On October 4, the US pulled its 12 B-1 strategic bombers out of Fairford, UK and returned them to the United States. Reports say the planes returned to Ellsworth Air Force Base in Rapid City, South Dakota. The bombers were pulled out when intelligence reported that an attack by
Under Marcos, Manila has pursued a strategy of publicising encounters between Philippine and Chinese vessels in disputed waters.
Marcos told ST that while the Five-Point Consensus was “absolutely correct”, it was not working.
Marcos also hopes Singapore will use its position as a financial and commercial hub to boost trade among ASEAN economies.
Residents have hung red banners covered in slogans criticising the park.
Taiwan has earmarked a record NT$1.1 trillion (S$44 billion) in defence spending for 2027.
TAIPEI, Oct 10 - Taiwan cherishes peace but will not give up its freedom, and there must be respect for the right of Taiwan's people to exist, President Lai Ching-te said on Saturday in his national day speech.
Until Oct 9, substitute buses had been running along with alternative transport on the Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train line.
Central Delhi was sealed on Saturday (Oct 10) ahead of a youth protest demanding the resignation of India's chief election officer, with 57 metro stations shut, several long-distance trains cancelled, mobile internet suspended and markets closed.
The remarks come after a report on the first known sighting of a Chinese militia boat in those waters.
TAIPEI, Oct 10 - China's maritime actions off Taiwan's east coast are \"deeply destabilising\" and only worsen tension, the US State Department said, after Reuters reported the first known sighting of a Chinese militia boat in those waters in August.
The protesters are demanding the resignation of India’s chief election officer over a revision of voter lists.
NEW DELHI, Oct 10 - Central Delhi was sealed on Saturday, with thousands of police and paramilitaries on patrol, metro stations shut, mobile internet suspended, and markets closed to guard against a youth protest demanding India's chief election officer quit.
While some experts said that Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s 2027 budget preserves fiscal discipline and the country's investor appeal, others say its lack of a “wow factor” may limit its impact with voters.
Four Indian IT giants are among eight tech firms suspended from a key US permanent residency programme. Analysts tell CNA the immediate business impact may be limited, but workers face greater uncertainty.
Four Indian IT giants are among eight tech firms suspended from a key US permanent residency programme. Analysts tell CNA the immediate business impact may be limited, but workers face greater uncertainty.
When healthy people suddenly began dying, grieving families struggled to get answers. The series, Death Loans, retraces how a dogged investigator looking into a friend’s death helped police connect 15 cases to one woman eventually.
The joint military facility will trigger concern among Laos’ neighbours, says this ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute academic.
MEXICO CITY, Oct 9 - A Mexican judge on Friday found three men guilty of the 2024 murders of two Australian brothers and their American friend during a surf trip to the state of Baja California, a source at the court told Reuters.
WASHINGTON, Oct 9 - The United States lifted on Friday sanctions on the daughter of a Myanmar businessman accused of supporting the country's military, according to the US Treasury Department's website, after she filed a suit seeking removal from the blacklist.
Is Sarawak demanding a fairer federal deal, or carving out a separate political identity?
Thailand’s Queen Suthida made her first solo flight in a fighter jet, according to the Thai Royal Household.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 9 - A Republican lawmaker has called on the Defense Department to put US research funding restrictions on dozens more Chinese universities, including one with ties to top American business leaders.
More than 5,000 people remain missing following the Aug 26 disaster.
Oct 9 - The U.S. military plans to livestream the Dec. 3 execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting.
But the tax measures may do little to re-energise traditional Pakatan Harapan supporters in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.
One key issue for the grouping is how to work with world powers like the US and China.
China is marketing fish from Xinjiang as a triumph of technology and frontier development.
Despite tabling a higher budget, the government expects Malaysia’s fiscal deficit to decline to 3.3 per cent in 2027, progressing toward the target of 3 per cent by 2028.
The El Nino weather phenomenon typically occurs every two to seven years.
VATICAN CITY, Oct 9 - Pope Leo approved Filipino Cardinal Luis Tagle's election as the dean of the Catholic Church's college of cardinals, the Vatican said on Friday, in the first selection of an Asian cleric to lead the elite group that one day will choose Leo's successor.
As more ASEAN member states engage Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing, analysts say the growing contact is raising questions about the bloc's unity and the future of the Five-Point Consensus.
THE HAGUE, Oct 9 - South African judge Navanethem \"Navi\" Pillay, who was awarded the Nobel peace prize on Friday, has been a judge on several international courts, including the International Criminal Court. Here are some facts about this court:
TAIPEI, Oct 9 - Taiwan President Lai Ching-te will say in his national day speech that boosting defences and spending more on the military is not a \"provocation\" but a reflection of the Taiwanese people's hope to maintain peace and freedom, an official said.
Xpeng is also ramping up production of its humanoid robot, Iron, with plans to put it to work in stores before offering it to external customers, vice-chairman and president Brian Gu tells CNA’s Julie Yoo in an interview.
Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Friday (Oct 9) pledged to implement reforms that he said would allow the country's strong economic growth to trickle-down to ordinary Malaysians.
Trump stroking of Xi and talk of a G-2 with China is vexing Asian Middle Powers Japan and India.
CNA looks at how artificial intelligence is changing businesses in China – from the rise of solo entrepreneurs and the networks forming around them to its impact on larger organisations.
We explain why Indonesia’s peatland fires are so difficult to battle and produce so much haze.
Authorities suspect the mine was dislodged from North Korean territory by heavy summer rainfall.
Average spending per domestic trip during the seven-day holiday fell 1.9 per cent to 893.92 yuan (US$133.51), the lowest since 2022.
China is increasingly trying to diversify its connections to the region as Pakistan’s actions in Afghanistan create new security and strategic problems for Beijing. The opening of a road through the Wakhan Corridor is an important step in that effort. Afghanistan has formally
Wildfires have piled pressure on already endangered orangutans, forcing local groups and authorities to carry out high-stakes rescues of animals suffering smoke inhalation and burns.
BERLIN, Oct 9 - Germany's former spy chief August Hanning, who has been placed under arrest for suspected espionage, had longstanding contacts to a former senior Chinese general, Spiegel magazine reported.
Special plastic trays that can be secured to the belt will hold the plates in place on the move.
She took off in a single-seat JAS 39C from a military airbase in southern Surat Thani province.
NEW DELHI, Oct 9 - Authorities in India's capital Delhi are deploying thousands of police and paramilitary personnel ahead of a protest called for Saturday by the \"Cockroach\" youth movement to demand the elections chief quit over a revision of voter lists.
Opposition parties and critics claim that the electoral-roll revision will benefit PM Modi's BJP.
Anwar enters the final year of a tumultuous term as Malaysia’s leader as his coalition loses ground.