Asia

World Bank says 26 poorest countries in worst financial shape since 2006

The report finds that these economies are poorer today on average than they were on the eve of the COVID-19 pandemic, even as the rest of the world has largely recovered from COVID

Japan PM calls snap election to 'create a new Japan'

Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior coalition partner are almost certain to be re-elected on October 27, with the premier banking on his honeymoon popularity and a fragmented opposition to secure a majority

Short on troops, Australia opens military to non-citizens 

Citizens from Britain, Canada, New Zealand and the United States are being favored, says defense minister

Indonesia's Mount Ibu erupts again, spewing gray ash 7,000 meters high

The volcano, which is located on an island in the eastern North Maluku province, erupted for more than six minutes, according to the chief of Indonesia’s Geology Agency

Alleged blasphemy triggers violent Muslim mob attack on Pakistani Christians

Witnesses and minority rights leaders said protesters ransacked and burned down the house, as well as a small shoemaking factory of a 70-year-old Christian man

Heat across Asia 45 times more likely because of climate change, study finds

Scientists use established climate models to quickly determine whether human-caused climate change played a part in extreme weather events around the world

Conflict, violence push global internal displacement to record high levels

Nearly 76 million people have been internally displaced by conflict and violence, with nearly half of all IDPs living in sub-Saharan Africa.

Australia boosts Philippine military ties as South China Sea tensions rise 

US, Japan join efforts to protect ‘global rules-based order’ 

South Korea's opposition leader urges the president to accept investigation of wife, top officials  

Their meeting was their first since Yoon took office in 2022 after defeating Lee in the country’s closest presidential election

US Seeks to Seize Former Mongolian Prime Minister's New York Apartments

Landslide in Southern Philippines Kills Six

Six people dead and dozens missing in disaster in mining town; 27 miners on buses that were buried also missing