Following the success of Chinese box office hit Dear You, more Singaporeans and Malaysians of Teochew descent are turning to a volunteer network in China to trace their roots and reconnect with long-lost relatives.
The Mahindra Thar SUV's affordability is turning out to be a double-edged sword for the brand.
Bangladesh Bank is beginning to loosen monetary policy from an unusually favorable position on the currency front. Despite persistent inflation and deep strains in the banking system, the taka has been among the most stable currencies in South Asia and neighboring economies
The 78-year-old has been convicted of crimes against humanity over a deadly crackdown on a 2024 uprising.
The "cockroach" movement was one of the biggest public displays of dissent against India's prime minister in years.
DUBAI, Aug 5 - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Wednesday they had launched a missile attack on a Saudi oil tanker off the coast of the kingdom's Red Sea port city of Yanbu and another missile attack on a Saudi oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden.
WASHINGTON, Aug 5 - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband discussed the importance of Europe taking a greater role in its security during a meeting in Washington on Wednesday, the State Department said in a statement.
The statement follows Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced plans to return 5,000 refugees to Myanmar.
In 2027, India will conduct an exercise of almost unimaginable scale. Hundreds of millions of people will be counted in what the government describes as the country’s first fully digital census. Alongside information about education, migration, fertility and employment,
According to reports, Chan’s son accidentally kicked the back of a woman’s seat during the movie.
NEW DELHI/DHAKA, Aug 5 - Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Wednesday that a ban on her Awami League party should be lifted and reiterated that she would return to her country in December, challenging the new government of her rival Bangladesh Nationalist
China is now chasing decades of unpaid tax on money its wealthiest citizens moved offshore, in some cases reaching back as far as 25 years. Call it what it actually is: a state deciding, after the fact, that wealth it once let leave the country is now fair game to reclaim. To
Her comments were made on the second anniversary of her ouster in 2024.
Experts dismiss the theory as unrealistic in technological, financial and practical terms.
Five months into what historians will likely call the 2026 Iran war, Washington finds itself in a posture it has occupied before, in Vietnam, in Iraq, in Afghanistan: too deep in to walk away cleanly, not deep enough in to call the thing won. US President Donald Trump’s
The cause of the leak is still under investigation.
FRANKFURT, Aug 5 - The world is on the verge of another bout of food inflation as wars in Iran and Ukraine along with El Nino create a perfect storm of higher costs and lower crop yields, the chief economist of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said.
The ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre on Monday raised the alert to Level 2, the second-highest level, signalling an increasing risk of transboundary haze in the region.
The video was set to piano music and recapped Takaichi’s visit to Kumamoto Prefecture on Aug 3.
The authorities warned Sri Lankans that investing in those sites was illegal.
Kyiv has reportedly secured a European Union exemption to purchase drone components from China, highlighting Beijing’s deeply embedded role in the supply chain and the strategic influence that position affords, say analysts.
Animals including a green iguana, a Spencer’s monitor, and a taxidermied African grey parrot were seized in 2022.
Three other climbers – two Nepalis and one Pakistani – remain missing.
Company sorry for error and also for ads promoting child sexual abuse material on its platforms.
Consumers blame the ethanol-blended fuel for mileage drops and vehicle damage.
Anyone working for foreign media, including Pakistanis, will now need permission to report from anywhere outside three major cities.
It happened after a social gathering attended by programme cast members and production staff.
Analysts believe that normalising bilateral ties with Thailand may be the ticket for Myanmar to get back into the ASEAN family.
The annual Japanese report claims that China has intensified its military activities around Taiwan.
The country has strict flora and fauna laws that prohibit handling wildlife, particularly endangered animals.
President Xi Jinping in July urged senior leaders to deepen the fight against corruption in the military.
Aug 5 - FBI Director Kash Patel says he has forged new law enforcement partnerships with China and Russia, two longtime U.S. rivals, over the past year in hopes of gaining allies in combating transnational crime including fentanyl, cyber fraud and child sexual exploitation.
China has announced restrictions on drone exports to the US and blacklisted six American companies in response to recent US trade sanctions.
ANKARA, Aug 5 - Turkey's ruling alliance submitted a draft law to parliament on Wednesday meant to achieve peace with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in part by protecting many former militants from prosecution, and suspending prison sentences for many of those convicted of
Among the violations were foreign objects found in food and improper sanitary handling.
A 39-year-old Malaysian Airlines pilot was arrested on July 28 in Jakarta over alleged drug trafficking.
CANBERRA/PERTH, Aug 5 - Australia’s energy minister Chris Bowen said on Wednesday that plans by the Northern Territory to use its large-scale shale gas resources to power data centres would run counter to proposed national standards, casting doubt over the Territory's ambition
Crude oil rose on Wednesday (Aug 5) after Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi rebels said they attacked a Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea, denting hopes of a restoration of shipping traffic and oil flows in the Middle East.
Human Rights Watch warned that the refugees face persecution and other rights abuses in Myanmar.
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 5 - Malaysia will not proceed with repatriating 5,000 Myanmar refugees if their lives are found to be at risk upon their return, a government spokesman said on Wednesday, as authorities continued to screen the refugees ahead of the planned handover.
The north-eastern state of Assam is among the hardest hit, with at least 87 people killed.
A video of a security officer making a rude gesture towards the fans was circulated on social media.
It will be lowered to 1 per cent from the current 8 per cent for two years starting April 2027.
Most maid cafes in South Korea do not sell alcohol or provide adult-oriented services.