Japan says low-cost combat drones are essential to its defense
TOKYO (AP) — Japan needs to adapt to the new methods of warfare like drones and artificial intelligence…
Detained Myanmar leader Suu Kyi has first foreign visitor in five years | Aung San Suu Kyi News
First publicised meeting between the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and a foreign official held since she was ousted…
Massive Attack says members held after pro-Palestine display in Singapore | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Music group says it is ‘proud’ to have made ‘impromptu expression’ of support for Palestine by unfurling flag…
China’s rare earth restrictions hit US missile magnet production
EXETER, N.H. (AP) — A giant American flag hanging on the wall of a warehouse in New Hampshire…
Aung San Suu Kyi meets Red Cross in rare Myanmar contact
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with the International Committee of the…
Japan and US confirm rare joint intervention to prop up yen | Business and Economy News
Published On 3 Aug 20263 Aug 2026 Japan and the United States have confirmed a rare, coordinated yen-buying…
US dollar weakens sharply against the Japanese yen
TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. dollar weakened sharply Monday against the Japanese yen after U.S. President Donald Trump…
Indonesian passenger ferry fire kills 5 and leaves 41 missing
SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian ferry carrying 271 people caught fire in waters off the main island…
At least five dead, 41 missing after ferry catches fire off Indonesia | Shipping News
The ship was carrying 271 passengers and crew members when the blaze broke out as it sailed eastwards…
Death toll from southern Japan quake rises to 36 with a death linked to heat stroke
TOKYO (AP) — An elderly woman who developed heat stroke while taking shelter in a car is the…
China holds military drills near disputed shoal in the South China Sea
BEIJING (AP) — China conducted military drills near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on…
Two former Sri Lanka officials sentenced to death for negligence in deadly Easter bombings
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan court on Friday sentenced a former police chief and a…