Over recent years, the chewy rice cakes have killed and hospitalized hundreds of people in Japan, where it is eaten to celebrate the new year.
Thousands of forced disappearances under Hasina rule in Bangladesh: Inquiry
The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances finds that out of 1,569 confirmed cases, 287 fell into the ‘missing and dead’ category. Bangladesh has revealed that enforced disappearance cases ...
T20 World Cup in crisis after Bangladesh refuse to play in India
Bangladesh have declared that they will no longer play matches in India, putting next month’s T20 World Cup into crisis.
Pakistan and China call for ‘visible and verifiable’ steps against Afghan-based terror groups
Pakistan and China have called for more visible and verifiable steps to eliminate terrorist organizations based in Afghanistan.
China, Pakistan reaffirm ties as US outreach to Islamabad deepens
China and Pakistan pledged on Monday to further deepen ties and expand cooperation, reaffirming to each other their historically "ironclad" friendship as signs of rapprochement between Islamabad and ...
Indonesia Tries Ex-Minister Makarim in Chromebook Graft Case
Indonesian prosecutors opened proceedings in a graft trial against former education minister Nadiem Makarim over the procurement of Chromebooks for use in schools, alleging the project caused 2.1 ...
US capture of Maduro tests limits of China’s diplomatic push
China's top diplomat accused the U.S. of acting like a "world judge" by seizing Venezuela's leader Nicolas Maduro to put him on trial in New York, with Beijing set to confront Washington at the United ...
Turkey’s return to F-35 programme vital for Nato security, says Erdogan
Erdogan said he made his pitch personally to Trump during their White House meeting in September, calling the decision to expel Turkey from the F-35 programme 'unjust' ...
Vietnam wraps up 2025 with 21.2 million foreign arrivals, an all-time high
Vietnam welcomed a record number of foreign tourists in 2025 with 21.2 million, up 20.4% from the previous year and the highest ever, according to General Statistics Office.
Vietnam 2025 GDP growth accelerates to 8.02%, statistics office says
[HANOI] Vietnam’s gross domestic product growth accelerated to 8.02 per cent in 2025 from 7.09 per cent in 2024, preliminary government data showed on Monday (Jan 5). For the fourth quarter, GDP grew ...