Thousands of Cambodian villagers will be evacuated after two US tear gas barrel bombs from the Vietnam war era were found near a primary school, a demining team said yesterday, reports AFP. The 200-kilogram bombs are thought to have been dropped by US warplanes in February 1970 against communist forces…

The death toll in Italy’s avalanche disaster rose to 14 yesterday as rescuers extracted the bodies of two women from a devastated hotel and continued their search for 15 people still missing, local authorities said, reports AFP. Six other bodies were found between Monday afternoon and the early…

China warned Washington yesterday that it would not back down over its claims in the disputed South China Sea, following vows by the Trump administration to defend US and international interests there, reports AFP. China’s artificial islands in the sea, some with the potential for military use,…

US President Donald Trump has abandoned the Trans-Pacific Partnership, leaving the ambitious trade agreement in limbo. Here are some key questions about…

US President Donald Trump is committed to providing military assistance to Egypt, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Monday, after the new Republican leader spoke with counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, reports AFP. Trump “underscored the United States remains committed to the bilateral relationship,…

Two more bodies washed ashore in Malaysia Tuesday after the sinking of a boat overloaded with illegal Indonesian immigrants, raising the death toll to 12 with about 25 still feared missing, reports AFP. The bodies were found on Tanjung Leman beach near the southeastern town of Mersing, said Saiful Lizan…

An Indonesian province that suffers annual outbreaks of haze-belching fires said yesterday it was declaring an early alert to prevent blazes burning out of control after forecasters predicted a dry 2017, reports AFP. Riau, on the western island of Sumatra, announced the move after a few “hotspots”—areas…