SEOUL — South Korea's main opposition party said it will introduce a bill to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo on Thursday and hold a vote on Friday, a move that could deepen the country's constitutional crisis triggered by a short-lived martial law.

GWACHEON, De 26 — South Korea’s suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol did not respond yesterday to a second summons by anti-graft authorities who, along with prosecutors, are investigating his short-lived martial law decree issued early this month.

LONDON, Dec 26 — The Church of England’s second most senior cleric Stephen Cottrell called in a Christmas sermon yesterday for repentance and change within an institution reeling from child abuse cover-ups.

BANGKOK, Dec 25 — Thailand is set to roll out a nationwide implementation of its upgraded universal health coverage programme from January, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra announced today, reported Xinhua.

JAKARTA, Dec 25 — The Ministry of Immigration and Corrections has granted special remissions to 15,807 inmates across Indonesia in celebration of Christmas this year, reported ANTARA News Agency.

TAIPEI, Dec 25 — Taiwan has blocked Uber Technologies' US$950 million (RM4.26 billion) purchase of Delivery Hero's Foodpanda business on the island because of concerns it would be anti-competitive, the country's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said today.

ASTANA, Dec 25 — An Embraer passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday with 62 passengers and five crew on board, Kazakh authorities announced, saying that 28 people had survived.

NEW YORK, Dec 25 — The United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime on Tuesday, a landmark global treaty in bolstering international cooperation in the fight against such crimes, reported Xinhua.

LONDON, Dec 25 — Democracy looks bruised but not beaten as it heads into 2025.

JAKARTA, Dec 25 — Indonesia made significant progress in its democratic journey in 2024, holding its first-ever simultaneous presidential, legislative and regional elections since the end of the New Order era.

JAKARTA, Dec 25 — The Indonesian authorities have reported that 45 Malaysian nationals were victims of alleged extortion by police personnel during the Djakarta Warehouse Project (DWP) concert.

ISTANBUL, Dec 24 — A blast ripped through an explosives factory in northwest Turkiye on Tuesday, killing 11 people and injuring seven, said Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya, adding that an investigation had been launched.

NARATHIWAT, Dec 24 — Three rangers were injured in a gunfight with an armed group and a homemade bomb attack in Si Sakhon District, Narathiwat, early this morning.

SANTA FE, Dec 24 — A New Mexico criminal case against actor Alec Baldwin stemming from a fatal shooting on the set of his movie Rust in 2021 ended yesterday, with a prosecutor dropping her appeal of the case’s dismissal.

CAIRO, Dec 24 — Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz admitted yesterday for the first time publicly to Israel’s killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran in July, further risking tensions between Tehran and its arch-enemy Israel in a region shaken by Israel’s war in Gaza and the conflict in Lebanon.

BANDA ACEH, Dec 23 — In front of Saudah's house on Indonesia's Sumatra island lie two damaged coast guard ships, washed ashore by a tsunami 20 years ago and a daily reminder that her youngest son has yet to come home.

JAKARTA, Dev 23 — The Indonesian government is committed to expediting the establishment of the Asean Coordinating Centre for Transboundary Haze Pollution Control, said Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurrofiq, according to ANTARA News Agency.

ISTANBUL, Dec 23 — Bangladesh has said it will not allow more Rohingya community members to enter its territory, clarifying that around 60,000 refugees had entered the South Asian nation in the past two years, Anadolu Agency reported.

NEW DELHI, Dec 23 — Bangladesh is seeking ousted premier Sheikh Hasina's extradition from India.

HOUSTON, Dec 23 — United States (US) President-elect Donald Trump has high expectations from American voters after being elected to his second term in the White House, but the journey to achieving those goals will be challenging from the moment he is sworn into office on January 20, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported.