Canada and China appear ready to kick-start trade talks after years of strained relations, with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to Beijing this week coinciding with both countries question...
Uganda’s opposition leader Bobi Wine’s wife was taken to hospital after soldiers invaded their residence, partially undressed and choked her, the couple said. Wine, a pop star-turned-politician, was n...
Emmanuel Macron is convening an emergency defence cabinet to discuss Donald's Trump's intent to acquire Greenland and Iran's brutal crackdown on mass protests. For in-depth analysis and insight, Oli...
China’s exports defied a turbulent year of trade tensions to perform better than expected in 2025, cementing a record US$1.19 trillion annual surplus as manufacturers diversified markets to offset a s...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s first visit to Asia has raised India’s hopes for a long-awaited trade pact with the European Union as Berlin pushes for deeper engagement with South Asia amid height...
Firefighters in Karachi began searching on Monday for more than 60 missing people after a massive fire destroyed a shopping centre in Pakistan’s most populous city, while the death toll from the disa...
Ugandan authorities shut down internet access nationwide on Tuesday, two days ahead of elections in which President Yoweri Museveni has overseen a crackdown on the opposition as he seeks to extend his...
Thailand’s election season has triggered a dizzying array of cash giveaway offers from parties vying for votes, from a US$2,000 payment for newborns to debt write-offs and US$100 monthly top-ups for t...
Milrem Robotics is among the companies making its weapons so they can be upgraded as easily as possible. Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty Images The battlefield in Ukraine is changing constantly, and weapon...
The US military conducted its first strike on a vessel suspected of drug-trafficking in the eastern Pacific since late last year, killing two people and prompting a US Coast Guard search for a third s...
TikTok says a power outage is causing ongoing issues and outages that started in the US early Sunday morning. In an email to The Verge , TikTok USDS spokesperson Jamie Favazza pointed to a statement p...