Indonesia president expresses regrets for past rights abuses in country

JAKARTA, INDONESIA — Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday expressed regret over…

UK, Japan to sign major defence deal allowing troop deployments

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — The British and Japanese prime ministers will sign…

Two passengers injured after power bank catches fire on Scoot flight bound from Taiwan to Singapore

SINGAPORE —  Two passengers onboard a Scoot flight that was about to…

Japan protests China’s visa halt

TOKYO, JAPAN — Tokyo on Wednesday criticised China’s move to stop issuing…

‘Total mess’ in China’s rural east as COVID wave hits hard

by Matthew Walsh BENGBU, CHINA — Exhausted doctors working overtime, tests and…

Allegation of misappropriation of RM92.5 billion in Gov’t funds is ‘fictitious’, says Muhyiddin

MALAYSIA — Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Malaysia’s 8th Prime Minister, has refuted…

Super-resistant mosquitoes in Asia pose growing threat: study

by Sara Hussein TOKYO, JAPAN — Mosquitoes that transmit dengue and other…

Singapore’s MOF invested about S$70 billion in Temasek over last 20 years

SINGAPORE — The Ministry of Finance (MOF) invested about S$70 billion in…