Over 18 kg psychotropic drugs seized in eastern Myanmar, 5 arrested
Yangon [Myanmar], September 23: Myanmar police have seized 18.51 kilograms of psychotropic drugs worth over 2 billion kyats (952,380 U.S. dollars) in the eastern state...
5.3-magnitude quake hits Vanuatu Islands - GFZ
Hong Kong, September 23: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 hit Vanuatu Islands at 1619 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Center for...
Japan's ocean discharge is attack on global trust, solidarity: Solomon Islands PM
Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands Manasseh Sogavare on Friday blasted Japan's discharge of nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean, describing it as an attack on...
Promote Vietnam - Bangladesh cooperative relations to new heights
Hanoi [Vietnam], September 23: Accepting the invitation of Bangladesh National Assembly Chairman ShirinSharminChaudhury, National Assembly Chairman VuongDinh Hue yesterday led a high-ranking Vietnamese National Assembly...
Vietnam needs to develop high-tech products
Hanoi [Vietnam], September 23: This is the opinion of American economic experts during the policy discussion with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh yesterday in New...
Ukraine is trying to find more military aid
Kyiv [Ukraine], September 23: Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelensky suddenly arrived in Canada after a trip to the US, in an effort to seek support from North...
The US state wants to execute death row inmates using a new,...
Washington [US], September 23: The Alabama Supreme Court is considering allowing this state to become the first state in the US to execute the death...
The Republican Party failed to reach consensus, the White House planned to...
Washington [US], September 23: The White House on September 22 (US time) planned to begin notifying federal agencies to prepare for a possible government shutdown...
Veteran US Democratic Party congressman was prosecuted for accepting bribes of money...
Washington [US], September 23: Senator Robert Menendez, chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was indicted on charges of accepting bribes.
Vietnam - Bangladesh strive to achieve a trade turnover of 2 billion...
Hanoi [Vietnam], September 23: On the afternoon of September 22, in the capital Dhaka, National Assembly Chairman VuongDinh Hue attended the Policy and Law Forum...
Vanuatu to miss Pacific Islands summit with Biden at White House, official...
Washington [US], September 23: Vanuatu Prime Minister Sato Kilman won't attend a Pacific Isands summit with U.S. President Joe Biden next week, an official from...
Sunak may ban cigarettes in UK for future generations: The Guardian
ZLondon [UK], September 23: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is considering introducing measures that would ban the next generation from ever being able to buy...
One dead, 10 missing in Taiwan golf factory fire
Taipei [Taiwan], September 23: One person died and 10 were missing after a fire and explosion on Friday at a factory in southern Taiwan that...
Philippines issues health warning as capital hit by smog, volcanic gas
Manila [Philippines], September 23: The alert remained at level 1 on a five-level scale, denoting a "slight increase in volcanic earthquake, and steam or gas...
Australia fines lender NAB $1.4 million for wrongfully charging fees
Canberra [Australia], September 23: The Australian Federal Court has fined the country's second-biggest lender National Australia Bank (NAB) a penalty of A$2.1 million ($1.4...
Israel to start vaccinations against new Omicron substrains
Jerusalem [Israel], September 22: Israel will soon start vaccinations against new Omicron substrains of COVID-19, the Health Ministry announced on Thursday in a statement.
5.6-magnitude quake hits Southeast of Honshu, Japan - GFZ
Tokyo [Japan], September 22: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted Southeast of Honshu, Japan, at 2122 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research...
State of emergency declared for New Zealand's Queenstown following heavy rain
Wellington [New Zealand],September 22: New Zealand's scenic town Queenstown declared a state of emergency on Friday for an initial period of seven days, as part...
Singapore's first green bond report published
Singapore, September 22: Singapore's Ministry of Finance on Thursday published the first edition of the Singapore Green Bond Report.
Young Arabs want to boycott brands that damage environment
Doha [Qatar],September 22: More than half (58 percent) of Arab youth are ready to support calls to boycott brands that damage the environment, rising to...
Niger's toppled president takes legal action
Niamey [Niger], September 22: Mohamed Bazoum, Niger's former president who was overthrown by the military, is taking the coup plotters to court.
Indonesia jails woman for blasphemy over TikTok food video
Jakarta [Indonesia], September 22: An Indonesian court has jailed a woman for two years after she was found guilty of breaching the country's blasphemy laws...
Russia and Ukraine conduct heavy airstrikes as war nears 20th month
Kiev [Ukraine], September 22: Russia launched a new wave of heavy airstrikes on Ukraine early on Thursday morning, including on the capital Kiev, while Ukraine...
Zelensky says he had 'great dialogue' with US Senators
Washington [US], September 22: Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelensky said he had a "great dialogue" with US Senators and expressed his gratefulness for US support, as things...
Venezuela regains control of gang-run jail with pool and zoo
Caracas [Venezuela], September 22: Some 11,000 soldiers and police stormed the Tocoron prison in Venezuela about 140 kilometres south-west of the capital Caracas in a...
Azerbaijan, Karabakh separatists hold 'constructive' peace talks
Baku [Azerbaijan], September 22: Azerbaijan and Armenian separatists from the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh held their first direct peace talks Thursday, after Baku claimed to...
MBS: Palestinian issue key for normalization
New York [US], September 22:Saudi Arabia's crown prince said Wednesday that a historic normalization of relations with the Zionist entity is getting "closer", as he...