Two presidents and a parliament speaker have stepped down in less than 18 months amid an escalating anti-graft campaign. The positions are among Vietnam’s four “pillars” of leadership.

Steven Zhang’s company Suning could lose control of the Serie A champions if a debt to investment fund Oaktree remains unpaid.

Comic-book has sold 60 million copies and spawned hit film, triggered a boom in interest, and seen era of superstars such as Ran Takahashi.

Kim Do-hoon takes over for two games as South Korea chase spot in next round of World Cup qualifying, having left his last role after a 2022 incident.

Head coach Pep Guardiola admits questioning whether there is anything left to achieve in game in England after team becomes first to win league four consecutive times.

State weather service has warned of further extreme heat; students could be mostly stuck at home until the academic year ends on May 31.

Coup bid in Kinshasa was led by self-exiled politician Christian Malanga, who was killed by security forces, a military spokesman said.

Friday’s attack was among the most serious targeting foreign citizens since foreign forces left and the Taliban took over in 2021.

Speaking at a Madrid meeting of global far-right leaders, Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli said plans to recognise Palestinian state would be ‘rewarding’ Hamas attack.

A lone gunman, who appeared in court on Saturday, shot Slovak PM Robert Fico four times and he was at one stage said to be fighting for his life.

Director Patryk Vega uses AI to put the ruler’s face on an actor’s body to create a biopic that depicts the ruler from age 10 up to his fictional death.

Rear Admiral Alfonso Torres Jnr will replace Vice-Admiral Alberto Carlos as chief of the Western Command on Palawan island.

Comments come during an extraordinary meeting of the Wada Foundation Board to discuss the fallout from the revelation that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for TMZ ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.

The Philippine president told military graduates Manila faced ‘a blatant disregard of internationally accepted principles’.

Superlatives have been lavished on an encounter in the Saudi Arabia capital of Riyadh where one of the undefeated fighters can become the first undisputed heavyweight in 25 years.

The Ukrainian president said his government will only accept a ‘fair peace’ to end the conflict despite the West’s calls for a quick solution.

The justice faced calls to recuse himself from cases involving the ex-US president after a photo surfaced of the upside-down flag being flown outside his home.

The event, featuring pieces by Yasmina Qanzal, pushes the envelope in a country where women were required to wear body-covering robes less than a decade ago.

McCartney wealth is estimated at US$1.26 billion, partly due to government plans to scrap the ‘non-dom tax status’ where people do not pay tax on overseas earnings, and Beyoncé covering a Beatles’ song, the Sunday Times Rich List said.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico had a second operation, that lasted about two hours deputy prime minister Robert Kalinak told reporters.

The last piece of privately owned land in the strategic Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic is up for grabs, a property likely to entice China but which Norway does not intend to let go without a fight.

The 71-year-old accused of the attempted assassination of Slovakia’s prime minister led a life apparently far removed from his alleged violence.

Bahraini royal can now seek re-election in 2027, but it is a ‘clear signal of our intent to ensure that we remain a model confederation’, according to Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa.

Sonthaya Oakkharasr and Sudthisak Rinthalak, who worked in the plantations near Kibbutz Be’eri, were originally thought to have survived the October 7 attack.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to launch a full-scale ground operation in Rafah in a bid to dismantle the remaining battalions of Hamas.

Tributes pour in from football elite as India captain Sunil Chhetri calls time on record-breaking career. He hit 94 goals in 150 appearances for India in two decades representing his country.

Organisers said they managed to deliver supplies to Filipino fishers despite ‘China’s massive blockade’.

Republican Trump replied he was ready to ‘rumble’, after being challenged by the Democratic incumbent.

A senior official in Thailand’s climate change office thinks a move could be possible, with much of the capital already battling floods during the rainy season.

Why are Sweden’s indie game studios so successful? Small teams from the country have produced more video game hits than one would expect, from Minecraft to Valheim to Raft. Insiders break it down.