US pitches AI, LNG and SMR cooperation with ASEAN, opening opportunities for India
US Ambassador to ASEAN Kevin Kim in a virtual media briefing said Washington was prioritising advanced technologies and energy security across Southeast Asia.
US Ambassador to ASEAN Kevin Kim in a virtual media briefing said Washington was prioritising advanced technologies and energy security across Southeast Asia.
Police said there was no known connection between the suspect and either victim, while investigators are examining witness accounts that the attacker shouted "Allahu Akbar" during both assaults.
Asif Ali Zardari has asked all federal, provincial and local authorities to intensify coordinated preparedness, rescue and relief measures, with Pakistan entering a "critical phase of the monsoon season".
He noted that India advocates for the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure, regularly deploys field hospitals, provides search and rescue teams, and sends relief materials and medical supplies.
Fresh statements from Tehran and Washington point to deepening confrontation, with both sides hardening their public positions even as the US says it remains open to diplomacy.
Thailand on Sunday confirmed that the death toll has reached 17 and 32 injured, with 77 people missing after a powerful earthquake hit the neighbouring Myanmar, sending strong tremors across Thailand.
Amid growing unrest in Pakistan’s Balochistan, the provincial government has imposed a ban on night-time travel across several key national highways.
US President Donald Trump has hit out at "fake news media" and the "radical left" for allegedly conducting a biased coverage of messages leaked from a Signal group chat, where US officials had discussed strikes on Iran-backed Houthi targets in Yemen.
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake jolted 79 km SSE of Pangai, Tonga, at 1:18 local time on Monday, the US Geological Survey said.
Wildfires in South Korea reignited in the southeastern part of the country overnight, fire authorities said on Saturday, adding firefighting helicopters were dispatched to extinguish them.
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