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US says diplomats’ children born there won’t be automatic citizens
WASHINGTON, Sept 5 —The United States (US) will not grant birthright citizenship to children of foreign government employees born in the US if neither parent is a US citizens, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a document, reported
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Nearly 1,000 children dead as Bangladesh battles worst measles outbreak in decades
DHAKA, Sept 5 — Bangladesh’s deadliest measles outbreak in decades is nearing the grim milestone of 1,000 child deaths, as a devastating epidemic sweeps through the country and crowded hospital wards fill with struggling babies. Cries of sick children and
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‘Mini-dictatorship’: Argentina’s Paris university residence faces scrutiny over far-right meetings, student freedoms
PARIS, Sept 5 — Weeks before President Javier Milei visits France, scrutiny has grown around an Argentina-run university residence in Paris supposed to promote peaceful coexistence but which activists say instead restricts lodger freedoms and hosts European far-right figures. Paris
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Philippine VP Sara Duterte hit with arrest warrant over alleged death threat against Marcos
MANILA, Sept 4 — A Philippine court today issued an arrest warrant for Vice President Sara Duterte over an alleged death threat against the country’s president, with her defence team saying she would “exercise all her legal remedies”. Duterte was
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Israel defence minister hails capture of Hezbollah highland in Lebanon
JERUSALEM, Sept 4 — Israel’s defence minister today hailed the capture of a strategic highland from Hezbollah as solidifying Israel’s “security zone” in Lebanon and vowed that troops would not leave it. “The capture of the Ali Tahar ridge marks
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Pattaya port call sees minor drama as two US sailors are sent back to carrier
BANGKOK, Sept 4 — Two sailors from the US aircraft carrier making a port call to Thailand were sent back to the ship after a drunken altercation, Thai police said today. Police were alerted to a “small scuffle” involving the
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Iran targets US bases in Gulf after deadly wedding strike blamed on Washington
TEHRAN, Sept 4 — Iran said it hit US military bases in Kuwait and the UAE yesterday, vowing to avenge a wedding attack it blamed on Washington as US Vice President JD Vance said the strike was being investigated. The
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More than 700 fall ill in latest food poisoning linked to Indonesia’s free school meals
SEMARANG, Sept 4 — Hundreds of students and teachers in Indonesia have fallen ill after eating free school meals, their principal said yesterday, the second major food poisoning this week linked to the government’s hallmark programme. The multi-billion-dollar meal scheme,
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US issues US$1 coin featuring Trump despite law barring living presidents on currency
WASHINGTON, Sept 3 — The US Treasury yesterday issued US$1 (RM4.04) coins featuring the face of President Donald Trump, the latest move in an unprecedented campaign by the Republican billionaire to put his personal stamp on national institutions. The coins
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‘It destroyed everything’: Nepal seeks climate justice after glacial collapse, says rich nations must answer for Himalayan catastrophe
KATHMANDU, Sept 3 — When a wall of icy debris from a glacial collapse on the China-Nepal border tore through his village last week, Pemba Chhring Tamang watched the landscape he had known all his life disappear. “The flood was
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