(The Star) - Hong Kong's Airport Authority has cancelled all flights not yet checked in by Monday afternoon, the agency said, as anti-government protesters peacefully demonstrated at the airport…

(Reuters) - Four LGBT+ people are murdered every day in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to “alarming” new research released yesterday by a regional network of gay rights groups. At…

(Reuters) - China’s weather bureau issued a red alert early on Friday as super typhoon Lekima approached Zhejiang province on the eastern coast, after forcing flight cancellations in Taiwan and…

(FMT) - A national forest on the island of Borneo has emerged as the frontrunner to be the location of Indonesia’s new capital as the government eyes billions of dollars in potential savings over…

(Borneo Post) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said the haze caused by forest fires in Indonesia has been an embarrassment for him to face Malaysia and Singapore as the problem has…

(CNN) - A national dengue epidemic has been declared in the Philippines, where 622 people have died of the mosquito-borne disease since January and millions more are at risk. From the start of…

(SCMP) - Thousands of Japanese have been taken to hospital, and 57 have died, as an extreme heatwave sweeps the archipelago nation. In total, 18,347 people were referred to hospital last week…

(Reuters) - The U.S. government has determined that China is manipulating its currency and will engage with the International Monetary Fund to eliminate unfair competition from Beijing, U.S.…

(Reuters) - Authorities in the Chinese capital have ordered halal restaurants and food stalls to remove Arabic script and symbols associated with Islam from their signs, part of an expanding…

Barricades have been put up around the Central Government Offices in the city as security has been stepped up in anticipation of widespread chaos resulting from protesters' calls for a…

(Bloomberg) - It’s been a week of trade pain that changes a lot about the global economic outlook. President Donald Trump’s threat Thursday to put 10% tariffs on the remaining $300 billion of…

(CNA) - Six small bombs exploded at three locations in Bangkok on Friday (Aug 2), injuring four people and rattling the Thai capital as it hosted a Southeast Asian security meeting that includes…

(NST) - Authorities in the Chinese capital have ordered halal restaurants and food stalls to remove Arabic script and symbols associated with Islam from their signs, part of an expanding national…

(NST) - Indonesia is deploying thousands of military and police personnel to douse forest fires after declaring an emergency in six provinces on the island of Sumatra and in the province of…

(Aljazeera) - The Philippines has "fired off" a diplomatic protest against China, following reports that more than 100 Chinese fishing vessels were spotted in recent days about a…

(Bloomberg) - Jack Ma’s online bank is leading a quiet revolution in the way China lends to small businesses, taking aim at a credit bottleneck that has held back Asia’s largest economy for…

(The Guardian) - Most people sent to mass detention centres in China’s Xinjiang region have “returned to society”, a senior official from the region has claimed. A spokeswoman for the US state…

(The Sun Daily) - India has failed in its third attempt to get Interpol to issue a Red Notice for controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik. In a statement, which was forwarded by the…

(BBC) - The pound sank to a 28-month low against the dollar as Boris Johnson's government toughened its rhetoric on Brexit. Sterling dipped 1.1% to $1.2242 and €1.1004 respectively. The…

(FMT) - Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh refuse to return to Myanmar unless they are recognised as an ethnic group in their home country, leaders told visiting Myanmar officials on Sunday as fresh…

(The Star) - A new trend is emerging among unscrupulous Grab and Gojek drivers in Singapore – using bootleg versions of the apps to earn extra income. The New Paper highlighted the issue after…

(Washington Post) - A historic heat wave inflicted life-threatening temperatures on Europe and shattered all-time highs in multiple countries Thursday. Paris registered a jaw-dropping 108.7…

(CNA) - Roughly 1,000 Southeast Asians joined the conflict in Iraq and Syria. With the terrorist group’s military collapse, Insight examines whether they will rise again in their home countries.…

(CNA) - Two Singaporeans have been detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for intending to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State militant group, the Ministry of Home Affairs announced…

(SCMP) - Boris Johnson, Britain’s prime minister-designate, said his government would be very “pro-China”, in an interview with a Hong Kong-based Chinese-language broadcaster shortly before he was…

(CNA) - China's defence ministry warned on Wednesday (Jul 24) that it was ready for war if there was a move toward Taiwan's independence, accusing the United States of undermining global stability…