Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko. File | Photo Credit: AP Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko stepped down on Sunday (July 12, 2026) as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced fresh changes to Ukraine’s government. In a statement on social media, Ms. Svyrydenko said she was “proud to have had the honour of leading the government during one…
Palestinians gather around a blacksmith shop in Gaza City’s Sabra neighbourhood after it was hit by an Israeli military strike on July 12, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Israeli fire in Gaza on Sunday (July 12, 2026) killed at least five Palestinians, including a 9-year-old girl, and wounded others, according to local health officials. A…
Rescuers work at the site of a fire in Bangkok, Thailand, on July 13, 2026 | Photo Credit: AP A huge fire engulfed a pub in Bangkok early on Monday morning (July 13, 2026), killing at least 27 people before firefighters brought the blaze under control, officials said. Rescuers said the fire was reported around…
Three people were killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region overnight, including two in a strike on an “industrial enterprise” in the city of Kryvyi Rig, regional officials said. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia fired a wave of drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight, killing four people, while Ukrainian strikes on Russia…
Detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN was told on Sunday (July 12, 2026) by Myanmar’s Foreign Minister that detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was “a sister” who was in good health and would be looked after, ASEAN’s special envoy to Myanmar said….
A study by Chinese geologists has found that an active fault line beneath the world’s largest hydropower project on the Brahmaputra River in Tibet could affect its structural stability, raising questions over Beijing’s repeated claims that it would help prevent disasters in the region. The project is close to the Indian border in Arunachal Pradesh….
South Korea’s unification ministry is seeking North Korea’s help to find a missing seaman near the two countries’ border on the east coast, it said on Sunday (July 12, 2026). The request was sent via a text message to reporters because there is no active communication line with the North, according to the ministry in…
The U.S. attacked Iran early Sunday (July 12, 2026) morning over an Iranian strike on a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz that set the container ship ablaze and forced its crew to abandon it. Iran responded with attacks targeting several countries in the Gulf, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Oman. West Asia LIVE The…
Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on July 12, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. military insisted on Sunday (July 12, 2026) that ships are moving through the Strait of Hormuz despite Iran’s claim to have closed it in the latest flare-up of the war in West Asia. Also…
At least 44 people have died in flood and landslip incidents in a week, officials said on Sunday (July 12, 2026) even as rivers remained above danger level leading to displacement of over 2.5 lakh families across Bangladesh. Overnight torrential rains – 76 mm from 12 midnight till 6 a.m. – inundated several areas and…