JAKARTA, Indonesia– Indonesia has sanctioned 11 industrial firms for failing to meet operational standards as the government moves to deal with major pollution spikes in the capital Jakarta, the environment minister said Monday. Air pollution levels in the megalopolis of about 30...
A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency on August 29, 2023, shows a general view of phase 11 of the South Pars gas field in Asaluyeh port in the southwestern Bushehr province ahead of its inauguration. (Photo by Iranian Presidency / AFP) TEHRAN, Iran– Iran on Monday accused...
People watch as India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulates the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the successful lunar landing of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the south pole of the Moon during a live stream of the event at a museum in Kolkata on August 23, 2023. India on August...
AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN WASHINGTON, United States– US President Joe Biden will visit Vietnam on September 10 for a meeting with leader of the ruling Communist Party, Nguyen Phu Trong, the White House announced Monday. The stop in Hanoi, which will follow on the heels of a...
PARIS, France- French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday vowed to launch a new diplomatic initiative to up pressure on Azerbaijan over its blockade of Armenian-controlled areas of Nagorno-Karabakh which has raised fears of a humanitarian crisis. French President Emmanuel Macron addresses French...
TEHRAN, Iran- Iran on Monday warned Iraq that it would take action if Baghdad does not honour its commitment by mid-September to disarm Iranian Kurdish rebel groups on its territory. "According to a deal reached between the Iranian and Iraqi governments, the Iraqi government has pledged to...
ATHENS, Greece - Five people including an 11-month girl died Monday and 54 people were rescued when two migrant boats sank off Greece, officials said. The first capsize took place around 3:00 am (0000 GMT) off the island of Samos near the Turkish border. The coastguard rescued 37 people, including...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A Pakistan court granted bail on Monday to a prominent human rights activist and a former lawmaker, their lawyer said, after they were detained for protesting against enforced disappearances. Police officials present arrested lawyer and human rights activist Imaan Mazari-Hazir...
TOKYO, Japan - Japan's prime minister urged China to ensure its people "act in a calm and responsible manner" after instances of stones being thrown at diplomatic missions and schools, following the release of wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant. "There have been numerous harassment calls...
PARIS, France - The wearing of abaya dresses by some Muslim women in French schools is a "political attack", the government's spokesman said Monday as he explained a ban announced on the clothing. A photograph taken on August 28, 2023 shows a woman wearing an abaya walking in the streets of Paris....
This handout picture courtesy of NASA taken on August 26, 2023 shows Crew-7 mission launching on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Dragon spacecraft from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on August 26, 2023. NASA and SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft...
Emergency vehicles are parked at the site of a plane crash near the village of Kuzhenkino, Tver region, on August 24, 2023. Russian state-run news agencies on August 23, 2023 said that Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner group that led a mutiny against Russia's army in June, was on the list...
