International News

Trump says "all meetings" with Iranian officials cancelled

AKP Phnom Penh, 14 January, 2026-- U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has cancelled "all meetings" with Iranian officials. The announcement came one day after the president announced that any country doing business with Iran would pay a tariff rate of 25 percent on any business con...

Inter-Korean relations will not change: senior DPRK official

AKP Phnom Penh, 14 January, 2026-- A senior official of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Tuesday inter-Korean relations will not change, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. Kim Yo Jong, vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Pa...

White House says Trump prefers diplomacy over Iran, but will not rule out military option

AKP Phnom Penh, 13 January, 2026— White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday diplomacy remains the preferred approach for the United States to deal with Iran, though the Trump administration will not rule out military options if necessary. U.S. "President (Donald) Trump has always ex...

Venezuela has its acting president, moving ahead with international relations: Rodriguez

AKP Phnom Penh, 13 January, 2026-- Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodriguez said Monday that Venezuela has its own acting president and is moving ahead with its international relations, after U.S. President Donald Trump posted an image on social media calling himself "Acting President of Venezu...

Hungary's stock market hits record highs as central bank chief eyes stability

AKP Phnom Penh, 13 January, 2026-- Hungary's stock market delivered a record-breaking performance in 2025, reflecting strengthening economic stability, Mihaly Varga, governor of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB), said on Monday. Speaking at a year-opening press conference at the Budapest Stock...

Iran expects significant increase in tourist flow from Russia in 2026

AKP Phnom Penh, January 12, 2026 — Tehran expects the number of Russian tourists visiting Iran to increase significantly in 2026, Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali said in an interview with TASS. "We will certainly make efforts aimed at developing tourism ties between the two countries...

Uruguay has the most expensive gasoline prices in Latin America

AKP Phnom Penh, January 12, 2026 — Gasoline prices in Uruguay are currently among the highest in Latin America and globally, reaching almost two dollars per liter. A ranking compiled by the firm SEG Ingeniería places the country at the top in early 2026 in comparison with other markets in the...

Chinese president appoints new ambassadors

AKP Phnom Penh, January 12, 2026 — Chinese President Xi Jinping has appointed the following ambassadors in accordance with a decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, an official statement noted on Monday. Jing Quan was appointed ambassador...

Humanistic exchange key to stable, future-oriented Vietnam-China relationship: Chinese scholar

AKP Phnom Penh, January 12, 2026 — Humanistic exchanges that truly build empathy, trust, and bottom-up bonds provide the most enduring social foundation for a stable and future-oriented China-Vietnam relationship, Liu Ying, a researcher from the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies under the...

FAO Says Average Annual Rice Price Down 35.2% Last Year

AKP Phnom Penh, January 09, 2026 -- World rice prices in December rose 4.3 percent from the previous month, the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) said Friday. "Prices increased across all rice market segments due to a combination of reduced harvest pressure, im...

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