Nearly 2m people to flee Sudan by year-end

The UN has more than doubled its aid appeal to assist nearly two million people expected to flee conflict-torn Sudan by the end of this year amid soaring needs.
4 September 2023

Putin says Russia 'open' to grain deal talks as Ukraine port hit

President Vladimir Putin said today that Russia was "open" to talks on restoring the landmark Black Sea grain export deal, hours after Moscow pounded one of Ukraine's key grain-exporting ports overnight
4 September 2023

Xi to skip G20 summit in India

Premier Li Qiang will lead China's delegation at a G20 summit in New Delhi this weekend, China's foreign ministry said today, indicating President Xi Jinping would not attend and scuppering chances of a meeting with US President Joe Biden there
4 September 2023

Biden 'disappointed' that Xi set to miss G20

US President Joe Biden on Sunday expressed disappointment that Chinese leader Xi Jinping would not attend the G20 summit in India this week, as Washington seeks to repair relations with Beijing
4 September 2023

Ukraine defence minister Oleksiy Reznikov resigns

Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov announced on Monday he had handed his resignation letter to parliament after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for "new approaches" to face Russia's invasion.
4 September 2023

Bomb attack on Myanmar border hub kills 5 officials, wounds 11

A bomb attack on a government compound in the Myanmar border hub of Myawady killed five government and security officials and wounded 11 policemen, sources told AFP on Monday
4 September 2023

14.3kg gold seized in West Bengal near Bangladesh border

India's Border Security Force (BSF) and Director of Revenue Intelligence recovered 14.296kg of gold biscuits valued at 8.5 crore Indian rupees from a house in West Bengal's Nadia district, which shares a border with Bangladesh
4 September 2023

ASEAN launches talks on $2.7 trillion digital economy pact

Online trade across countries in South-east Asia is set to become faster and more convenient, as ASEAN starts work on a new framework that could unlock a potential US$2 trillion (S$2.7 trillion) in its digital economy by 2030
4 September 2023

Thousands without power after Typhoon Haikui batters Taiwan

Taiwan worked to restore power to more than 30,000 households after Typhoon Haikui barrelled into the east and south of the island, as cities and counties in the affected areas closed schools and businesses and domestic airlines cancelled flights
4 September 2023

Shooting at Canada wedding venue leaves 2 dead

Two people were killed and six others wounded late Saturday in a shooting in the parking lot of a reception venue in Ottawa, authorities said
4 September 2023

Sudan Conflict: 20 killed in air strike on Khartoum

Residents of Khartoum awoke to artillery and rocket fire yesterday, hours after an air strike in the city’s south killed at least 20 civilians including two children, according to Sudanese activists.
3 September 2023

Gunmen kill seven worshippers in northern Nigeria

Gunmen have killed seven Muslim worshippers and injured three others in two separate attacks on mosques in northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna state, police said Saturday.
3 September 2023

Cambodian ex-leader Hun Sen back on Facebook

Cambodia’s former leader Hun Sen returned to Facebook yesterday, claiming the social media giant had “rendered justice” to him by refusing to suspend his account after he posted violent threats on the platform.
3 September 2023

Iran sentences two women journos to jail time

Two female Iranian journalists will spend around a month behind bars as part of a three-year partly suspended prison sentence for “conspiracy” and “collusion”, local media reported yesterday.
3 September 2023

Medvedev: Japan’s ‘militarisation’ complicates situation

Japan’s “militarisation” complicates the situation in the Asia-Pacific region, the deputy chair of the Russian Security Council and former President Dmitry Medvedev said yesterday.
3 September 2023

Typhoon Haikui batters Taiwan

Typhoon Haikui made landfall on eastern Taiwan yesterday, unleashing torrential downpours, whipping winds and plunging thousands of households into darkness as the first major storm to directly hit the island in four years.
3 September 2023

Migrant crossings hit new daily high for 2023: UK govt

The number of migrants crossing the Channel in small boats from northern France to Britain hit a new daily high for 2023, UK government statistics released yesterday showed.
3 September 2023

Russian drone attack targets Odesa region

Russia launched a drone attack on southern parts of the Odesa region yesterday, hitting Danube River port infrastructure and injuring at least two people, Ukrainian officials said.
3 September 2023

Mission accomplished, India puts moon rover to 'sleep'

India switched off its moon rover, the first craft to reach the lunar south poll, after it completed its two-week assignment conducting experiments, the country's space agency said
3 September 2023

Nobel Foundation cancels Russia, Belarus, Iran invites to annual prize awards

The Nobel Foundation said on Saturday it would not after all invite the ambassadors of Russia, Belarus and Iran to attend the Nobel Prize awards ceremony in Stockholm this year, reversing an earlier decision after widespread criticism
3 September 2023