House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday won Republican nomination to remain in the position, after US President-elect Donald Trump appeared to have backed him during a meeting with House Republicans.
Yoon will travel to Peru from Thursday to Friday for the APEC summit and head to Brazil on Sunday for the G20 summit slated for the next two days, Yonhap news agency reported.
Voting in Sri Lanka's parliamentary poll started on Thursday to elect 225 members to the Parliament with President Anura Kumara Dissanyake seeking a majority.
The Australian government has announced a new plan to force social media companies to take proactive steps to ensure the well-being of their users.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Thrusday for an official visit.
Liu Yuejin, a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC), the country's top anti-graft body said in a statement on Wednesday.
The major projects under the cooperation of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan will strengthen bilateral relations between the two neighbours, Acting Afghan Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund told an inauguration ceremony for the projects on Wednesday.
A polio worker and a policeman were killed in firing by unknown gunmen in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, according to police officials on Wednesday.
The monthly real gross domestic product (GDP) of the United Kingdom (UK) is estimated to have remained stagnant in July, according to official data on Wednesday.
The 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack brought together US Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump in a moment of civility on Wednesday barely 10 hours after they had exchanged insults during their fiery debate presidential debate.
