LAHORE, Pakistan -- Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan arrived at his Lahore residence on Saturday after being freed on bail following days of legal drama and nationwide riots over his arrest on corruption charges. Khan was swooped on by dozens of paramilitary troops and arrested during a...
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thai opposition leaders toured Bangkok in open-top jeeps Saturday in a final-day bid to woo voters, urging them to turn out in force to oust the military-backed government. The kingdom goes to the polls on Sunday with voters tipped to issue a damning verdict on former coup...
SINGAPORE -- Singapore reported its highest temperature in 40 years on Saturday, officials said, as a blistering heatwave burns through large parts of South and Southeast Asia. Saturday's temperature of 37 degrees Celsius was the highest this year, and matches the record for a daily peak recorded in...
The Department of Health (DOH) reminded the public on Friday, May 12, of the importance of staying alert as the World Health Organization (WHO) lifted the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on monkeypox. "If you have a travel history to countries with Monkeypox, and then have...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- EU foreign ministers meet Friday to seek a common approach on lessening Europe's reliance on China and coaxing Beijing to take a tougher stance on Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Brussels is urging the European Union's 27 nations to get on the same page on how they deal with China...
Now that the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said the Philippine government should now focus on the recovery of the education sector which is one of the hardest hit during the pandemic. In this regard,...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russia late Thursday denied claims by pro-Moscow bloggers and the head of the Wagner mercenary group that Ukrainian troops had made a breakthrough in the flashpoint city of Bakhmut. A senior Ukrainian military official said earlier this week that Russian forces had dropped...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Two out of every three young women have faced sexual harassment, bullying or verbal abuse in the workplace in Britain, according to a survey published Friday. But most victims do not report incidents for fear they will not be believed or that it might harm work...
NEW YORK, United States - New York prosecutors will charge a US Marine -- who allegedly caused the chokehold death of a homeless man on the city subway -- with manslaughter, a spokesman said Thursday. "We can confirm that Daniel Penny will be arrested on a charge of manslaughter in the second...
PARIS, France - Astronomers said on Friday they have identified the "largest" cosmic explosion ever observed, a fireball 100 times the size of our Solar System that suddenly began blazing in the distant universe more than three years ago. While the astronomers offered what they think is the...
OSLO, Norway - The Arctic Council, a model for cooperation between former Cold War foes, on Thursday saw a delicate handover of chairmanship, with the sidelining of Russia, its largest member. After two years of Russia at the helm, Norway took over the reins of the intergovernmental forum,...
ESPOO, Finland - Some 27 young people, mostly children, were injured in Finland on Thursday when a temporary footbridge near a construction site collapsed and they fell several metres onto a road, officials said. The accident occurred at around 9:20 am (0620 GMT) in Espoo, near the capital,...
