YANGON, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Eight people have died in landslides in southern Myanmar's Kayin state, according to the state's fire services department on Wednesday. Heavy rain triggered landslides that ...

BANGKOK, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's headline inflation rate fell for a fourth consecutive month in July, driven by falling food and energy prices, official data showed on Wednesday.

JAKARTA, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's electricity consumption rose 4.36 percent year on year to 149.11 terawatt hours (TWh) in the first half of 2025, lifting state utility PT Perusahaan Listrik ...

DHAKA, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- As many as seven members of a family, including three children, died in a road accident in Noakhali district in southeastern Bangladesh on Wednesday, a police officer said.

CAIRO, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Nearly two years into the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Gaza is unraveling under the weight of starvation and siege. Aid remains scarce, the death toll keeps rising, and ...

KABUL, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Police discovered and confiscated more than 8.7 tons of illegal drugs in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province over the past week, the Ministry of Interior Affairs said on ...

JAKARTA, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia has planned to launch the 2025 Indonesia Shopping Festival, a nationwide discount program involving around 400 shopping centers and targeting transactions of up ...

YAOUNDE, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Cameroon's Constitutional Council has validated 12 candidates for the presidential election scheduled for Oct. 12. The council made this decision on Tuesday after hearing ...

BERLIN, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- The newly announced trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and the United States is sparking anxiety rather than optimism among German businesses, with a majority ...

YEREVAN, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will attend a trilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Washington during ...

After a heated debate, the Malawian Parliament passed an amendment to the law, allowing eligible Malawians, including security officers, Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) officers, and other officials ...

BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- China's top economic planner has allocated 100 million yuan (about 14 million U.S. dollars) from the central budget to support emergency recovery efforts after ...