South Africa remains prepared to engage with the United States to resolve challenges in bilateral relations while safeguarding its sovereignty and dignity, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said.Ramaphosa made the remarks on Monday on the sidelines of a fundraising event in Johannesburg,

Portugal will sign a joint declaration of intent to join the European Union's cross-border testing network for autonomous vehicles next week, state secretary for mobility Cristina Pinto Dias announced Tuesday."Next week I will sign the joint declaration of intent on the creation of an EU

Egypt, Qatar, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Türkiye, Pakistan and Indonesia have called on Israel to immediately fulfill its commitments under the first phase of the Gaza peace plan, including ensuring the safe and unhindered delivery of humanitarian aid and facilitating the

Hungary's central bank will lower its medium-term inflation target from 3.0 percent to 2.5 percent from Jan. 1, 2028, the Monetary Council of the National Bank of Hungary (NBH) said Tuesday.The tolerance band of plus or minus 1 percentage point around the target will remain unchanged, the council

Thailand's cabinet approved a new round of economic relief measures on Tuesday, utilizing up to 42.69 billion baht (about 1.28 billion U.S. dollars) from the emergency loan decree to navigate a prolonged global energy crisis.Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Ekniti Nitithanprapas

Four members of a drugs smuggling gang who were part of a plot to import cannabis worth 13.8 million pounds (18.4 million U.S. dollars) into Britain have been jailed, according to British media on Tuesday.The group members were arrested by Border Force officers in August 2024 when the class B drugs

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's southern hub, plans to break ground on three more metro lines in the fourth quarter of this year, local media outlet VnExpress reported Tuesday.The three lines will span nearly 90 km and require a combined preliminary investment of over 254 trillion Vietnamese dong

Closer collaboration among the government, universities, industry and private investors is needed to bridge the missing middle in research commercialization and turn promising local technologies into global enterprises, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said here on Tuesday.While

Major Turkish airlines, including Turkish Airlines, AJet, and Pegasus, have suspended their flights to Iran following the imposition of new U.S. sanctions targeting the Iranian aviation sector, local media reported on Tuesday.Turkish Airlines and budget carrier AJet have removed all scheduled

The 2026 World Vocational College Skills Competition for the Southeast Asian region concluded in Cambodia on Tuesday with an awards ceremony for the winning teams.The three-day event drew a total of 92 highly skilled teams from across eight Southeast Asian countries to showcase their technical

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Israel would not withdraw from its current positions inside Gaza until Hamas was removed and the enclave was demilitarized, tying any further pullback to conditions Israel says have not yet been met.Katz, speaking at a state memorial

At least one person was killed and four others were injured after a flash flood struck Solok district in Indonesia's West Sumatra province, local authorities said Tuesday.The flood hit around 8 p.m. Monday, carrying sand, rocks and mud that blocked the main road linking Padang and Solok and