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Thailand's new Prime Minister, Srettha Thavisin has met with US companies including Microsoft, Google, and Estee Lauder in his first trip abroad since coming to power last month, looking to draw investment to boost a flagging economy.…

The United States will provide an additional $116 million in humanitarian aid for Myanmar, Bangladesh, and the surrounding region to support Rohingya refugees who fled Myanmar, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. With this new funding,…

The official panel responsible for organizing elections in Pakistan has announced that the much-awaited national parliamentary polls will take place in the last week of January, confirming a delay of about two months and ending uncertainty…

Japanese Crown Prince Akishino, the younger brother of Emperor Naruhito, met Vietnamese Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan as he started his visit to Hanoi marking the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two nations. The…

Indonesia's parliament has passed President Joko Widodo's 3,325.1 trillion rupiah ($216.06 billion) budget for 2024, his final year in office, with a fiscal deficit of 2.29% of gross domestic product. The budget assumes economic growth of…

South Korea's opposition-controlled parliament in a surprise move has voted to allow prosecutors to serve an arrest warrant against the main opposition leader who is facing an investigation into bribery and breach of duty charges. The vote…

A gas explosion at a highway construction site in Romania has killed four people and injured five, emergency authorities said. The blast happened around 1 a.m. near the eastern town of Calimanesti, said the emergency office in a…

Lebanese security agencies have launched an investigation into a late-night shooting outside the US Embassy that caused no injuries, officials said. Report says No one claimed responsibility for the small arms fire Wednesday night near…

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has said that relations with the United States can move forward if the Biden administration demonstrates it wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal, and a first step should be easing sanctions. He told a…

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has arrived in China's eastern city of Hangzhou, kicking off his first visit to the Asian nation since 2004 as he makes further strides to end more than a decade of diplomatic isolation amid Western…