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Al-Qaeda, one of the world’s largest international terrorist organizations, foresees the imminent outbreak of World War III and is seriously counting on emerging as one of its victors.

Authorities in Ukraine have arrested 11 suspects while dismantling a fraudulent call center that scammed victims across Europe, the EU’s judicial cooperation agency said Monday.

A former mayor from the Philippines, who faced accusations of spying for China, has been found guilty of human trafficking due to her involvement in operating a scam center.

The operation covered 18 countries across Asia and North Africa, with authorities reportedly seizing fentanyl in amounts "enough to kill 151 million people."

The agreement allows Washington to occupy the space vacated by Moscow, pushing Russia away from its previous territories in West Asia while Vladimir Putin focuses on his expansionist ambitions in Ukraine

In 2024, Japan experienced almost 1 million more deaths than births, resulting in the nation's most significant one-year drop in domestic population since government surveys started nearly sixty years ago

On Monday, President Trump celebrated a victory following the reaching of a ceasefire agreement between Cambodia and Thailand, bringing an end to the deadly conflict that broke out between the two Southeast Asian countries last week

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that his administration is preparing to impose a new round of tariffs starting at a minimum rate of 15%.

President Trump is set to visit China shortly, probably to discuss tariffs and other matters, Secretary of State Marco Rubio disclosed on Friday after a meeting with his counterpart from Beijing

President Trump announced on Thursday that his administration would start informing several trading partners about unilateral tariffs that could reach up to 70%

Asian stocks mostly declined on Friday amid rising uncertainty regarding the future after a US court halted many of President Donald Trump's extensive tariffs

American and Taiwanese officials have estimated China will be ready to invade Taiwan by 2027 after rapidly modernizing its military over the past two decades.

A high-rise building under construction in Bangkok collapsed after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Thailand and neighboring Myanmar midday on Friday, police said, and possible casualties are not yet known.

The number of Russians signing up to fight in Ukraine at Moscow recruitment centers have dropped five-fold over the last six months, with the Kremlin seeing more foreigners sign up for the cause in exchange for the enlistment payout, according to a new report.

Senator Tammy Duckworth requested Trump's nominee for defense secretary to identify at least one nation in ASEAN. He was unable to do so

South Korea’s acting leader on Friday accepted the resignation of the chief of the presidential security service, Park Jong-joon, as he faced police questioning over how his forces blocked law enforcement efforts to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol last week.

South Korea’s National Assembly voted to impeach the country’s acting leader, Han Duck-soo.

Recently released close-up photos of Azerbaijan Airlines flight JS-8243's wreckage reveal that the ill-fated aircraft seems to have been hit by multiple fragments or similar objects before it crash-landed in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day

A flight operated by Azerbaijan Airlines that crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday was brought down by a Russian air defense system, according to four sources in Azerbaijan familiar with the investigation, as reported by Reuters

The South Korean leader announced the imposition of martial law

Extensive use of the Telegram messaging app by powerful criminal networks in Southeast Asia has led to a fundamental shift in how organized crime is able to carry out large-scale illegal operations, according to a United Nations report released on Monday

A new astonishing report has found that the world's highest summit is still growing more and more each year due to an ancient phenomenon from nearly 90,000 years ago.

Angkor Wat, a temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia, that serves both Hindu and Buddhist purposes, has seen a surge of tourists mimicking a Temple Run, a well-known mobile game, across its sacred grounds

In March, Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani threw a three-day prenuptial bash for his son that included a 1,200-person guest list, including former world leaders, tech tycoons and Bollywood's megastars, and a performance by renowned singer Rihanna.