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A senior French Defence Ministry official on Monday laid a wreath at a monument in Paris dedicated to the 90 French soldiers who died in Afghanistan while serving in a NATO mission that began after the September 11, 2001, attacks. It came days after P…
A ferry carrying more than 350 people capsized off the southern Philippine province of Basilan, killing at least 15, officials said on Monday. The accident occurred after midnight as the passenger vessel MV Trisha Kerstin 3 was en route to Jolo Island…
Rescuers save at least 316 after inter-island ferry sank en route from city of Zamboanga to southern Jolo islandA ferry with more than 350 people onboard sank early on Monday near an island in the southern Philippines, killing at least 18 people, offic…
Zhang Youxia, second-in command under president Xi Jinping as chairman of the Central Military Commission, has long been seen as Xi’s closest military allyChina’s most senior general is under investigation, China’s defence ministry has confirmed, in th…
US climber takes an hour and half to scale one of Asia’s tallest buildings without ropes or a harnessThe US rock climber Alex Honnold climbed one of Asia’s tallest skyscrapers without ropes or a harness on Sunday, fulfilling an ambition that began more…
Voting finished in Myanmar’s three-stage general election on Sunday with the dominant pro-military party on course for a landslide victory in a junta-run vote that critics say was neither free nor democratic, and designed to legitimize the military’s …
In the search for stability, some western nations are turning to a country that many in Washington see as an existential threatIf geopolitics relies at least in part on bonhomie between global leaders, China made an unexpected play for Ireland’s good g…
US policy document suggests South Korea take primary responsibility, as Pentagon prioritises defending US homelandThe Pentagon foresees a “more limited” role in deterring North Korea, with South Korea taking primary responsibility for the task, a Penta…
Rescue efforts at Mount Maunganui site switch to recovery operation that police say could take several daysEfforts to rescue six people buried by a landslide at a New Zealand holiday park ended on Saturday, with police shifting into a recovery operatio…
Conservationists hail the ‘desperately needed’ measures and urge greater protection after up to 11% of endangered Tapanuli orangutans wiped outThe floods and landslides that tore through Indonesia’s fragile Batang Toru ecosystem in November 2024 – kill…