JAKARTA – Indonesia fell to 48th place out of 70 economies on this year’s International Institute for Management Development’s (IMD) World Competitiveness Ranking, down from 40th in 2025 and far below its peak position of 27th in 2024. The decline is no mere temporary setback
Hours after the court hearing, former youth and sports minister Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman was spotted entering Malaysia’s parliament that was in session in Kuala Lumpur.
Yoon Suk Yeol is currently appealing a life sentence over his short-lived declaration of martial law in 2024.
July 13 - New Zealand actor Sam Neill died suddenly on Monday aged 78 after recovering from cancer, his family said in a statement on Monday.
WELLINGTON, July 13 - Sam Neill, the New Zealand actor best known for playing paleontologist Dr Alan Grant in dinosaur blockbuster \"Jurassic Park\" and whose career included more than 50 movies, has died at the age of 78.
A water leak caused road subsidence and cracks in nearby buildings.
WELLINGTON, July 13 - New Zealand actor Sam Neill died suddenly on Monday aged 78 after recovering from cancer, his family said in a statement on Monday.
Iranian attacks on Gulf vessels trying to transit via Omani sovereign waters have once again pulled the region into a tit-for-tat spiral of escalation. The US responded by canceling the waiver permitting Iranian oil exports. Two nights of punitive airstrikes by the US Air Force
Rescue efforts were hampered by the rain as workers struggled to reach those buried under debris.
As the US keeps fighting in Iran, China is watching not only what the US can destroy, but how quickly it can replace what it fires. Yet depleted US stockpiles do not make an invasion of Taiwan any less perilous for China. Multiple media outlets reported that the US launched
Nineteen years ago, on February 6, 2007, Pakistan signed away Gwadar Port’s commercial future for four decades. The government would build the roads, the airport, the expressway, and the breakwater. A private concession-holder would run the port, fill the Free Zone, bring in
HONG KONG, July 13 - Severe flooding in China's northern Hebei province and northeastern Liaoning province submerged roads and swept away cars, while people swam and paddle-boarded along neighbourhood streets, videos on social media showed.
Tokyo “must address this issue with even greater rigour”, said chief government spokesman Minoru Kihara.
The BBC’s South East Asia correspondent visits the site where at least 27 people were killed during a bar fire in Thailand.
The most recent retreat drew a record 4,225 applicants for just 20 spots.
Bears are increasingly encroaching on urban spaces across Japan.
Vietnam is one of the most rapidly graying countries in the world, aging at a stage of development that leaves it far less room to adapt than many of its regional peers. Vietnam’s total fertility rate (TFR) fell from 2.11 children per woman in 2021 to 1.91 in 2024, the third
As many as six tropical cyclones would hit China this summer, according to forecasts.
The apex court dismissed the prosecution’s final appeal to reinstate his previous conviction and sentence.
During the July 2026 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Ankara, Prime Minister Carney announced Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) as Canada’s primary supplier for 12 diesel-electric Type 212CD submarines over the Republic of Korea (ROK)’s Hanwha
Travellers use the app to discover new destinations and plan itineraries around photogenic locations.
Seoul led losses in most Asian stocks, dragged down by market heavyweight SK hynix's plunge of more than 15 per cent.
An explosive fire at a popular pub in Thailand's capital Bangkok has killed 27 people, with another 22 injured in critical condition.
An explosive fire at a popular pub in Thailand's capital Bangkok has killed 27 people, with another 22 injured in critical condition.
July 13 - An explosive fire at a popular pub in Thailand's capital Bangkok has killed 27 people, with another 22 injured in critical condition, officials said on Monday.
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said many victims were found at the restrooms at the back of the Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao bar in the Chatuchak district.
Footage shows the aftermath of a deadly fire at a Bangkok pub that broke out just after midnight local time on Monday.
Certain military campaigns get hugely overblown in their importance (usually famous battles led by famous generals) and others slip by, not getting the coverage they deserve often until long after the war is over. I wonder if what we are seeing in the Sea of Azov is that. This
The South Korean chip giant plunged more than 10 per cent on Monday (Jul 13).
The South Korean chip giant plunged more than 15 per cent on Monday (Jul 13).
India's new brainstem atlas offers scientists an unprecedented map of one of the brain's least known regions.
An explosive fire at a popular bar in Chatuchak district has killed 27 people, with another 22 injured in critical condition.
Firefighters arrived at the scene in the Chatuchak district to find patrons running through flames to escape.
The authorities said the circumstances surrounding the sailor’s disappearance and cause of death would be investigated.
Landfill fires are a recurring problem, particularly during prolonged dry spells exacerbated by El Nino.
A band member at the venue told local media that smoke suddenly filled the room after the lights briefly went out, followed by a massive explosion and fire.
Musicians at the venue described "smoke from a circuit breaker near the stage followed by the power going out and an explosion", says Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.
Musicians at the venue described "smoke from a circuit breaker near the stage followed by the power going out and an explosion", says Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.
PM Anutin, who visited the site, said many ran to the back of the pub but there were no fire escapes.
PM Anutin, who visited the site, said many ran to the back of the pub but there were no fire escapes.
Analysts say ASEAN may have dented its credibility by having the Myanmar foreign minister at the meeting.
About 35,000 people have been forced to seek shelter in government-run centres amid flash floods and landslides triggered by monsoon rains in the country.
The greatest risk would be between 6pm and 10pm, particularly in riverside and canal-side areas.
The top diplomats of the 11-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations met in person with their Myanmar counterpart on Sunday for the first time since the coup, in an effort to kick-start a five-year-old peace initiative that has failed to end a civil war gripping the country.
SEOUL, July 12 - South Korea's unification ministry is seeking North Korea's help to find a missing seaman near the two countries' border on the east coast, it said on Sunday.