Daily Asia briefing

Donald Trump on Friday (Apr 17) announced that the Pentagon will soon declassify UFO files amid growing transparency calls.

"Several" People Killed As Gunman Opens Fire In Kyiv, Says Mayor

The deadly incident comes just days after Israel and Lebanon announced a 10-day ceasefire.

2 Indian-Flagged Vessels Attacked By Iran Gunboats In Hormuz, Crew Safe: Sources

UN Children's Fund calls on Israeli authorities to investigate and 'ensure full accountability'.

Two Indian-flagged vessels came under attack from Iranian gunboats in the Strait of Hormuz today, sources said. No one was injured and the vessels were not damaged, they said. The two ships had to turn back after the inc...

The country's interior minister says the shooter has been killed after a shoot-out with police.

President Macron blames the attack on Hezbollah. The Iran-backed armed group denies "any connection" to the incident.

"The American side tweets a lot, talks a lot. Sometimes confusing, sometimes, you know, contradictory," Khatibzadeh said, referring to US President Donald Trump and his frequent social media posts.

Saeed Khatibzadeh said both sides were currently focused on finalising a framework of understanding before proceeding with further negotiations

The country's biggest musician Teddy Afro laments a lack of unity in the country on his new track.

“The Foreign Ministers expressed a shared commitment to advancing this partnership, deepening coordination and expanding collaboration across key areas of mutual interest,” says Foreign Office

Some African elites benefited from slave trade and colonisation. This must be taken into account in reparation debates.

The price rollback for gasoline is P3.41 per liter and P2 per liter for kerosene

Average tax refunds are up only about $350, or 11%, over last year, according to the Treasury Department. That's far lower than the original projections of nearly $1,000.

The payments for Iranian oil deals are being settled by the ICICI Bank, which is routing funds in Chinese Yuan to settler accounts, Reuters reported.

Péter Magyar and his Tisza party are wasting no time preparing for the transfer of power after their dramatic landslide victory.

Brent crude falls over 9 percent after Iran said it will reopen waterway, only to shut it again over US blockade.

Russian ⁠forces also targeted an energy ‌facility in the Chernihiv region in Ukraine’s north, the regional ‌power distribution operator said ​on Telegram.

African and Asian nations with nuclear plants are increasing their output as they scramble for short-term energy supplies

Solar pumps slash the production costs of farmers who typically rely on costly diesel to irrigate their lands

In Makati, a chairman in 'fighting weight' tells his employees to ignore the family noise. In Quezon City, cousins invoking Kapitan Geny and democracy tell staff they will make sure ABS-CBN survives and grows.

The Trump administration's militarised approach and cuts to health programmes threaten progress against fentanyl.

An example was a speech about "tyrants" ransacking the world that he delivered in Cameroon on the second leg of a tour of Africa, said Pope Leo.

"Iran Can't Blackmail Us: Trump After Tehran's Flip-Flop On Strait Of Hormuz

The political drama culminates with the IRGC announcing that the Strait of Hormuz is once again restricted.

Iran said earlier it was reimposing restrictions on the strait in response to a U.S. blockade on Iranian shipping and ports

Reports of Iranian gunboats opening fire on tanker after Tehran says it is closing waterway until US lifts its blockade.

A rare look at one of the world's most critical and understudied environmental crises. Southeast Asia produces more than half of the world's fish, yet its waters are among the most depleted and contested.

They grew up amid olive groves in southern Lebanon. The son of one married the other's daughter. Now they're living temporarily in a vacant building in central Beirut, displaced many times.

In the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, flocks of colorful macaws that once brightened city skies now face disappearing nest sites — and with them, a unique urban bond.

Experts who spent months negotiating a 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran say mutual mistrust, starkly different negotiating styles, and the complexity of the issues make a quick deal unlikely.

The study indicates that the river, around 6.6 million years ago, began to flow into a large depression in the Earth's surface, called a basin, forming a wide and shallow lake east of where the Grand Canyon later took sh...

With no Supreme Court to rescue Sara Duterte from Congress this time, she could, as in her father's case, be destined for a crash landing