Hundreds of thousands of Cambodian migrant workers have returned from Thailand following deadly border clashes between the two neighbours, a labour ministry official told AFP yesterday.

US President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday Vice President JD Vance is “most likely” to secure the Republican party nomination for president in 2028.

Pakistan has started to deport documented Afghan refugees ahead of its deadline for them to leave, according to the United Nations, in a move that could see more than 1 million Afghans expelled from the country.

The Israeli army said yesterday that it killed a Hezbollah operative in the Bekaa region of east Lebanon who it said was directing militant cells in Syria.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced pushback from the head of the military over his proposal to seize remaining areas of Gaza it doesn’t already control during a tense three-hour meeting, three Israeli officials said.

Heavy rain and blocked roads hampered rescue efforts in India’s Himalayan state of Uttarakhand yesterday, a day after sudden flooding and landslides killed four people and left dozens missing.

US envoy Steve Witkoff's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday went well, a White House official said, adding that Washington still planned to proceed with secondary sanctions on Friday

Brazil on Wednesday approached the World Trade Organization for relief against trade tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump

Myanmar’s generals may also try to use Trump’s apparent interest in the country’s rare earths as leverage in their attempt to normalise relations with the United States ahead of a poll.

Hamas accused Israel of forcing truck drivers to take unsafe routes to reach aid distribution centres.

Students and survivors laid flowers at the memorial cenotaph with the ruins of a domed building in the background

China is the world's biggest importer of shrimp by volume, but Indonesians have preferred to sell to the US where they could get better prices, Budhi said.

Trump's latest salvo brings duties on various Brazilian goods from 10 percent to 50 percent

The roaring waters tore down a narrow mountain valley, demolishing buildings as the flood barrelled into the town of Dharali in Uttarakhand state.

New Delhi is now left with the surprise imposition of a 25% tariff on Indian goods from Friday

That's real starvation stuff. I see it, and you can't fake that, the US president said

A “one-in, one-out” deal in which Britain can return some migrants who cross the Channel in small boats back to France came into force yesterday, the UK government announced.

Nations must resolve the global plastics crisis, the head of UN talks told negotiators from 180 countries gathered in Geneva yesterday to forge a landmark treaty on eliminating the life-threatening waste.

Iran has arrested three members of a suspected sabotage cell linked to the exiled opposition for attempting to disrupt public order, Iranian media reported yesterday.

Brazil’s Supreme Court put former President Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest on Monday ahead of his trial for an alleged coup plot, underscoring the court’s resolve despite escalating tariffs and sanctions from US President Donald Trump.