(ST) - Convicted Malaysian terrorist Yazid Sufaat, who acquired 4 tonnes of ammonium nitrate in 2000 in preparation for a foiled bombing plot in Singapore, has been freed from prison, sources told…

(FMT) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he will stop the importation of electronic cigarette products to the country and prohibit their use in public places. “I will ban it, the use…

(CNA) - Murder disguised as suicide. A secret massacre at a subway station. Impending "terrorist" attacks: False news online is amplifying fear and confusion in Hong Kong as months of unrest turns…

(SCMP) - China summoned a senior United States diplomat on Wednesday as it warned it would retaliate if US President Donald Trump signed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act into law,…

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(CNN) - Iran has gone almost entirely offline as authorities try to stem the spread of nationwide protests that have gripped the country since Friday. Protesters took to the streets shortly…

The country was once the world’s top exporter but it has been hit by a triple whammy of unrest in Hong Kong, a strong baht and tough competition. With rice front and centre in Thai politics, that’s…

(SCMP) - A Hong Kong court has declared the government’s anti-mask law unconstitutional. High Court judges on Monday found the mask ban introduced under emergency legislation was “incompatible…

(CNA) - A trove of leaked Chinese government documents reveals details of its clampdown on Uighurs and other Muslims in the country's western Xinjiang region under President Xi Jinping, the New…

Late last month, some 200,000 Rohingya living in refugee camps in southeastern Bangladesh gathered to mark the anniversary of the brutal crackdown by the Myanmar military that drove more than…

Han, 62, gained nationwide popularity after winning a mayoral election last year on the promise of forging closer economic ties with China. This is what CNA reported. (CNA) - Taiwan’s opposition…

(Flyer Talk) - American Airlines flyers traveling on a codeshare ticket with Malaysian Airlines must change their itinerary before travel after the Federal Aviation Administration downgraded the…

The social network has invested heavily in finding and taking down accounts crafted to deceive people about where information is originating, particular when spread as part of coordinated campaigns…

(Bloomberg) - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. logged more than 268 billion yuan ($38.3 billion) of purchases during its Singles’ Day bonanza, exceeding last year’s record haul after a 24-hour shopping…

(NST) - A suspected suicide bombing outside police headquarters in Indonesia's city of Medan in North Sumatra killed the perpetrator and wounded some officers on Wednesday, police said, just a…

(ST) - A Chinese scientist pleaded guilty on Tuesday (Nov 12) to stealing next-generation battery technology from the American petroleum company where he worked, the Department of Justice said.…

(Malay Mail) - High-profile Cambodian opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Mu Sochua are currently in Malaysia, but why are they here and what is the significance of their presence? Here’s a quick…

(CNA) - Iran has discovered a massive new oil field, President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday (Nov 10), a find that would boost its proven reserves by about a third in a rare piece of "good news" for…

Member of India's ruling BJP party calls for destruction of the monument in Agra, saying a temple should replace it. (Al Jazeera) - An Indian politician has sparked fresh controversy after saying…

(NST) - About 1,000 people sleep rough on the streets of Singapore, the first-ever academic study measuring the scale of homelessness here has found. They are mostly older men, and 31 per cent…

(NST) - The Indian pop star, swaddled in gold-trimmed tulle, stepped to the front of the stage at a neighbourhood concert. Thunder effects crackled through speakers stacked near an electronics…

(HuffPost) - In 2000, Siri Abrahamson moved to London from Sweden. In 2016, the U.K. voted to leave the European Union. In June 2017, while in a grocery store checkout line, Abrahamson spoke to…

(FMT) - An Indonesian palm oil executive has been arrested for allegedly ordering the killing two activist journalists who were mediating a land dispute between his company and local residents,…

(SCMP) - A court in northern China sentenced a fentanyl trafficker to death and eight others to jail on November 7. It was the first big joint fentanyl bust between China and the United States.The…

(AFP) - India’s top court cleared the way today for a Hindu temple to be constructed at a hotly disputed holy site, in a huge victory for Hindu nationalists under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.…

(BBC) - The disputed holy site of Ayodhya in northern India should be given to Hindus who want a temple built there, the country's Supreme Court has ruled. The case, which has been bitterly…

(SCMP) - The Philippines is committed to keeping the United States as its only military ally but does not believe it needs to contain China or take sides as the world’s top two powers compete for…

(CNA) - Indonesia should prioritise locally produced goods over imports in order to boost the domestic economy, President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday (Nov 6). Speaking at a National Public…