JAKARTA: Mount Semeru in East Java erupted three times today morning, sending volcanic ash as high as 1,000 metres above its summit, Indonesian authorities said. According to the Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Centre (PVMBG), the highest ash column was recorded during an eruption at 6.28am local time, reaching about […]
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SINGAPORE: Cambodia and Thailand will face off before international mediators in Singapore this week in a long-standing dispute over valuable maritime resources, the latest spat between the feuding neighbours. Phnom Penh initiated a UN-backed conciliation process at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) after Bangkok pulled out of an agreement […]
NEW DELHI: Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in New Delhi on Saturday for a Brics summit alongside leaders from India, Russia and Iran, as wars, trade and energy test the divided grouping. The conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, along with global trade turbulence and energy security, are expected […]
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has promised US$5,000 to every American adult if Republicans retain control of the House of Representatives and the Senate in November’s midterm elections. The pledge has raised questions about its legality, its cost and where the money would come from. Is it legal? Federal law prohibits […]
PEREIRA: One month after a powerful earthquake shattered the Colombian city of Pereira, hundreds of people sleep outdoors or seek refuge in shelters with little idea of what the future holds. Pereira is nestled in Colombia’s western coffee-growing region, which was badly hit by the 7.4 magnitude quake on August […]
Three experts said the munition that hit a wedding celebration on Tuesday (Sep 1) was likely a US weapon, rather than an errant Iranian air defence missile. US Vice President JD Vance said that the United States was investigating a deadly strike on an Iranian wedding earlier this week that […]
“It was decided to release five Lebanese civilians,” the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says after interrogations find no terror links. BEIRUT: Lebanon said it received a man on Thursday (Sep 3), freed as Israel announced it would release five people seized from the country’s south, where it […]
WASHINGTON: The crew of a military helicopter carrying President Donald Trump that came too close to a passenger jet on Aug 4 failed to contact air traffic controllers before departing, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Thursday (Aug 27). The incident involving a plane departing Reagan Washington National […]
GENEVA: Switzerland on Thursday announced its intention to build a military drone battalion, amid a rearmament trend across Europe. “From 2028, the army will deploy its own drone battalion for reconnaissance, operations and defence,” the defence ministry said in a statement. The battalion will be backed up by a specialised […]
HONG KONG: The U.S. dollar held flat near a one-week high against major peers on Friday, as investors stood on the sidelines ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s speech at the Jackson Hole symposium for clues on his policy outlook. The euro and sterling were subdued near one-week lows […]