Yemen’s Houthis attack Aden airport as fighting intensifies
Published: 8:20pm, 7 Oct 2026Updated: 8:33pm, 7 Oct 2026 Yemen’s Houthis attacked Aden’s international airport with ballistic missiles and explosive-laden drones on Wednesday, the...
Why do Hong Kong’s Election Committee polls matter as nominations open?
Published: 8:07pm, 7 Oct 2026Updated: 11:01pm, 7 Oct 2026 The nomination period opened on Wednesday for election to the 1,500-member body responsible for choosing...
Hong Kong police arrest 17 more over HK$137 million ‘crash-for-cash’ scam
Hong Kong police have arrested 17 more people linked to a suspected “crash-for-cash” scam syndicate as authorities investigate 669 suspicious claims totalling more than...
14 years after Nirbhaya gang rape horror, has India progressed on women’s safety?
Bhavya Gupta was a Grade 4 student when the 2012 horrific gang rape and murder of a medical college intern who was on a...
China’s New Strain Could Kill 20M? Russian Lab Leaks Plague Just After China–Russia Border Drill
Just over a month earlier, from August 24 to 27, the 2026 joint China-Russia emergency drill for cross-border infectious disease outbreaks took place in...
Chinese consortium to build Latin America’s longest cable-stayed bridge in Brazil
Chinese contractors will build Latin America’s longest cable-stayed bridge, a trans-bay span in Brazil, as their latest stamp on new infrastructure overseas. A consortium...
Abby Choi gave HK$2m for waffle shop to ‘bootlicker’ ex-brother-in-law, trial told
Published: 7:55pm, 7 Oct 2026Updated: 8:00pm, 7 Oct 2026 The mother of slain Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung has told a court that...
‘No more dumping, no more spying’: European Parliament hardens line on China
Published: 7:48pm, 7 Oct 2026Updated: 8:53pm, 7 Oct 2026 The European Parliament voted for a significantly tougher China position on Wednesday, despite strong and...
‘Nothing is left’: deadly floods slam Thai economy and strain Bangkok ahead of IMF meeting
Monsoon floods in Thailand have killed 60 people since mid-September, officials said, as surging waters exact an increasing economic toll – destroying homes and...