Elon Musk, on a visit to Israel after being assailed for an anti-Jewish post on his social media site X, received a symbolic dog-tag from the father of an Israeli taken captive by Hamas in Gaza and promised to wear it until all the hostages were free. "Our hearts are hostage in Gaza," read the met
New Zealand’s central bank chief defended its use of the Maori language in official communications on Wednesday, as the country’s new centre-right government looks to roll back the use of the Indigenous language in the public sector, reports Reuters. The three parties in the new
Japan's space agency was hit with a cyberattack, but the information the hackers accessed did not include anything important for rocket and satellite operations, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. "There was a possibility of unauthorised access by exploiting the vulnerability of network equipment,"
Rescuers are still searching for four missing workers believed to be pinned under the rubble where a building under construction had collapsed at about 9.45pm on Nov 28. Penang deputy police chief Mohamed Usuf Jan Mohamad said that so far, rescuers had found five out of the nine workers believed t
As Asia's banking sector navigates a peak in global interest rates and risks of slower growth, investors are wagering that banks in India and Indonesia have the strongest loan and profitability profiles to provide returns next year. Over the past 18 months, Asian central banks tracked the U.S. Fed
Rescuers on Tuesday pulled out all 41 workers trapped for 17 days inside a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas after drilling through the debris of rock, concrete and earth to reach them, triggering jubilation across India. The evacuation of the men - low-wage workers from some of India's poorest st
Members of the team from India’s National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) preparing to enter a tunnel to rescue trapped workers, after the tunnel collapsed, in Uttarkashi in the northern state of Uttarakhand of India on Tuesday –Reuters photo Indian rescuers drilled through rocks and de
A rocket carrying a spy satellite Malligyong-1 is launched, as North Korean government claims, in a location given as North Gyeongsang Province, North Korea in this handout picture obtained by Reuters on November 21, 2023. After decades of satellite surveillance by foreign governments and analysts
Three Chinese navy ships have arrived in Myanmar on a goodwill visit as part of renewed Chinese defence engagement amid Chinese concern about a surge of fighting between Myanmar junta forces and insurgents near the Chinese border. The guided-missile destroyer Zibo and the guided-missile frigate Ji
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is in jail, was not brought to court for a trial on Monday because the government said there were threats to his life, his lawyer said. The Islamabad High Court had ruled last week that holding Khan's trial inside jail premises on security concerns w
Rescuers in India are just six or seven metres (20-23 feet) away from 41 men trapped in a collapsed highway tunnel in the Himalayas for more than two weeks, and are confident of drilling through to reach them on Tuesday, officials said, reports Reuters. The men, low-wage workers from India's
One of Russia's most lucrative oil trade routes since the imposition of Western sanctions over the Ukraine conflict faces a major challenge because of the drawbacks of payment in currency other than dollars, with no short-term solution in sight. For decades, the U.S. dollar has been the currency o
Mediator Qatar said on Monday a truce between Israeli and Hamas forces in Gaza had been extended by two days, continuing a pause in seven weeks of warfare that has killed thousands and laid waste to the Palestinian enclave. "An agreement has been reached to extend the humanitarian pause for an add
