British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday pledged to "call time" on a social media system failing children amid curbs by a number of countries and calls by parents for an under-16s ban.

US and Iranian officials said they had agreed on a framework to end their war, halt the US blockade of Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a preliminary pact that sent oil prices falling but leaves the fate of Iran's nuclear program to further negotiations.

The commencement of discussions by the defense authorities of both countries to materialize the transfer of equipment including Asagiri-class destroyers will contribute to strengthening cooperation in the field of maritime security, Koizumi said.

Currently both the South Korean and Indonesian governments are deliberating the transfer mechanism of the KF-21 prototype, especially related to the technology and schedule.

Jordan and Indonesia have strengthened cooperation in higher education, culture, trade, health, infrastructure, energy, and logistics, Jordanian Ambassador to Jakarta Sudqi Attalah Al Omoush said.

New York was a sea of Knicks orange as the team closed in on what will be their first title in 53 years if they win the clash with the San Antonio Spurs being played away in Texas.

Princess Bajrakitiyabha, known as Princess Bha, died aged 47 on Thursday after spending more than three years in a coma due to a cardiac condition.

EU leaders agreed to open accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova in December 2023 but negotiations could not start in earnest due to opposition from the previous Hungarian government to Kyiv's membership bid.

Araghchi provided some details on the agreement in an interview with state television, saying it calls for the lifting of the US naval blockade of Iran's ports and unspecified changes to the administration of the Strait of Hormuz.

A trained prosecutor and diplomat, Bajrakitiyabha was educated in Britain, Thailand and the United States, earning a law degree from Cornell University and serving for a time as Thailand's ambassador to Austria.

Frequent spats have soured ties between China and US ally the Philippines in the past few years, as Manila, under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, pushes back at what it sees as aggression by Beijing.

The United States has reaffirmed its commitment to deepening ties with Indonesia and Southeast Asia, with senior diplomats highlighting expanded cooperation in trade, investment and security as the US marked 250 years of independence.

The possible transfer of Asagiri-class destroyers was discussed when Japanese and Indonesian defense ministers met in Jakarta during a meeting on May 3-4, when they signed a new Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA).

President Prabowo Subianto has defended the frequency of his overseas trips, arguing that they are necessary to advance Indonesia’s active diplomacy and to maintain its nonaligned foreign policy amid intensifying global rivalries.

At the end of 2025, 117.8 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced from their homes, marking a decline of 5.4 million compared to a year earlier, the UN refugee agency said.

The second straight day of tit-for-tat strikes, with Iran targeting US bases across the Gulf, sent oil prices rising again.

The world experienced its second-hottest May on record, with Europe baking under an unusually early heatwave as climate extremes become the "new normal" on the continent, the EU's climate monitor said Wednesday.

Rescuers in the southern Philippines pulled a body from the rubble of a collapsed supermarket on Wednesday, as the death toll from a major earthquake climbed to 46.

Iranian media reported at least two series of explosions along Iran's southern coast near the Strait of Hormuz.

Foreign Minister Sugiono visited Myanmar on Monday, becoming the first Indonesian minister to travel to Naypyidaw since the 2021 military coup, in a move that signals Jakarta's willingness to re-engage with the junta while reaffirming support for ASEAN-led peace efforts.

The neighbors should strengthen strategic ties and firmly protect their sovereignty, security, and development interests, Xi told Kim, an official Chinese summary of the meeting showed, as Beijing looks to draw Pyongyang closer.

The most direct confrontation between the two countries since April threatened to wreck Washington's efforts to reach an agreement with Tehran to end their more than three-month-old war.

Indonesia has begun preparations for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s planned state visit next month, with Foreign Minister Sugiono visiting his Indian counterpart in New Delhi over the weekend to discuss cooperation between the two countries.

President Prabowo Subianto received letters of credence from eight foreign ambassadors in a ceremony at the Merdeka Palace on Monday afternoon, following public criticism over Jakarta’s delayed accreditation.

A series of powerful aftershocks rocked the area from about two hours after the first quake, according to the United States Geological Survey, with the largest measuring 6.5 magnitude.

The US-Israeli war on Iran has largely cut oil flows via the strait, which before the conflict saw one-fifth of the world's oil pass through. 

China's unwavering policy is to develop ties with the North and both will strengthen exchanges in all areas, Xi said in the Rodong Sinmun newspaper ahead of a visit seen as significant because it is his first international trip this year.