Israeli strike kills 3 Palestinian police officers in Gaza
An Israeli air strike killed three Palestinian police officers east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday, the Hamas-run Interior Ministry said,...
Turkish pro-Kurd MPs meet veteran Kurdish leader in Iraq
Pro-Kurdish Turkish lawmakers conveyed a message on Sunday to Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani from Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the Kurdistan Workers’...
Hong Kong temperatures set to drop to 14 degrees Celsius after warm Sunday
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US State Department cuts line on ‘Taiwan independence’ from website fact sheet
A line saying that Washington does not support Taiwan independence has been removed from the US Department of State’s website. Advertisement The website updated...
Sri Lanka’s first elephant orphanage celebrates 50 years
Sri Lanka’s main elephant orphanage marked its 50th anniversary on Sunday with a fruit feast for the 68 jumbos at the showpiece centre, reputedly...
Kai Tak Sports Park ‘ready to open’, Hong Kong officials say after last big test
Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park is “ready to open” on March 1, authorities have declared after organising almost 20 test runs over the...
China unveils world’s first oil production ship with carbon capture facilities
China said on Saturday it had built the world’s first offshore oil production and storage vessel capable of capturing carbon dioxide, taking another step...
US Navy Outsourcing Plan Signals Strong Future for South Korean Shipbuilders
The Trump administration will continue to bolster US shipbuilding capacity through a defense industrial partnership with its allies. News Analysis South Korea’s shipbuilding industry...
UK’s Starmer prepares to raise defence spending
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is preparing to overrule his finance minister Rachel Reeves and order more defence spending, after the United States demanded...