Nomination Day for Johor's Jul 11 state election will take place on Jun 27, with political parties and coalitions set to finalise their candidates for all 56 seats ahead of a 14-day campaign period.
Johor votes in July – but the real contest is whether Malaysia's unity government survives the campaign trail.
Some tourists at have tried to feed, touch or bathe with the wild Japanese macaques.
The world sighed in relief when Donald Trump agreed to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to finally end the conflict with Iran on June 17. But there is now a palpable feeling that hostilities are far from over. The agreement between Washington and Tehran, signed at Versailles
A Customs official said Malaysia was listed as a transit destination to circumvent restrictions.
A budget efficiency plan has been discussed with the National Nutrition Agency.
Drugs slated for burning in ceremonies across Myanmar were double the quantity of 2025, say officials.
Wellington Electricity said 4,000 customers had lost power and warned of further outages.
India’s pharmaceutical industry is a significant global player. It produces about 20% of the world’s generic drugs by volume and has supported major vaccine efforts, providing affordable medicine worldwide. These results are real and contribute to India’s sense of
About 500 municipalities across Japan no longer have a physical bookstore.
Myanmar has seen more illicit drug trade since the military coup in 2021.
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"Recent conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East clearly demonstrate that drones have emerged as game changers on the battlefield," Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back told reporters in Seoul.
Two opposition parties refused on June 26 to consider the Bill while they come up with their own versions.
SEOUL, June 26 - South Korea's former First Lady Kim Keon Hee was sentenced on Friday to seven years in jail for receiving bribes, after a court found her guilty of accepting luxury items such as jewellery and a Dior handbag in exchange for political favours.
Yip Chee Ming was unsuccessful in making any scam calls while at the syndicate's compound.
The alleged embezzlement could amount to over US$20 million (S$25.9 million).
Kim maintained her innocence, arguing there were no requests for favours attached to the gifts received.
BEIJING, June 26 - China is willing to establish a security partnership with Cambodia, President Xi Jinping said on Friday as he met with Hun Sen, president of Cambodia's Senate, in Beijing.
Trading on South Korea's Kospi index was halted for the third time this week to prevent panic selling.
ROME, June 26 - Italy will join the U.S.-led Pax Silica initiative on artificial intelligence supply chains despite a row between Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and U.S. President Donald Trump, a foreign ministry official said.
Bitcoin’s latest weakness cannot be explained only by ETF outflows or a cooling of large-holder demand. There is another layer that has not been sufficiently priced into the discussion: Iran’s partial return to legal, dollar-linked oil settlement. I would not call it the single
TOKYO, June 26 - The interim U.S.-Iran peace accord gives U.N. nuclear inspectors access to Iran, the watchdog's top official said on Friday, after Tehran indicated key sites would remain off-limits until a final deal with Washington was reached and sanctions lifted.
Indonesia in May mandated that high-risk social media platforms deactivate accounts of users under 16.
JAKARTA, June 26 - Social media companies TikTok and YouTube have deactivated a total of around 4.7 million accounts belonging to children under the age of 16 in Indonesia, the country's communications minister said, as its social media curbs began to take effect.
A rare and deadly school shooting has reignited debate over whether children as young as 10 should face criminal charges.
China’s makeshift platform at Scarborough Shoal may have disappeared, but it has exposed a far more enduring strategy to cement its control of the South China Sea. This month, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that a temporary Chinese floating platform deployed at the
VIENNA, June 26 - The global trade in illicit drugs is booming, with cocaine production and seizures of methamphetamine at an all-time high, a United Nations report showed on Friday, warning of a surge in new drugs filling a gap left by the collapse in heroin supply.
For decades, Indonesia Stock Exchange’s (IDX) institutional structure has acted as a brake on the growth and global competitiveness of Indonesia’s capital market. The exchange still operates under a mutual ownership model, in which brokerage firms that use it are also its
FIFA awarded World Cup broadcast rights to Mytel, which is partly owned by Myanmar's military.
The ministers also reaffirmed plans to expand the trade pact and strengthen supply chain resilience.
Its leader Kim Jong Un praised workers for their efforts in building a modern railway station in one year.
The move was driven by flight disruptions, geopolitical tensions and a pragmatic approach to travel spending.
BEIJING, June 26 - Bangladeshi Prime Minister Tarique Rahman urged Chinese leader Xi Jinping to help narrow the trade gap between the world's No.2 economy and the South Asian state and help with the delivery of key infrastructure projects, during talks in Beijing on Friday.
Malaysia’s move to lower diesel prices to RM2.10 (US$0.50) per litre for all citizens could squeeze the government’s fiscal space if oil prices rise again, analysts warn.
JAKARTA, June 26 - Indonesia has charged 24 foreign nationals as criminal suspects in an illegal gold mining operation in the country's Maluku region, its energy ministry said.
LUXEMBOURG, June 26 - The European Union has rebuked Turkey for excluding Cyprus from preparations for this year's U.N. climate summit, as diplomatic tensions mount over the issue ahead of the global climate talks.
Seoul’s KOSPI dived as much as 9 per cent before finishing almost 6 per cent off, capping five days of wild swings amid growing concerns about a possible bubble in the tech sector.
When PT Gunbuster Nickel Industry (GNI) began operating in North Morowali, it represented everything Indonesia wanted its nickel industry to become. Built with US$2.7 billion in Chinese investment, inaugurated by then-President Joko Widodo in 2021 and designated a National
Bank of China evaded paying 2.4 billion yuan (US$352 million) in tax while Agricultural Bank of China illegally issued 11 billion yuan in loans to farmland projects, says China's top audit body.
The Riau Islands Police created the Public Order and Security task force involving various parties.
He was accused of causing disturbances on buses, subways and at Lotte World, as well as live-streaming an obscene video.
Footage of fighting pupils circulated across social media, sparking outrage and probes by authorities.
One key focus would be making sure the country’s internet regulator is sufficiently empowered to do its job.
SYDNEY, June 26 - Australia's prime minister said on Friday he was keen to make sure the country's social media ban for children was as strong as possible, as a new study found that the measure — the first of its kind and now six months old — had little impact on teen use.
Severe Tropical Storm Mekkhala, downgraded from a typhoon, was packing gusts of up to 144kmh and could potentially converge with Tropical Storm Higos.
Doodoomchit School, a K-pop dance education collective, launched in 2025 with teachers from Gyeonggi Province.
South Korea's defence minister said it would rely on 100 per cent domestically produced components.
SEOUL, June 26 - South Korea will rapidly expand its drone and counter-drone capabilities to counter North Korea, including by training 500,000 \"drone warriors\" and distributing tens of thousands of unmanned systems across frontline units, the Defence Ministry said on Friday.