LONDON - British junior trade minister Douglas Alexander is visiting Taiwan for talks on Sunday, the UK government said, on a trip that is aimed at boosting trade with Taipei but is likely to anger China.

Since Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Moscow and Pyongyang have drawn closer together.

Its national meteorological service warned the risk of heavy rain and flash floods will remain high until at least July 1.

Around 10 soldiers were wounded, some critically, and they were being airlifted to a military hospital, the sources said.

The damning indictments in two cases expose flaws in a system that prides itself on a 99.8 per cent conviction rate.

The victim sustained serious injuries, including a fractured hip and head wounds.

The authorities raised the citys flood emergency response level to the highest level on June 28.

He was credited with turning China Eastern Airlines around after it posted record losses before he was appointed.

She made a one-day trip to inspect damage in the hardest-hit area of Phaya Mengrai district.

Ms Paetongtarn Shinawatra is battling to keep a fragile government coalition together.

Authorities believe the drugs owners left it behind in anticipation of tougher new rules.

The central government will now bear 70 per cent of all compensation funds related to flood diversions.

Nearly half of Tuvalus 10,000-strong population has applied for the visa lottery, which opened last week.

The government has been collaborating with the Pokemon Company.

No tsunami alert was triggered.

He has protested against the special prosecutor's demands to appear for questioning under media attention.

A new order to arrest a senior clergyman over allegations of plotting to overthrow the government triggered scuffles outside the most celebrated church in Armenia on Friday, according to Armenian news reports.

The US leader and North Korea's leader Kim held 3 summits during Trumps 2017-2021 first term.

In the Philippines, beauty pageants are a multimillion-peso cultural phenomenon followed like a national sport.

When a scammer calls or texts, the sophisticated digital decoys spring into action.

Thai PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra said reports indicated the bombs were meant to create unrest in the region.

The League of Social Democrats was founded in 2006.

Victim's family criticises rescue effort for being slow, rescuers say they were hampered by the weather.

In 2024, the Chinese government listed the commercial space sector as a new engine of economic growth .

BANGKOK - Thailand's foreign ministry said on Friday it was taken aback by an unprecedented public attack on the Thai premier and her family by Cambodia's influential former leader, but stressed the need for diplomacy to resolve an escalating bilateral dispute.

The vehicle, which was travelling from KL to Singapore, suffered a burst front right tyre.

The family was having a picnic breakfast by the Swat River in northern Pakistan.

Adding eel to endangered species list could limit trade in popular Japanese food

On international platforms, he earns praise but faces rising scepticism domestically.

MADRID/LONDON - Scores of world leaders will be sweltering in the summer sun of southern Spain next week at a once-a-decade United Nations development financing summit aimed at curbing global poverty, disease and the worst-case threats of climate change.

The agriculture and food security minister said the nation recorded RM1.3 billion in pineapple output value in 2024.

Sara Duterte is facing removal from her post and a lifetime ban from office if convicted.

All 154 passengers and seven crew members on board were safe and unharmed.

Several leading power bank manufacturers in China have recently recalled batches of battery products.

Services such as manicures, pedicures, facials, and haircuts will remain exempt under the revised tax regime.

As of June 27, Cambodia has recorded five deaths among seven confirmed cases in 2025.

Admiral Miao Hua had been under investigation for alleged corruption.

Phumtham insisted that Thailand remains firmly committed to legality and transparency.

Muslims, particularly from the eastern part of the country, are terrified," said an activist.

They were arrested on Ganghwa Island, a popular site among anti-North Korean groups.