TEHRAN, IRAN — At least 70 people were injured on Wednesday when an 5.8 magnitude earthquake jolted northwestern Iran near the border with Turkey, state media...
HANOI, VIETNAM — Vietnam’s rubber stamp National Assembly on Wednesday approved the resignation of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, a day after he dramatically stepped down as...
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — Nobel laureate Maria Ressa told AFP she keeps a prison “go bag”, bundles of cash for bail, and runs simulations of police raids...
by Laurent Thomet DAVOS, SWITZERLAND — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres skewered oil firms on Wednesday for having “peddled the big lie” about their role in global...
SINGAPORE — There is a lot the mainstream media is complicit in, such as not calling out the Government when it clearly practises double standards in...
JAKARTA, INDONESIA — An offshore earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 hit near eastern Indonesia’s Maluku islands on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported, triggering...
SINGAPORE — Staff from selected departments at SPH Media were allegedly told to “let the matter rest” at a town hall meeting by the Chief Executive...
by Su Xinqi and Zoe Low HONG KONG, CHINA — Regional airlines are struggling to ramp up flights to Hong Kong because of staff shortages at...
SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES — Microsoft is readying to cut more positions from its global workforce as tech giants continue paring headcount to ride out rough...
by Mikhail Flores MANILA, PHILIPPINE — Philippine Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa was on Wednesday acquitted of tax evasion, among a slew of charges she has...
SELANGOR, MALAYSIA — A human torso and a suitcase stuffed with other body parts, were found along the North-South Expressway in Malaysia yesterday (17 January). In...
MALAYSIA— When Malaysia Tourism Board promoted the slogan, “Malaysia, Truly Asia” many years ago, the agency wanted to appeal to visiting tourists with the country’s colourful...
SINGAPORE — Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (HOME) has suspended its executive director, Ms Deshi Gill, following allegations of possible misappropriation of HOME’s funds by Ms...
by Sagar Ghimire POKHARA, NEPAL — Nepali hospital staff began the grim task of handing over bodies to grieving families on Tuesday after a plane with...
DAVOS, SWITZERLAND — China has returned to normal after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, Vice Premier Liu He told the World Economic Forum on Tuesday as...