Most Asian currencies depreciated against the dollar, other than the safe-haven Japanese yen. The Korean won weakened by 0.9%, India and Malaysia's currencies both lost 0.4%, and the Singapore dollar ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -- A U.S. judge on Thursday temporarily barred President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard troops in Los Angeles amid protests over stepped-up immigration enforcement, ...

MANILA -- Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's lawyers have requested his "urgent" interim release from detention at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Netherlands to another ...

Israel said early on Friday it had struck Iranian nuclear targets to block Tehran from developing atomic weapons, and Iranian media and witnesses reported explosions including at the country's main ...

JERUSALEM/TEHRAN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Israel said early on Friday that it struck Iran, and Iranian media said explosions were heard in Tehran as tensions mounted over U.S. efforts to win Iran's ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -- Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pledged to "liberate" Los Angeles on Thursday at a news conference that was dramatically interrupted when federal agents ...

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KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia's state oil company Petronas is preparing to cut 10% of its workforce globally, or about 5,000 jobs, in a sweeping restructuring to navigate the twin pressures of the global ...

Dutch repatriation of Indonesian treasures is right -- but could be more creative ...

WASHINGTON/VIENNA/DUBAI (Reuters) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday an Israeli strike on Iran "could very well happen," and a senior Israeli official told the Wall Street Journal it ...

TOKYO -- Japan is experiencing a shortage of bilingual guides to meet the waves of international tourists visiting the country, as the COVID-19 pandemic pushed many guides into retirement or career ...

MANILA -- Mang Inasal, a barbecue chain of the Philippine food service giant Jollibee Foods, is growing rapidly, becoming the ...