European Union leaders are preparing for a difficult battle over the bloc’s next long-term budget, with disagreements over spending priorities and fears of electoral gains by eurosceptic parties threatening efforts to reach
West African leaders have signed an intergovernmental agreement supporting the proposed African Atlantic Gas Pipeline, marking a significant step in plans to establish a multibillion-dollar energy corridor linking Nigerian natural gas supplies
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South Africa’s Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission) has launched an investigation following the deaths of 43 young men during
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New York photographer Spencer Tunick, whose large-scale photographs of nude crowds have become some of the most recognisable works of contemporary public art, is preparing to stage a new collective installation in
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China is weighing sweeping new restrictions on the overseas transfer of advanced artificial intelligence technologies and semiconductor designs while simultaneously recalibrating its refined fuel export policy, according to separate reports by the
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The United States is approaching a historic turning point in global agriculture as weakening export demand, prolonged trade tensions and rising international competition threaten its century-long position as the world’s leading agricultural
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Israeli intelligence believes Iran has transferred thousands of uranium-enrichment centrifuges into a heavily fortified underground complex near its Natanz nuclear facility, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal, a development
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The Houthi movement on Monday announced an immediate maritime ban on Saudi maritime navigation, describing the measure as a direct response to what it called a years-long blockade imposed on Yemen and
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Shoko Kawata, the mayor of the western Japanese city of Yawata, became the first sitting mayor in Japan to begin maternity leave on Monday, marking a milestone that has attracted widespread domestic
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Singapore’s Acting Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Faishal Ibrahim has resigned from office and stepped down from the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) following an investigation into his interactions with a woman, Prime
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Supporters of India’s youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement clashed with police in New Delhi on Monday after authorities blocked a planned march to Parliament on the opening day of the monsoon
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Russian President Vladimir Putin met North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui at the Kremlin on Sunday, using the meeting to thank Pyongyang for its support in what Moscow describes as its
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United Nations human rights experts have called on Indian authorities to release five Indigenous human rights defenders detained in Assam, expressing concern that the arrests could undermine efforts to protect Indigenous communities
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Israel’s parliament voted during the early hours of Friday to dissolve itself, formally launching the country’s next general election campaign, with voters set to head to the polls on 27 October. The
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Japan’s parliament approved a landmark reform of the country’s Imperial House Law on Friday, preserving the long-standing system of male-only succession to the Chrysanthemum Throne while excluding Princess Aiko, the only child
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Dozens of organisations representing Hong Kong, Tibetan, Uyghur, Taiwanese and other diaspora communities have launched a coordinated campaign opposing China’s Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, arguing that the legislation threatens
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