Representatives of Iran and the world powers working to save the nuclear deal with Tehran agreed Tuesday in Vienna to do everything possible to preserve the landmark 2015 agreement in their first ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey Announces Arrest of a Major Islamic State Militant
The country’s interior minister said Mahmut Ozden, described as a top Islamic State figure in Turkey, had been planning attacks and kidnappings. ( read original story ...)
Discovery of threatened species drives bid to protect Vietnam forest
Recently disclosed results from an extensive survey have revealed the presence of several highly endangered species in a forest that is not currently under any legal protection in Vietnam’s central ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines not a ‘vassal state,’ Manila says in defying U.S. sanctions
Subsidiaries of Beijing-owned China Communications Construction Co. are under U.S. sanctions targeting Chinese militarization of the South China Sea. Those restrictions are not of concern, Manila said ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines Will Not Follow US In Blacklisting China Firms: Official
The Philippines will not follow the US lead in blacklisting Chinese companies involved in the construction of artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea, the president's spokesman said Tuesday ... ( read original story ...)
Why Warren Buffett is gambling on Japan’s distinctive dealmakers
Japan’s sogo sosha — or general trading houses — have a distinctive culture, fierce competitive streak and a horror of being compared to their rivals. One of them is the world’s biggest handler of ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea and Japan brace for Maysak, the strongest typhoon of 2020
After already causing destruction in Japan's Ryukyu Islands, powerful Typhoon Maysak is now preparing to unleash a strike on the Korean Peninsula and western Japan as the most potent storm to prowl ... ( read original story ...)
Strong typhoon sweeps southern Japan, heads to Koreas
A powerful typhoon blew over Japan's southernmost islands on Tuesday and was headed toward the country's main southern island and the Korean Peninsula. More than 20,000 homes were left without ... ( read original story ...)
Five illegal immigrants bound for Bengaluru nabbed along Indo-Bangladesh border in West Bengal
Illegal immigrants rounded up from Karnataka and sent back to Bangladesh seem to be making efforts to trickle back in. Early on Tuesday, troops of the ... ( read original story ...)
TIB concerned as Bangladesh moves to re-register online portals of newspapers, TV
Transparency International Bangladesh, or TIB, has condemned a government directive to separately register all online portals in Bangladesh, particularly those of the long-serving national newspapers ... ( read original story ...)