Japan's agriculture ministry said the average retail price for a 5-kilogram bag of rice at 1,000 supermarkets nationwide was 3,829 yen (about 855 baht) over the weekend. Rice prices at supermarkets across Japan have surged 90 percent from a year earlier amid uncertainty over supply. The agriculture ministry said the average retail price of a 5-k

Hamas hands over bodies of four Israeli hostages to Red Cross in Gaza, first handover of dead hostages since ceasefire begins Hamas has handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip, marking the first death toll release since the ceasefire began. They included Shiri Bibas and his two children, Kfir Bibas and

India ends search for miners missing in flooded coal mine after 44-day search finds last five bodies Foreign news agencies reported that the search operation for workers who went missing in a flooded coal mine in Assam state, northeastern India, has ended after officials found the last five bodies on February 19, 2025, after a total of 44 days o

China prosecutes members of crime gangs extradited from Myanmar, including the Ming family, ringleaders of a Myanmar call center gang, involved in a multitude of cases, including fraud, murder, drugs and prostitution. Chinese media outlets Xinhua and CCTV reported that the Wenzhou Intermediate People's Court in east China's Zhejiang Province hel

A Sri Lankan train has hit a herd of wild elephants, killing six and injuring two others near a wildlife sanctuary in the central part of the country. Foreign news agencies reported that a passenger train crashed into a herd of elephants near a wildlife sanctuary in Habarana, central Sri Lanka, in the early hours of February 20, 2025, causing th