Iran war lands 'triple blow' to flood-ravaged Sri Lankans53 minutes agoAnbarasan EthirajanGlobal Affairs CorrespondentAFP via Getty ImagesThe Iran war has pushed prices up and caused long queues for fuel in Sri LankaAfter floods devastated their village, Indrani Ravichandran and her family are back in their house, living in the only section that is still standing.They are among the many victims...

Didero lands $30M to put manufacturing procurement on ‘agentic’ autopilot Tim Spencer realized just how complicated manufacturing procurement can be while running Markai, an e-commerce startup in Asia, during the pandemic. “We had thousands of suppliers, and we were distributing products into dozens of countries around the world,” Spencer (pictured left) told TechCrunch. His staff was...

Vietnam's leader To Lam strengthens power in unanimous assembly vote3 hours agoJonathan Head,BangkokandKoh Ewe,SingaporeAFP via Getty ImagesTo Lam has secured enough backing to give him both the presidency and the top job in Vietnam's communist partyVietnam's communist-dominated general assembly has elected To Lam, the party leader, to be the country's president and head of state, an unusual...

Ben Roberts-Smith: Why decorated soldier's war crime case is so historic for AustraliaHe's Australia's most decorated soldier. Now he's at the centre of a historic war crimes caseSam Mooy/The Sydney Morning Herald via Getty ImagesLess than a decade ago, Ben Roberts-Smith was Australia's most-celebrated war heroOne of the most significant moments in Australian military history unfolded without...

Sudan civil war: RSF war crimes saw 6,000 killed in three days in el-Fasher, UN saysNatasha BootyandRichard KagoeAFP via Getty ImagesSome have managed to flee to aid camps further north and westMore than 6,000 people were killed in just three days when Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized the city of el-Fasher last year, according to victims and witnesses cited in a UN report....