More than 1,000 arrested in Cambodian cyber-scam raids
Nationwide detentions follow directive from Prime Minister Hun Manet to crack down on criminal operations.
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Bahrain to invest $17bn in US amid deals with Boeing, Oracle, Cisco
The Trump administration says the new investments will create 30,000 US jobs.
Trump lashes out at ‘PAST supporters’ over ‘Epstein Hoax’
Trump calls those on the US right who criticised his handling of information over Jeffrey Epstein 'my past supporters'.
At trial, Meta investors, Zuckerberg face off on alleged data violations
Case began in 2018, following revelations that data from millions of Facebook users was accessed by Cambridge Analytica.
Second Israeli ultra-Orthodox party to quit government in blow to Netanyahu
The ultra-Orthodox Shas party says it will leave the government in response to dispute over mandatory military service.
‘Catalyst for progress’: Nvidia CEO hails China’s AI at Beijing expo
An estimated 650 companies from 60 countries have gathered at the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing.
Ceasefire collapses in Syria’s Suwayda as Israel threatens escalation
Sectarian violence in the predominantly Druze city has resumed in force with deaths reported in the dozens.
Indonesia’s Prabowo hails ‘new era’ in US ties after Trump trade deal
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto welcomes deal to lower tariff rate from 32 to 19 percent.
Cambodia deploys rodents for life-saving mine detection operations
Giant pouched rats expertly detect TNT, helping clear mines and remnants from Cambodia's conflict-ridden terrain.
‘North Korea is now a more important ally for Russia than Iran or China’
Pyongyang is reportedly planning to deploy thousands more troops to back Russia.
France, UK, Germany to reimpose Iran sanctions in August if no progress
France's foreign minister says sanctions lifted under a 2015 deal would return if no breakthrough on nuclear issue.
Thai ex-PM Thaksin could face 15 years in prison in royal defamation case
Just two weeks earlier, his daughter Paetongtarn was suspended as prime minister by the country's Constitutional Court.
Twelfth volcanic eruption in four years felt in Iceland near capital
Residents in the nearby fishing town of Grindavik and guests at a luxury geothermal spa resort are evacuated.
China jails Japanese businessman for espionage, embassy says
Astellas Pharma employee sentenced to three and a half years in prison, Japan's embassy in Beijing says.
Cuban minister resigns after suggesting beggars are pretending
Labour Minister Marta Elena Feito Cabrera's comments dismissing poverty in the Caribbean nation trigger angry backlash.
Trump says Ukraine should not target Moscow
US president's remarks follow report saying he encouraged Kyiv to step up strikes inside Russian territory.
Pentagon withdraws 2,000 National Guard troops from Los Angeles
The Trump administration said about half the troops deployed to help enforce immigration raids would leave the city.
UN agency sounds alarm as 1 in 10 children in Gaza now malnourished
US nurse tells of Israeli authorities confiscating supplies of baby formula being brought into Gaza by medical workers.
Indonesia arrests 12 for trafficking babies to Singapore
Police say the suspects have sent more than a dozen babies to Singapore for adoption.
Israel bombs Syria’s Druze city of Suwayda hours after ceasefire
The Israeli bombings come after the Syrian government and a Druze leader both said the truce had been broken.