- January 29th, 2026
Japan took a bold step toward securing critical minerals on Monday as a government-backed deep-sea mining vessel set sail on a pioneering mission to extract rare earth–rich mud from the ocean floor near the remote Minamitori Island, highlighting Tokyo’s growing...
Unrest across Iran has claimed the lives of more than 500 people, according to a US-based rights group, as Tehran warned it could target American military bases if President Donald Trump acts on his repeated threats to intervene in support...
Egypt has signed renewable energy agreements worth a combined US$1.8 billion as part of its push to expand clean power generation and reduce dependence on fossil fuels, state television reported on Sunday (Jan 11). The deals include major contracts with...
Voters in war-torn Myanmar cast ballots on Sunday (Jan 11) in the second phase of a nationwide election that has been widely criticised by opposition groups, rights advocates and Western governments as neither free nor fair. The military-backed Union Solidarity...
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is edging closer to calling a snap general election, a move that would test her personal mandate for the first time and could reshape Japan’s political landscape amid economic uncertainty and rising tensions with China....
Assailants detonated bombs at nearly a dozen petrol stations across Thailand’s conflict-hit Deep South early Sunday (Jan 11), injuring four people and prompting authorities to raise security to the highest level, the Thai army said. According to an army statement,...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s influential sister, Kim Yo Jong, has demanded a detailed “explanation” from South Korea over a drone that Pyongyang claims violated its airspace earlier this month, escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula even as both...
Demonstrators across Iran have continued to defy an intensifying crackdown by authorities, pouring into the streets despite an expanding security response, an almost total internet shutdown, and explicit threats of harsh punishment from senior officials. The protests, now among the...
Malaysia’s unemployment rate fell to 2.9 per cent in November 2025, marking the lowest level in 11 years, according to the Statistics Department. The number of unemployed people declined slightly to 518,400, reflecting continued strength in the country’s labour market....
North Korea on Saturday accused South Korea of sending another drone into its airspace for surveillance purposes, a claim Seoul has firmly denied, escalating tensions on the heavily militarized peninsula. The North Korean military said it tracked a drone “moving...
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