The Jakarta-Bandung high-speed trains named 'Whoosh' is seen after the inauguration at Halim station in Jakarta on October 2, 2023. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP) JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia launched Southeast Asia's first high-speed railway on Monday, a delayed, multibillion-dollar project...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (AFP photo) ANKARA, Türkiye -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that his country "no longer expects anything from the European Union, which has kept us waiting at its door for 40 years". "We have kept all the promises we have made to the...
Former US president Jimmy Carter smiles while talking to journalists at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on April 15, 2008. Jimmy Carter, the longest-living US president, turned 99 on October 1, 2023, defying the odds seven months after entering hospice care...
A pedestrian walks past a mural painted in colours of the Serbian flag, reading "Kosovo" in Belgrade on October 1, 2023. Nearly a week after deadly clashes in Kosovo which triggered one of the gravest escalations in the former breakaway province in years, the opportunity for reconciliation between...
US President Joe Biden (AFP Photo) WASHINGTON, United States -- President Joe Biden on Sunday vowed the United States would not abandon Ukraine despite aid being dropped from a deal to avoid a government shutdown, urging Republicans to "stop the games" on funding. "I want to assure our American...
DHAKA, Bangladesh -- September was the deadliest month for dengue fever in Bangladesh, where an average of 13 people died daily from the mosquito-borne disease. In September, dengue claimed 396 lives, including 14 new deaths reported Saturday by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)...
BENGHAZI, Libya -- Libya's eastern authorities Sunday announced the postponement of a reconstruction conference for the flood-hit city of Derna that had been planned for October 10 but was met with international scepticism. The event was put off until November 1-2 to "offer time for the submission...
MOSCOW, RUSSIA -- Russia was targeted by another wave of Ukrainian drones and shelling on Sunday, wounding three people and forcing an airport to divert flights, officials said. Since Ukraine launched its counteroffensive in early June, Russian regions have accused Kyiv's armed forces of almost...
MADRID, Spain -- At least 13 people were killed in a fire in a Spanish nightclub on Sunday morning, authorities said, with fears the toll could still rise as rescue workers sift through the debris. The fire broke out in the two-storey "Teatre" nightclub, also called "Fonda Milagros", in the...
This photograph taken on October 1, 2023 during an Azeri government organized media trip shows Azerbaijani servicemen standing guard at the Lachin checkpoint. (Photo by Emmanuel Dunand / AFP) LACHIN, Azerbaijan -- A United Nations mission arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh on Sunday, Azerbaijan said,...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The US Congress passed an 11th-hour funding bill Saturday to keep federal agencies running for another 45 days and avert a costly government shutdown -- although the deal left out aid to war-torn Ukraine requested by President Joe Biden. Three hours before the midnight...
PARIS, France -- A new roadmap to reduce the environmental risks from chemicals and waste was adopted at a United Nations conference on Saturday as part of a drive to manage damaging chemical exposure. The Global Framework on Chemicals was adopted by governments, companies, and NGOs at the fifth...
