WORLD NEWS: US ANNOUNCES $2.5 BILLION SECURITY ASSISTANCE PACKAGE FOR UKRAINE
The United States announced a $2.5 billion security assistance package for Ukraine on Monday as Washington races to provide aid to Kyiv before President-elect Donald...
JUST IN: THREE FOREIGNERS KILLED IN THAILAND TOURIST HOTEL BLAZE
Three foreigners died and seven other people were injured after a fire at a hotel in a popular tourist area of Thailand’s capital, city authorities...
WORLD NEWS: JEJU AIR CRASH PROMPTS MASS TRIP CANCELLATIONS IN S’KOREA
After 179 people were killed on Jeju Air Flight 2216 in the worst plane crash in South Korea, the low-cost carrier told AFP Monday it was...
JUST IN: OVER 170 FEARED DEAD AFTER SOUTH KOREA PLANE CRASHES IN MUAN
A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Thailand to South Korea crashed on arrival Sunday, smashing into a barrier and bursting into flames, leaving...
MALAYSIA CONSTRUCTION WORKER FLOGGED IN MOSQUE FOR CRIME OF GENDER MIXING
Agency Report A man was flogged inside a Malaysia mosque on Friday after being convicted of an Islamic offence for spending time alone with a...
CHINESE COURT SENTENCES DRIVER WHO KILLED 35 IN CAR RAMMING TO DEATH
A man who killed 35 people in a car attack in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai last month was sentenced to death on Friday,...
WORLD NEWS: SUZUKI MOTOR’S CHAIRMAN, OSAMU SUZUKI DIES AGED 94
Osamu Suzuki, who grew small-car specialist Suzuki Motor into an international brand with huge successes in India, died Wednesday at age 94 after bouts with...
INDIA’S FORMER PRIME MINISTER MANMOHAN SINGH DIES AT 92
Agency Report Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister whose economic reforms made his country a global powerhouse, has died at the age of 92....
NEWS: ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE KILLS FIVE JOURNALISTS IN PALESTINE
A Palestinian TV channel affiliated with a militant group said five of its journalists were killed Thursday in an Israeli strike on their vehicle in...
JUST-IN: JAPAN AIRLINES RESTORE SYSTEMS AFTER CYBERATTACK DISRUPT FLIGHTS
Japan Airlines said its systems were up and running again after a cyberattack on Thursday caused delays to domestic and international flights. “We have identified...