PARIS (FRANCE) - The latest developments in the Middle East war:

HONG KONG — Seven murals celebrating the Thai and Chiu Chow heritage of Hong Kong's Kowloon City will be erected in the district known for its ethnic Thai population and traditional stores under a public scheme to encourage building renovations...

The Department of Rail Transport (DRT) has ordered an investigation into a SRT Red Line train driver, who was allegedly screamed loudly from inside the control cap for a few stations, terrifying passengers aboard.

A fugitive Thai drug kingpin with a 1-million-baht bounty, who was wanted under 60 arrest warrants and played dead, was arrested in South Korea and extradited to Thailand on Tuesday.

SINGAPORE — The head of a ​body representing global airlines said on Wednesday that even if Iran reopened the Strait ​of Hormuz it would take months ‌for jet fuel supply to recover given disruptions to Middle East refining...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil's labour ministry on Tuesday added Chinese electric vehicle (EV) giant BYD (Build Your Dreams) to a registry of employers found to have subjected workers to conditions analogous to slavery, limiting access to state finan...

PARIS — The United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, with both sides claiming victory.

Three people were critically injured and one remains missing after scaffolding collapsed at a JFE Steel mill construction site on Tuesday in eastern Japan’s Kawasaki city, local media reported. - REUTERS

NEW YORK — As researchers have sought to demonstrate the therapeutic benefits of mind-altering drugs like LSD and psilocybin “magic mushrooms,” many have struggled to explain exactly how these compounds work on the human brain.

Britain has blocked American rapper Kanye West from traveling to the country to headline London's Wireless Festival in July over his past antisemitic comments and celebration of Nazism. - REUTERS