Sanaa: The Houthi group on Tuesday claimed that they had shot down a U.S. MQ-9 drone in northern Yemen, while the U.S. military said it had destroyed two Houthi missile systems.

“We shot down an American MQ-9 drone while it was carrying out hostile, …

Beijing: China’s auto sales grew 3 percent year on year in the first eight months of 2024, data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed Tuesday.

Total sales came in at about 18.77 million units for the January-August period, the…

Tokyo: A former accountant of a faction within Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Tuesday received a two-year prison sentence, suspended for five years, for underreporting income from fundraising events.

Hitoshi Nagai, 70, was responsib…

Colombo: Sri Lanka cabinet approved a proposal to establish a financial stability fund with an initial allocation of one billion Sri Lankan rupees (3.3 million U.S. dollars), the government’s information department said on Tuesday.

President Ranil Wi…

Beijing: China’s top legislature on Tuesday started a regular session to review a raft of bills including a draft revision to the National Defense Education Law and a draft amendment to the Statistics Law.

Zhao Leji, chairman of the 14th National Peo…

Kuala lumpur: Malaysia, the world’s second-largest palm oil producer, has reported higher palm oil stocks in August amid higher production and lower exports.

The industry regulator Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) data showed on Tuesday that Malaysia’…