Asia

A resolution approved Friday by the OAS stated that previous hurricanes have led to higher insurance premiums, unemployment and poverty.…

ADOPTING A MORE NEUTRAL STANCE India is not shying away from engaging with Russia, despite the US expressing concerns about…

Meanwhile, Dr Francis Hutchinson, Malaysia Studies Programme coordinator at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, believes that while reducing bureaucracy is important,…

JAKARTA: An ex-minister has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for misappropriating more than 14.1 billion rupiah (US$900,000) of…

KATHMANDU, Nepal: At least 63 people were missing in Nepal on Friday (Jul 12) after a landslide triggered by heavy…

SINGAPORE: One of the six Members of Parliament (MP) expelled from Malaysia’s opposition party Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) for…

Electric vehicles, urban mobility and climate change are some of the pressing issues taking centre stage at the World Economic…

SINGAPORE: A second suspect in the alleged cyberbullying case involving the death of a social media influencer in Malaysia has…

TOKYO: A woman who went swimming off a beach in Japan and was swept out to sea was rescued about…

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s anti-graft agency has been hit by an online gambling scandal with at least 17 current and former employees…

Police in Dhaka tried in vain to stop thousands of young protesters from blocking roads around the megacity for the…

NEW DELHI: Parts of north-west Delhi were flooded on Thursday (Jul 11) after a breach in a canal that supplies…