LONDON - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has defended a contentious move to ease sanctions on imports of Russian jet fuel and diesel as the Middle East war causes prices to spiral.

The Thai government is preparing to reform more than 7,000 economic laws, initially focusing on 10 to 20 key statutes in an effort to reduce obstacles to doing business in the country.

GENEVA - The deadly Ebola outbreak raging in central Africa probably began several months ago, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, deeming the risk high in the region but low worldwide.

Labour Minister Julapun Amornvivat has declared his support for a campaign to improve rights protection and welfare standards for workers in Thailand’s creative industries.

WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered Cubans a “new path” in a special video address Wednesday hours before Washington was expected to criminally indict the island’s former leader Raul Castro.