CALI, Nov 5 — Wealthy nations appeared to hit a limit with how much they are willing to pay to conserve nature around the world, instead shifting their focus at the two-week United Nations biodiversity summit toward discussions of private money filling the funding gap.

DUBAI, Nov 3 — Iran’s leadership and allies are bracing for what they would regard as a dreadful outcome of the imminent US.

CAIRO, Nov 3 — Israeli forces stepped up bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing at least 23 people, Palestinian medics said, with over half the deaths in northern areas where the army has waged a month-long campaign it says is to prevent Hamas from regrouping.

AMMAN, Nov 3 — The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) said Saturday that a vast majority of journalist killings worldwide went unpunished, the Jordan News Agency (Petra) reported.

OVIEDO (Spain), Nov 3 — At least 211 bodies have been recovered so far in what Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called on Saturday “the biggest natural disaster in Spain’s recent history.” An intense storm system triggered devastating floods on Tuesday, hitting the province of Valencia the...

NEW DELHI, Nov 2 — India's foreign ministry has said it lodged a protest with Canada today for linking its home minister to alleged plots against Sikh separatists on Canadian soil.

MADRID, Nov 2 — The death toll from flash floods in Spain's southern and eastern regions has risen slightly to 207, a minister said on Saturday, reported the German News Agency (dpa).

AHMEDABAD, Nov 2 — Firecrackers are central to Diwali celebrations for millions of Indian Hindus and this year was no different even as some cities, including New Delhi, banned their use to curb some of the worst pollution levels in the world.

MADRID, Nov 2 — MotoGP cancelled its season-ending Valencia Grand Prix on Friday due to catastrophic floods and said it would announce a new venue and date.

NEW YORK, Nov 2 — A third phase of the polio vaccination campaign in the northern Gaza Strip is set to resume on Saturday after being postponed over escalating violence, reported Xinhua.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — Growth for countries in Asean is forecast to be at a robust 4.6 per cent this year and 4.7 per cent in 2025, largely supported by strong domestic demand and exports, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday.

JAKARTA, Nov 1 — Indonesia's Supreme Court has rejected an Indigenous community's appeal which sought to cancel a permit for a palm oil concession on thousands of hectares of rainforest it claimed as ancestral land, legal documents showed today.

JAKARTA, Nov 1 — Indonesian worker groups have said today that a Constitutional Court ruling on labour laws should lead to higher minimum wages next year, even though parts of their petition challenging the legislation were rejected.

SINGAPORE, Nov 1 — Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia may cut prices for most of the crude grades it sells to Asia in December, tracking weakness in Middle East benchmark Dubai, trade sources said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 — Total global passenger demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometres (RPK), rose by 7.1 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) in September 2024 versus a year ago, an all-time high, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

ISTANBUL, Nov 1 — Hunger is projected to worsen in 16 “hotspots” around the globe, including Sudan, where conflict has left millions at risk of starving, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported, citing a report released Thursday.

JAKARTA, Oct 31 — Indonesia's Constitutional Court has ruled today that changes must be made to some labour rules including ordering the establishment of sectoral minimum wages, in response to a petition by several workers unions.

BANGKOK, Oct 31 — Thailand has expressed deep concern over the escalation of armed conflict in the Middle East, particularly in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, and surrounding areas, which has resulted in a significant loss of life and property among innocent civilians on all sides.

TAIPEI, Oct 31 — A strong Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall on Taiwan's east coast today, the largest storm by size to hit the island in nearly 30 years, closing financial markets, causing hundreds of flights to be cancelled, and reducing rail services.

LA ALCUDIA, Oct 31 — At least 95 people have been killed in possibly the deadliest flooding to hit Spain in its modern history after torrential rain battered the eastern region of Valencia, sweeping away bridges and buildings, local authorities said on Wednesday.