSSELS, July 22 — All options are on the table if Israel does not deliver on its pledges to facilitate humanitarian aid in Palestine’s Gaza, the European Union’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas said today.

GENEVA, July 22 — The head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) today said its staff, as well as doctors and humanitarian workers, were fainting on duty in Gaza due to hunger and exhaustion.

DHAKA, July 22 — At least 19 people were killed and 164 injured as a Bangladesh air force training jet crashed into a college and school campus in the capital Dhaka on Monday after experiencing a technical problem shortly after take-off, a military spokesperson said.

ISTANBUL, July 22 — The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) says it will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss Israel's ongoing assaults against Palestinians, Anadolu Ajansi reported.