The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an East African bloc, and partners on Thursday launched a project to protect civilians from climatic shocks, conflict and displacement.

Austria's gross domestic product (GDP) edged down 0.2 percent year on year in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2024, as industrial activity remained sluggish, the Austrian Institute of Economic Research ...

The Ethiopian government announced Thursday that the country's all-weather road coverage has expanded to 170,000 km, marking a significant increase in its road density.

Constitutional reforms proposed by Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega to further consolidate power by extending his control over other parts of government won final approval on Thursday, after a ...

A British man captured fighting on the Ukrainian side in Russia's Kursk region will face terrorism and mercenary charges that could see him jailed for years, Russian state investigators said on ...

The flood situation in Sabah and Sarawak has worsened, with the total number of evacuees housed at temporary evacuation centres (PPS) in the two states rising to 11,886 people as of 8pm on Thursday ...

Clubs worldwide made a record 22,779 international transfers in men's soccer in 2024 for a total spend of $8.59 billion, world soccer's governing body FIFA said in its Global Transfer Report published ...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday presented a letter the government is sending to Google arguing the Google Maps platform should not accept the change made by President Donald Trump to ...

XIAMEN/TAIPEI: A joint fireworks display lit up the night sky on Wednesday (Jan 29) in Xiamen, a coastal city on the Chinese mainland, and Kinmen, as both sides celebrated the Chinese New Year.

KUCHING: The current floods in Bintulu have been described as the worst ever recorded, with more than 1,900 people evacuated to temporary relief centres (PPS) as of 8 pm on Thursday (Jan 30).

Millions of devout Hindus thronged the northern Indian city of Prayagraj on Thursday (Jan 30) for the Maha Kumbh festival, a day after dozens died in a stampede at the largest gathering of humanity in ...

Top computer chip equipment maker ASML has decided to stop publishing the most closely-watched figure in its quarterly financial results, new order bookings, saying it is too "lumpy" and leads to ...