Japan had a record 2.3 million foreign workers as of October 2024, marking a 12.4 per cent increase from the previous year, ...

TOKYO - Japan is considering offering support for a $44 billion gas pipeline in Alaska as it seeks to court U.S. President ...

The junta plans to hold an election in 2025, which critics have derided as a sham. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Move would boost tourism and related industries in Singapore and enable more competitive fares. Read more at straitstimes.com ...

Am tournament, Rory McIlroy marked his PGA Tour season debut with a sensational hole-in-one in the opening round on Jan 30.

SINGAPORE – Chinese carmakers move fast. The previously English MG brand, which became Chinese-owned in 2007, restarted in ...

“We confirmed that Russian military bombers and fighter jets flew over the high seas of the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of ...

KASTANIES, Greece - On an unusually balmy January day, Dimitris Marinoglou ploughed his field in northern Greece fearing the worst: that water supplies from neighbouring Bulgaria that have kept his ...

MOSCOW - An oil refinery in Russia's southern Volgograd region caught fire after an overnight Ukrainian drone attack, but the blaze has now been put out, the regional governor said on Friday. Read ...

Green Day, Billie Eilish, Joni Mitchell and other artistes performed at the concert. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Prosecutors have demanded two and a half years in prison for Rubiales, one year for sexual assault for the forced kiss and 18 months for coercing Hermoso to cover up the misconduct. Read more at ...

DUBAI - The Israeli military said on Friday it struck several Hezbollah targets overnight in the Bekaa Valley and along the Syrian-Lebanese border. Read more at straitstimes.com.