The Venezuelan oil industry has made the country rich, but economic mismanagement and foreign interference led to years of instability.
Kharg Island handles about 90 per cent of Iran’s crude oil exports.
The death toll in Iran has been difficult to tally amid chronic disruptions to communications.
The US president says Iran’s energy infrastructure will be targeted if Tehran doesn’t comply with his ultimatum.
Hong Kong recorded a record-low number of births in 2025 after a two-year uptick.
The US president is demanding that China and other nations send ships to secure the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
The UK-based activist group ‘Everyone Hates Elon’ claimed responsibility for the stunt.
The former Philippine leader has long insisted he instructed police to kill only in self-defence and has always defended the drug crackdown.
The student-led National Citizen Party has joined an electoral alliance with the Islamist Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party.
Man carrying the balloons and woman inside the lift were treated for burns.
Christy Lee lost her home and her husband to Hong Kong’s deadliest blaze in decades.
Alex Honnold conquers the 508m tower without ropes, harnesses, safety gear or parachute to complete tallest urban free solo climb in history.
International observers and bodies have slammed the elections as a sham that is neither free nor fair.
Analysts warn that structural reforms are vital to address China’s deepening slide in population numbers as well as its birth rate.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has tried but failed so far to re-engage with the North after years of heightened tension.
Guryong village is home to mostly elderly, low-income residents including those evicted by redevelopment projects in Seoul.
The surge in food exports from the country comes amid the popularity of Netflix film KPop Demon Hunters.
The surge in food exports from the country comes amid the popularity of Netflix film KPop Demon Hunters.
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Iranian authorities warned the US and Israel they would retaliate if Washington follows through on threat to intervene.
Trump corollary of the Monroe Doctrine envisions a far more assertive and aggressive US foreign policy towards Latin America.
In Venezuela, supporters rallied behind the detained leader while critics in exile applauded Maduro’s arrest.
Troops simulate attacks on maritime targets and conduct anti-air and anti-submarine operations to the north and south of the island.
China said it will help the Asean monitor the ceasefire agreement between the two feuding nations.
The disgraced former prime minister was found guilty in the final criminal trial stemming from the corrupt 1MDB fund.
Christmas Eve is KFC’s busiest day in Japan. Millions of families visit branches across the country to enjoy special holiday menus.
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The Japanese government wants to return to nuclear energy to fuel its economy and offset its reliance on foreign energy imports.
Australia marked a day of reflection to honour the 15 people killed in the Bondi Beach attack.
The suspected Bondi shooters allegedly travelled to the southern Philippines, a region long plagued by Islamist militancy, days before the attack.
The suspected Bondi shooters allegedly travelled to the southern Philippines, a region long plagued by Islamist militancy, days before the attack.
The prosecutors’ investigation found Yoon had been seeking to provoke a military confrontation with North Korea and to upset constitutional order.