White House press secretary Katie Zacharia has acknowledged that she failed the California bar exam after previously telling reporters she had passed one when she moved to China, prompting renewed scrutiny of
China is exploring a fresh set of measures to revive its struggling property market, raising concerns about the broader stability of the country’s financial system, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the
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Reports from major European outlets indicate that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been steadily consolidating power at the expense of the EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas. According to
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Myanmar’s military government has seized close to 10,000 mobile phones and related equipment used in online scam operations as part of an escalating crackdown on criminal syndicates operating near the Thai border,
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An oil tanker that was seized by Iranian forces in the Gulf last week has been released, and its crew is unharmed, according to a statement from the vessel’s manager, Columbia Shipmanagement.
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The widow of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi has criticized President Donald Trump for ignoring her efforts to discuss her husband’s brutal murder with him, describing the experience as “painful,” according to an
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Singapore’s government is moving ahead with plans to designate 38 Oxley Road — the former home of founding leader Lee Kuan Yew — as a national monument, reigniting a years-long dispute over
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Ukraine is grappling with a severe manpower crisis as four out of every five draftees reportedly flee military training centres, a senior MP in Kyiv has warned, leaving the country struggling to
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Two cabinet ministers in the Philippines resigned on Monday following allegations of corruption linked to government flood-control projects, in a scandal that has roiled the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Executive
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Almost half of Labour voters want Sir Keir Starmer to step down before the next general election, a YouGov poll commissioned by Times UK has revealed. The survey of 2,100 people found
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Francisco Franco did not win the Spanish Civil War through strategic brilliance but through a brutal plan to crush and eliminate his opponents, according to renowned British historian Paul Preston. In a
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a lavish White House welcome on Tuesday as he met with President Donald Trump for a visit aimed at strengthening security cooperation, expanding economic ties
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The United Nations Security Council on Monday passed a U.S.-drafted resolution endorsing President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza and authorizing an international stabilization force for the Palestinian enclave.
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The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Monday expressed deep concern over the death sentences handed down by Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal against former Prime Minister Sheikh
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Afghanistan’s foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, was greeted like a celebrity during his recent visit to India—an extraordinary turn described in The New York Times as a striking departure from decades of
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Taiwan is set to distribute millions of civil defence handbooks to households across the island this week, Reuters reports, in an unprecedented effort to prepare residents for a wide range of emergencies,
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