Malaysia faces criticism for welcoming Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing, with rights groups warning that the visit could legitimise military rule. The diplomatic engagement coincides with plans to ...

Indonesian police have arrested the captain of the KM Virgo Transport 8 and three company officials over the vessel’s sinking in the Java Sea on 13 September, which killed 82 people and left 53 ...

The IMF has reached a staff-level agreement with Pakistan that could unlock about US$1.21 billion, subject to Executive Board approval, as Islamabad pursues fiscal, tax and energy reforms.

Three siblings aged 18, 11 and eight were killed when the motorcycle they were riding collided with a lorry in Pontian, Johor, Malaysia, on Thursday morning (8 October). Their mother said they had ...

Trump told a rally "let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego", calling it "a very small price". Both cities are Democrat-run, Trump lost both counties in 2024, and their leaders ...

At least 21 people have died and five remain missing after floods, landslides and other disasters triggered by persistent heavy rainfall across Nepal since 25 September. More than 1,200 people have ...

Malaysia’s Legal Affairs Division says former prime minister Najib Razak has been briefed on the rules for serving the remainder of his prison sentence under house arrest, with procedures on visits, ...

A TikTok video showing farm workers being carried to and from a plantation by an agricultural drone has drawn millions of views in Indonesia. The man behind the footage says it began as a joke, but he ...

The International Criminal Court has ruled that former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte is fit to stand trial over alleged crimes against humanity linked to his anti-drugs campaign, with ...

A 28-year-old man died allegedly by suicide after falling from the 43rd floor of the Supernova Spira skyscraper in Noida, a satellite city of New Delhi, India, on Saturday, 3 October, police said. He ...

Nearly 200 people in Russia’s Irkutsk region have been placed under medical observation after a laboratory worker died following severe pneumonia and a reported exposure to plague bacteria. Russian ...

Reporter Alma de la Rosa Flores and cameraman Cristo Martínez were struck by a skidding SUV during a live broadcast. The journalists were taken to hospital after the incident and were reported to be ...