The Indian government has so far rescued 250 citizens in Cambodia who were forced to run online scams.
They were promised jobs but "forced to undertake illegal cyber work", India's foreign ministry said.
Recent reports have said more than 5,000 (...)
JEDDAH — On behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman received the credentials of a number of ambassadors of friendly countries accredited to the Kingdom in a ceremony held at (...)
Hundreds of people have been rescued from a scam center in the Philippines that made them pose as lovers online.
Police said they raided the center on Thursday and rescued 383 Filipinos, 202 Chinese and 73 other foreign nationals.
The center, which (...)
Even in the dead of Canada's winter, the embers of last year's record-setting wildfire season remain. So-called zombie fires are burning under thick layers of snow at an unprecedented rate, raising fears about what the coming summer may (...)
A Taiwanese YouTuber has been jailed in Cambodia for attempting to stage his own abduction with a friend.
Chen Neng-chuan was arrested with his friend, Lu Tsu-hsien, after posting a video of them apparently being detained and beaten up by security (...)
MADINAH — The first batch of Umrah pilgrims, as part of the Guests of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Program for Hajj, Umrah, and Visit, arrived in Madinah on Thursday. This initial group, under the initiative led by the Ministry of Islamic (...)
Thailand and China will permanently waive visa requirements for each other's citizens from March, Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said.
Thailand waived visas for Chinese nationals in September in a bid to boost tourist arrivals.
The programme (...)
Campaigning Australian journalist and filmmaker John Pilger has died aged 84, his family has announced.
A statement by his relatives on X said he died in London on Saturday.
They described Pilger as "simply the most amazing and loved dad, grandad (...)
Fifty years after Henry Kissinger drove American foreign policy in Southeast Asia, the region continues to live with the fallout from the bombing and military campaigns backed by the former secretary of state, who died last week.
In Cambodia, (...)
When news of Henry Kissinger's death spread this week, many former world leaders lined up to pay tribute.
Former US President George W Bush said the US had "lost one of the most dependable and distinctive voices on foreign affairs".
Former UK Prime (...)
The death of contentious former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has drawn nostalgia and compliments in China at a time when relations between the two countries have nosedived.
"You are forever a friend of Chinese people, rest in peace," a (...)
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the diplomat with the thick glasses and gravelly voice who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam and broke down barriers with China, died Wednesday, his consulting (...)
For Chinese tourists in Bangkok, 76 Garage, an open-air restaurant on the northern outskirts of the Thai capital, has long been near the top of the list of places to visit.
There was a time when 76 Garage was so popular you needed to book a month in (...)
Australia has returned to Beijing three historical artifacts thought to have been illegally exported out of China.
A dinosaur fossil that is more than 100 million years old and two Tang Dynasty figurines were handed to Chinese officials in (...)
RIYADH — Leaders from Southeast Asia have begun arriving in the Saudi capital for the inaugural Association of Southeast Asian Nations-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit scheduled for Friday.
The summit is anticipated to conclude with the issuance of a (...)
RIYADH — As of Wednesday, the number of FIFA-member national football federations from various continents, who have publicly pledged their backing for Saudi Arabia's bid to host 2034 FIFA World Cup, reached more than 90.
This comes just within three (...)
The bright orange hotel sticks out as far as the eye can see — but unfortunately for its owner Bishnu Sharma, there is hardly anyone there to see it.
His hotel offers breath-taking mountain views from the town of Lumbini in Nepal — Buddha's (...)
Thailand's golden beaches, shopping districts and ornate temples are filling with tourists once again and Chinese vacationers are getting an especially VIP welcome under a new visa-free scheme.
Vowing to revive the country's economy, newly appointed (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman in NEOM on Tuesday, highlighted the peace-building efforts undertaken by Saudi Arabia, in collaboration with the Arab League and the European Union, with the support of (...)
ABHA — The Saudi Arabian U-23 national football team clinched their place in the 2024 Asian Cup, which will be hosted by Qatar, following a resounding victory over Cambodia with a score of 6-1 in the final round of qualifiers in Group 10. The match (...)
ABHA — The Saudi Olympic national team continued their winning streak in the qualifying rounds for the U23 Asian Cup in Qatar 2024, securing a convincing 3-0 victory over Lebanon in the second round.
The match took place at the Prince Sultan Bin (...)
ABHA — The Saudi Arabian Olympic football team kicked off their journey in the qualifiers for the 2024 Asian U-23 Championship in Qatar with a valuable victory over Mongolia, securing a 3-1 win. The Group 10 match took place in the city of Abha in (...)
Startling findings from a new UN data platform reveal that the marine dredging industry is extracting a staggering six billion tons of sand and sediment annually.
This is equivalent to over one million dump trucks every day — placing immense (...)
A new UN report estimates that hundreds of thousands of people from around the world have been trafficked to Southeast Asia to run online scams.
At least 120,000 people in Myanmar, and another 100,000 in Cambodia, have been forced into working these (...)
Singapore police have seized about S$1bn ($735m; £578m), including luxury homes, cars and watches, in one of its biggest anti-money laundering probes.
Gold bars, designer handbags, liquor and S$23m in cash were among the items seized in the (...)