Pacific nation of Tuvalu condemns Chinese missile launch into Pacific
The tiny Pacific island nation of Tuvalu on Wednesday expressed "grave and serious concern" over a Chinese test of a long-range missile that landed in the Pacific Ocean near its waters.
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Rescuers search for missing in China storms after 100,000 evacuated
Rescuers scoured flooded parts of China for survivors after devastating storms killed 17 people, caused dozens of rivers to overflow and a reservoir dam to burst, with officials warning rain will persist on Wednesday.
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How a viral post sparked India's Gen-Z protest
Engineering graduate Abhijeet Dipke said he didn't intend to spark a student movement, after India's chief justice reportedly likened young people who criticised the government to "cockroaches" and "parasites".
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Ex-Australia cricketer MacGill loses appeal against cocaine conviction
Former Australia Test cricketer Stuart MacGill lost an appeal Wednesday against his conviction and sentence over a cocaine deal.
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Cambodia wants to bring tigers back, but should it?
Pan Sok still remembers his relative screaming as a tiger dragged him away one night, deep inside the Cambodian rainforest where they were tapping trees for resin.
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Oil prices extend rally as US strikes on Iran revive geopolitical fears
Oil prices extended a surge on Wednesday as the Middle East crisis burst back into the spotlight with US forces launching fresh strikes on Iran after an attack on three vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Chinese repairwomen smash stereotypes with power tools
The sound of pliers clicking filled a workshop in eastern China's Hangzhou as a group of women practised stripping wires, their female instructor moving around the classroom to offer advice.
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Iraq's holy cities to host funeral processions for Khamenei
Funeral processions carrying the coffin of Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei will pass on Wednesday through Iraq's holy cities of Najaf and Karbala, home to Shia Islam's most sacred shrines.
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Ecuador's Death Canal: watery grave for victims of gang violence
When a person goes missing, their relatives usually contact the police, hospitals or even the morgue.
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In Venezuela's quake ruins, a baby is born
Eliana Garcia, 38 weeks pregnant, ran with her family to a baseball field on the afternoon of June 24 when the earth shook violently in La Guaira, on the Venezuelan coast where twin earthquakes hit hard.
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