Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said on Friday that his country would not start a war but that it would “respond strongly” to anyone who tried to bully it. Raisi’s comments came after days of speculation about how Washington might retaliate after three US

Malaysia halved the jail sentence on Friday of former premier Najib Razak, who was convicted of graft and money laundering related to the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal, a move expected to raise further questions about Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's commitment to fighting graft.

Malaysia is searching for dozens of Rohingya refugees and other people from Myanmar after they escaped from a temporary immigration detention centre in the country’s north. One man was killed after 131 men escaped from the Bidor facility in the northern state of Perak on Thursday

The United States is preparing for strikes on Iran-linked targets in Iraq and Syria as it concluded that Iran manufactured the drone which slammed into a US base in Jordan. Citing US officials, CBS News reported on Thursday that Washington has sanctioned plans for multi-day strikes

Thailand's Move Forward party's advocacy to change the royal defamation law, among the world's strictest, was dealt a severe blow on Wednesday. The country's Constitutional Court ruled the plan to reform the lese majeste laws protecting King Maha Vajiralongkorn was

The US has managed to dismantle the hacking efforts of a Chinese state-sponsored group that had been targeting key public infrastructure like the power grid and pipelines, says the FBI. The FBI's director told lawmakers it had executed a campaign to shut down the "Volt

Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been jailed for 14 years, the second sentence handed to Pakistan's former prime minister in two days. The couple were convicted of illegally profiting from state gifts - just a week before a general election in which he is barred from

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit NATO member Turkey to meet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Feb. 12, a Turkish official said on Wednesday. Putin’s visit will be his first to a NATO member since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Armenia on Thursday formally joined the International Criminal Court (ICC), officials said, in a move that traditional ally Moscow has denounced as “unfriendly.” The Hague-based court in March issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war in

Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been sentenced to 14 years in prison, a day after the former Pakistan prime minister was jailed for 10 years. Khan, who was ousted as PM by his opponents in 2022, is already serving a three-year jail term after being convicted of corruption.

The United Nations' top court will hand down its verdict on Wednesday in a case brought by Ukraine against Russia for alleged "terrorism financing" and "racial discrimination" after its annexation of Crimea in 2014. Kyiv has accused Moscow of being a

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 106 km N of Hihifo, Tonga at 0435 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 15.00 degrees south latitude and 173.63 degrees west longitude. Source Xinhua

President Joe Biden says he has decided how the US will respond to a drone strike that killed three American troops in Jordan at the weekend. Mr Biden did not elaborate in his remarks at the White House, but added: "I don't think we need a wider war in the Middle East."

At least 19 people were killed early Tuesday after a double-decker passenger bus collided with a trailer on the Mazatlan-Culiacan Highway in northern Mexico, Sinaloa state Attorney General Sara Bruna Quinonez Estrada confirmed. In a message posted on social media platform X, the head

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in jail, state media and a spokesman for his party said, in a controversial case related to a leaked document. The sentence, handed down following a trial held inside the jail where Khan has been detained for

The United States does not want a war with Iran but must respond to an "escalatory" drone strike in Jordan that killed three troops, the White House said Monday. "We are not looking for a war with Iran," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters,

Iran executed four men at dawn on Monday after they were convicted of collaborating with the country’s arch-foe Israel on a plan to sabotage an Iranian defense site, according to the judiciary. The four defendants, identified as Mohammad Faramarzi, Mohsen Mazloum, Wafa Azarbar,

Voters in Finland are heading to the polls on Sunday to begin the process of electing a new head of state. Nine candidates are in the running to replace incumbent President Sauli Niinisto, 75, who is required to step down after serving two six-year terms. None of the contenders is

Saudi authorities have allowed conducting marriage contracts at Islam’s two holiest sites in Mecca and Medina as part of initiatives launched to enrich the experiences of pilgrims and visitors, according to a Saudi newspaper. The initiative was unveiled by the Ministry of Hajj

Nine Pakistani workers were gunned down by unidentified attackers in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province near the border with Pakistan on Saturday, as the neighbouring countries have sought to ease tensions after deadly cross-border fire. Iran’s Mehr news agency reported