Malaysia's labor-reliant palm oil companies are looking to recruit recovering drug addicts and prisoners to solve a severe shortage of foreign workers that has

An Iran Air Boeing 747 sits on the tarmac at Mehrabad International Airport in the Iranian capital of Tehran. File Photo: CFP

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Brunei's Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah meets with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, Sept. 9, 2020.

Rising Nile floodwaters are threatening to swamp an ancient archaeological site in Sudan, after some of the highest ever recorded river levels, archaeologists s

In the EU, 13 percent of deaths are linked to pollution, said a new report published on Tuesday by the European Environment Agency (EEA), which stressed the cur

Campaigners placed 13,000 chairs outside the German parliament building in Berlin on Monday, in a symbolic protest calling for the overcrowded migrants camps in

An Italian murderer who was serving life in prison has escaped for the third time at least, a police union said Monday.

Giuseppe Mastini, 60, nicknamed "Johnny

Combo photo shows former US Vice President Joe Biden (L) and US President Donald Trump attending their respective events on different occasions. Photo:Xinhua

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Cellphone photo shows a road to Angeles National Forest being closed by law enforcement officials at Azusa Canyon in Azusa, Los Angeles County, the United State

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov (R, front) arrives at Damascus international airport in Damascus, capital of Syria, on Sept. 6, 2020. A senior Russia

A protester holds a picture of Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a demonstration organized by Turkish-Arabic Media Association in front of the Saudi Arabi

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party leadership candidates Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (center), former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba (r

Feminist activists and family members of the missing ramped up a protest at the main offices of Mexico's human rights commission on Monday, after occupying the

A firefighter douses flames as they push toward homes during the Creek Fire in the unincorporated Madera County, California on Monday. Photo: AFP
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When Kaworé Parakana sees the smoke rising on the horizon, the indigenous leader knows that another part of Brazil's Amazon rainforest is gone.

For more than

A man works to remove roofs blown off into a street by Typhoon Haishen in Fukuoka, Japan on Monday. Photo: AFP
Powerful Typhoon Haishen approached South Korea o

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) meets with visiting Libya's UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj at the p

Passengers wait for a train following the resumption of metro services after a five-month shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic at a station in Hyderabad, India

Cannabis rained from on high in Israel's liberal hub of Tel Aviv this week as legalization campaigners used a drone to airdrop bags of the drug, sparking deligh

Three Katyusha rockets fell in the vicinity of Baghdad airport on Sunday but caused no casualties, Iraqi state news agency INA said.

One of the rockets landed

Japan's coastguard said on Monday that its search-and-rescue mission for 40 missing crew from a capsized cattle ship in the East China Sea remains suspended, wi

Tunisians and tourists observe a minute's silence during a remembrance ceremony for the victims of a terror attack on a beach outside the Imperial Marhaba Hotel

Egyptian Minister of Education and Technical Education Tarek Shawki (R, Front) and Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang (L, Front) attend a signing ceremony

Julian Assange resumes his battle in a London court on Monday to avoid extradition to the US to face criminal charges over the activities of his WikiLeaks websi

A police forensics officer takes photographs as he gathers evidence inside a cordon on Irving Street, following a major stabbing incident in Birmingham, England