Tokyo,  A US military helicopter made an emergency off-base landing on a small island in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, authorities said on Thursday.

The incident, which occurred at around 11 p.m. on Wednesday, involved a UH-1 helicopter with five crew members aboard landing in a field o

United Nations, Yemen's Houthi militia have appeared to reject pleas to guarantee the safety of a UN team to inspect the rusting, abandoned tanker Safer, which is threatening to leak 1.1 million barrels of oil, an official said.

Stephane Dujarric, the chief spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guter

Singapore,  Singapore's Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) on Thursday announced that it aims to launch a probe into the burnt X Press Pearl container in the waters off the coast of Sri Lanka, as it threatens of a environmental disaster.

The MPA said that it "has been in constant communication wi

Tel Aviv,  Israel's new coalition government is pushing to be sworn in by Parliament as early as June 7, according to media reports on Thursday.

The reports said the factions around the leader of the Yesh Atid (Future) party, Yair Lapid, are also trying to replace parliamentary speaker Yariv Levin, d

Islamabad,  Pakistan is among the countries most at risk due to climate change, Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Thursday.

"We are more vulnerable than Bangladesh due to the melting of our glaciers. It is not our fault. There are giants that contribute to carbon emissions but countries like us face

Tehran, Iran has dampened hopes of an early agreement in its dispute with the US over the 2015 nuclear deal.

"We have come closer, but we are still far from an agreement," Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Thursday.

He did not want to confirm speculation

Nay Pyi Taw,  A court of the military junta in Myanmar has sentenced two journalists to two years in jail each after reporting on the anti-military protests.

The court in the southern city of Myeik found both reporters guilty of sedition based on a criminal law dating back to colonial ti

Bangkok,  Thailand's House of Representatives, or lower house of Parliament, has approved in principle a 3.1 trillion baht ($99.7 billion) budget bill for the 2022 fiscal year.

Following a three-day debate, government MPs on Wednesday cast 269 votes against 201 votes cast by opposition MPs to pass th

New Delhi,  The global TWS hearables market managed to sustain its growth trend amid the pandemic as its sales grew 44 per cent Year-on-Year (YoY) in the first quarter of 2021, a report said on Wednesday.

According to research firm Counterpoint Research's latest Global Hearables (TWS) Market Report,