DOHA, Nov 10 — Qatar has denied media reports that it has withdrawn as mediator in the Gaza ceasefire negotiation.

VALENCIA, Nov 10 — Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia yesterday over regional authorities’ handling of devastating floods that killed more than 220 people in one of Europe’s worst natural disasters for decades.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 10 — Brazil announced details of its new climate change pledge late on Friday night that sets a target to lower the country’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2035, which it will present during the United Nations climate summit COP29 in Azerbaijan, according to a government statement.

MOSCOW, Nov 10 — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a treaty on the country’s strategic partnership with North Korea, which includes a mutual defence provision, according to a decree published yesterday.

BALOCHISTAN, Nov 10 — At least 24 people were killed and more than 40 injured in a bomb blast yesterday at a railway station in Quetta city, southwestern Pakistan, police and other officials said.

BEIJING, Nov 9 — Chinese President Xi Jinping signed multiple cooperation deals with his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto on Saturday, Chinese state TV CCTV reported, as the two countries seek increased partnerships in key areas.

SINGAPORE, Nov 9 — Singapore's biggest lender DBS Group Holdings Ltd is exploring expanding into Malaysia with potential acquisitions of stakes in banks in its Southeast Asian neighbour, including in one of Malaysia's smallest banks by assets, two sources said.

NARATHIWAT, Nov 9 — The Thai police have confirmed that the arrest of six Malaysians, including a female singer, at a hotel in Sungai Golok on November 1 was based on solid evidence.

WASHINGTON — A United States (US) judge set aside pending deadlines in President-elect Donald Trump's 2020 election subversion case on Friday, after federal prosecutors said they were grappling with the "unprecedented circumstance" of his impending return to the White House.

BEIJING/MANILA, Nov 9 — China summoned the Philippines' ambassador on Friday to express its objection to two new laws in the Southeast Asian nation asserting maritime rights and sovereignty over disputed areas of the South China Sea, its Foreign Ministry said.

BANGKOK, Nov 9 — Companies have been moving factories from China to Southeast Asia, anticipating United States (US) President-elect Donald Trump would slap high tariffs on Beijing if he regained the White House, a move set to accelerate with his election win, industrial park developers in the region say.

JAKARTA, Nov 8 — Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted several times today, belching volcanic ash that rose up to 10km into the sky, officials said, following a big eruption on Sunday (November 3) night that killed nine people.

TAIPEI, Nov 8 — Taiwan has set up a "war room" to watch the live stream from next week's COP29 climate summit given it is not allowed to attend for political reasons, Environment Minister Peng Chi-ming said today.

BANGKOK, Nov 8 — Thailand plans to increase the daily minimum wage to 400 baht (RM51.51) next year, said Labour Minister Pipat Ratchakitprakarn.

JAKARTA, Nov 8 — Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto officially kicked off his first overseas working visit today, which will take him to several countries, including China, the United States (US), the United Kingdom, and Brazil.

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, Nov 8 — President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday announced that Susie Wiles, one of his two campaign managers, will be his White House chief of staff, entrusting a top position to a political operative who helped the Republican win the election.

TEHRAN, Nov 8 — The head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has warned that millions of Palestinians will plunge into chaos unless UN member states intervene to stop the enforcement of Israeli laws banning the agency, Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

BEIJING, Nov 7 — Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra met Myanmar's junta chief on the sidelines of a regional summit in China today, in a rare overseas trip by a general grappling with a civil war at home.

BRUSSELS, Nov 7 — This year is “virtually certain” to eclipse 2023 as the world’s warmest since records began, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said today.

SYDNEY, Nov 7 — Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today said the government will legislate for a ban on social media for children under 16, a policy the government said is world-leading.