UN report: 80 percent of the world’s hungry people live in Gaza

Since October 7 of last year, the occupying Israeli forces have been carrying out inhumane attacks on Gaza. Not only did they attack, they also blocked the entire valley. Even the children are not spared from the brutal killings of the soldiers. The continuous attacks of the Israeli forces have also created an extreme humanitarian […]

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World Bank raises South Asia growth forecast to 6.4% on India demand

India’s economic growth forecast for the current fiscal year, ending in March 2025, was revised to 7% year-on-year, up from April’s estimate of 6.6%, helped by a rebound in agricultural output and increased private consumption. The World Bank raised its growth forecast for South Asia to 6.4% in 2024 from an earlier estimate of 6.0%, […]

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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un wants to speed up becoming a nuclear superpower

Kim mentioned South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol by name for the second time in a week in denouncing Seoul for colluding with Washington to destabilize the region to gloss over the fact it does not even have proper strategic weapons. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will speed up steps toward […]

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President Yoon says South Korea to form strategic partnership with Singapore next year

Yoon, who is visiting Singapore for a summit with Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, said in a televised address that the two nations will deepen cooperation in fields such as artificial intelligence and startups under the strategic partnership. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said his country has agreed with Singapore to enter into a […]

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Most Taiwanese believe China unlikely to invade in coming five years: poll

Over the past five years or so, China’s military has significantly ramped up its activities around Taiwan, which Beijing views as its own territory over the strong objections of the government in Taipei, and has never renounced the use of force to bring the island under its control. Most Taiwanese believe China is unlikely to […]

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Japan’s top diplomat raises concerns with China’s Wang about stabbings, military activity

Last month a 10-year-old boy enrolled in a Japanese school was fatally stabbed in the city of Shenzhen, while in June a Chinese national was killed while trying to shield a Japanese mother and her child from an assailant who attacked a bus used by a Japanese school in the city of Suzhou. Japan’s new […]

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Indonesia’s Prabowo defends plan to expand government with ‘fat’ cabinet

Prabowo, who will be sworn in on Oct. 20, plans to add about 10 ministries and agencies, a move seen as a way to create senior jobs for politicians in his seven-party coalition. Indonesia’s President-elect Prabowo Subianto has defended his plan to expand government agencies, saying it is needed for a strong administration even if […]

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