King Norodom Sihamoni of the Kingdom of Cambodia received Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Jarwan, President of the Global Council for Tolerance and Peace, at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, as part of a group of delegation heads participating in the second Inter-Parliamentary Speakers’ Conference (ISC-2) being held in Camb...

Severe heatwaves in 2026 have been linked to more than 25,000 deaths in Germany, France, Spain and Italy, amid warnings that the toll could rise further during August and September, two of the summer months most associated with heat-related mortality, according to the latest national health data.Ger...

The US dollar held ​flat near a one-week high against major peers on Friday.The dollar index, which measures the currency against six major peers, was little changed at 99.13 in early Asian trade.The euro and sterling were subdued near one-week lows against the greenback, last at $1.1652 and $1.3597, respect...

The death toll from massive flash floods has risen to 469 in Nepal, police said Friday, as rescuers work to find hundreds of people still missing in the area on the Nepal-China border.The previous death toll was 390 in Nepal and three in Tibet. Authorities had also reported more than 1,400 missing peo...

Gold slipped on Friday as market participants awaited closely watched remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh at the Jackson Hole symposium.Spot gold fell 0.5 percent to US$4,576.30 per ounce by 01:57 GMT after hitting a more than three-month high earlier this week following the US Treasury's ann...