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US and Canadian warships sail through Taiwan Strait

Canadian Defense Minister says Routine transit demonstrates ‘commitment to a free, open, inclusive Indo-Pacific’

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Israel to seal off Palestinian territories for Jewish holidays

Passage from West Bank, Gaza Strip to only be allowed on humanitarian, medical grounds, says army

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Japan PM says willing to meet North Korean leader

Country ‘prepared to engage in dialogue on matters of mutual concern’

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11 schoolchildren killed in Myanmar air strike: Unicef

United Nations chief ‘strongly condemns’ attacks by armed forces on school in Let Yet Kone

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Mexico quake kills two, damages more than 3,000 buildings

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says ‘lucky’ death toll not higher

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[UPDATED] Man sets himself on fire near Japan PM’s office

Local media reports he did so in protest against state funeral for assassinated Shinzo Abe

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World leaders call for urgent action on food security

West blames Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for crisis, as US set to announce fresh aid to combat global hunger today

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Moscow-held Ukraine regions to vote on annexation by Russia

If successful, Kremlin might justify using nuclear weapons against Kyiv, claiming self-defence 

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Uganda reports first Ebola death since 2019: Health Ministry

WHO says 24-year-old man tested positive for ‘relatively rare Sudan strain’ of virus

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UK’s new PM vows billions in Ukraine aid

Liz Truss’ government has already planned to provide RM11.9 billion assistance this year

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French leader to meet Iran’s Raisi to urge revival of deal

Paris says there will be no better proposal offered to Tehran  

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Tonga volcano erupts eight times in two days

Pilots, mariners warned to take caution when approaching Home Reef area

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Four feared dead after Typhoon Nanmadol hits Japan

Storm topples trees, smashes windows, pours a month worth of rain in Miyazaki