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Malaysia court orders ex-PM Najib to pay US$1.3 billion to 1MDB unit

Myanmar lawmakers put junta chief on path to presidency

Asia barters for scarce energy as Iran crisis throttles supplies

India diesel exports to S-E Asia hit 7-year high in March due to Iran war, data shows

Eurovision Song Contest launches first-ever Asia edition

Man, 25, charged with murder of fellow Singaporean in Johor

Weapons, women and the rise of hybrid insurgency in Balochistan

Camel couriers caught carrying contraband booze to Delhi

China seeks to strengthen ties as EU lawmakers’ visit ends eight years’ hiatus

Two more Indonesian peacekeepers killed in Lebanon, bringing total to three

Seoul turns down billboard brightness across the city

Indonesia says won’t raise fuel price despite Mideast war pressures

Fire hot spots and scant rain raise haze alarm in South-east Asia

Why India’s missing from the Iran war mediation table

'Felt close to death': Indian seafarers detained in Iran return home

Chiang Mai set for disaster declaration after 4 days of soaring PM2.5 levels

Malaysia says its tankers will be exempt from Iran’s Hormuz toll

China says will boost cooperation with Pakistan on Iran issue

Japan deploys long-range missiles near China

Indonesia to deport Interpol-wanted UK fugitive nabbed in Bali

China expresses ‘gratitude’ after three ships transit Strait of Hormuz

Myanmar’s former spymaster Ye Win Oo rises to become military chief

Malaysian court orders ex-PM Najib to pay $1.68b to former 1MDB unit over fiduciary duty breach

Zelensky may be defying Trump with strikes on Russian oil

Needles, syringes to cost more in South Korea as impact of Middle East war hits medical sector

Five taken to hospital after pipe rupture at particle observatory in Japan

South Korea’s youngest children see sharpest rise in antidepressant use

Dalai Lama warns ‘violence begets violence’, urges peace in Middle East

China bans entombing cremated remains in empty flats

Pricier fuel hits Tokyo cherry blossom river cruises amid Middle East conflict

Diesel price in Thailand surges past key psychological threshold of 40 baht per litre

Striking Iran during talks has left a wound that won’t heal

Thailand weighs fuel tax cuts as global oil surge tests fiscal limits

Danantara’s ‘impact investing’ is really just state capitalism

S’porean man charged with murdering another S’porean near Johor night club

Malaysia tightens checks at borders with Singapore to deter ‘smuggling’ of subsidised items

North Korea, Russia news agencies join forces in ‘info war’

Thai restaurant bookings hit by oil price surge from Middle East war

Myanmar junta chief elected vice-president, moves a step closer to the presidency

Oil-thirsty Asian nations seek Russian crude as Iran war strains supplies

China’s top airlines cautious on outlook as Iran war raises fuel costs

Gate of Tears could soon be Iran war’s next stranglehold

Japan to coordinate on energy with Indonesia as Iran war disrupts supplies

Indonesian forest loss surges by 66% in 2025, driven by Prabowo’s self-sufficiency drive: Report

Iran war sold on missile numbers that don’t add up

Japan to add numeric standards to clarify ‘dangerous driving’

South Korea proposes $22 billion extra budget to mitigate Middle East shock

China prosecutes former regulatory official in graft crackdown

South Korea to start crude oil swap with local refiners, ministry says

Why Russia won’t run out of soldiers anytime soon