WASHINGTON, March 15 — NASA and SpaceX on Friday launched a long-awaited crew to the International Space Station that opens the door to bringing home US astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who have been stuck on the orbital lab for nine months.

OTTAWA, March 15 — Ex-central banker Mark Carney was sworn in as prime minister of Canada on Friday and immediately said he could work with US President Donald Trump, who is promising tariffs that could devastate the Canadian economy.

COX'S BAZAR, March 14 — The United Nations (UN) will do all it can to help prevent food rations being cut for Rohingya refugees in camps in Bangladesh, said UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday during a visit to the world’s largest refugee settlement.

NAYPYIDAW, March 14 — Starting next month, over a million people in Myanmar will be cut off from life-saving food assistance provided by the World Food Programme (WFP) because of critical funding shortfalls, the latest cut in humanitarian support from the United Nations (UN) agency.

NEW YORK, March 14 — A major supplier of toys to Walmart and Target is accelerating its shift out of China as it reshapes production amid President Donald Trump's intensifying trade war with the country.

BENGALURU, March 14 — Tens of thousands of JPMorgan Chase software engineers increased their efficiency, delivering products 10 to 20 per cent faster by using a coding assistant tool developed by the bank, its global chief information officer Lori Beer said.

WASHINGTON, March 14 — US President Donald Trump yesterday expressed his desire to reestablish the relationship that he had with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during his first term, boasting that he "got along great" with the reclusive leader and still has a "great" relationship with him.

MOSCOW, March 14 — President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russia had trapped the remaining Ukrainian soldiers in its western Kursk region, where they have clung on for more than seven months in one of the key battles of the war.

GENEVA, March 14 — Israel carried out "genocidal acts" against Palestinians by systematically destroying women's healthcare facilities during the conflict in Gaza, and used sexual violence as a war strategy, United Nations experts said in a report yesterday.

JAKARTA, March 13 — Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto has announced plans to fund the construction of a high-security prison on a remote island to detain corrupt officials.

MOSCOW, March 13 — Armenia's Foreign Ministry said that a draft peace agreement with Azerbaijan had been finalised from its side and that it was ready to discuss a date and location to sign a final deal.

BANGKOK, March 13 — A Thai business group urged Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Thursday to negotiate with the United States (US) and consider lowering import taxes on US goods, as the government met with the private sector to discuss US trade policy.

THE HAGUE, March 13 — Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte said he takes full responsibility for his "war on drugs" as he braces for a legal battle at the International Criminal Court (ICC) over alleged crimes against humanity, Anadolu Ajansi reported.

MANILA, March 13 — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he takes full responsibility for his administration's ‘war on drugs’, in a video message posted on his Facebook account, as he braces for a legal battle at the International Criminal Court.

SEOUL, March 13 — South Korean military investigators today charged two Air Force pilots with criminal negligence over an accidental bombing of a village last week during a training exercise, which injured at least 29 people and caused extensive property damage.

WASHINGTON, March 13 — Donald Trump yesterday threatened to escalate a global trade war with further tariffs on European Union goods, as major US trading partners said they would retaliate for trade barriers already erected by the US president.

ROTTERDAM, March 13 — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was taken into custody by the International Criminal Court yesterday following his arrest in Manila on murder charges linked to his ‘war on drugs’ in which thousands of purported dealers and users were killed.

MOSCOW, March 13 — President Vladimir Putin donned military fatigues for a surprise visit to troops in Russia's western Kursk region yesterday where he ordered them to press their lightning advance and swiftly retake the rest of the area from Ukrainian forces.

ISTANBUL, March 12 — The United Nations (UN) Special Envoy for Syria Geir O.

ROTTERDAM, March 12 — A plane taking former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte to the International Criminal Court over murder charges was headed for Rotterdam on Wednesday in a move hailed by families of victims of his "war on drugs" as giving them hope for justice.