Senators Warn of China’s Expanding Role in Undersea Sabotage
A Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on April 30 issued one of the strongest congressional warnings to date about China’s growing role in suspected...
Will Japan’s new arms export rules spark a high-end defence boom?
Japan has overhauled its overseas arms transfer regulations, a move analysts said paves the way for the country to export high-end weapons and defence...
Ukraine sees path to Japanese arms after Tokyo eases export rules
Published: 9:40pm, 1 May 2026Updated: 9:58pm, 1 May 2026 Japan’s relaxation of its weapons-export rules opens a path for talks that could one day...
Hong Kong police investigate ‘suspicious’ fire after man dies in fall
Published: 9:31pm, 1 May 2026Updated: 9:50pm, 1 May 2026 Hong Kong authorities are investigating a suspicious fire that broke out in a residential flat,...
Why Singapore, Thailand are among the world’s ‘happiest’ economies
Singapore and Thailand ranked among the world’s “least miserable” economies in an annual index compiled by a Johns Hopkins University economist, who said Southeast...
More Hongkongers can drive to Macau under expanded travel scheme
Published: 8:58pm, 1 May 2026Updated: 9:12pm, 1 May 2026 More Hong Kong permanent residents will soon be able to drive to Macau for work,...
4 killed in second Indonesia train crash in days
Published: 8:55pm, 1 May 2026Updated: 8:56pm, 1 May 2026 A train hit a car in Indonesia on Friday, killing four people including two children,...
Tokyo man who attacked teens with hammer arrested after manhunt
A man who is believed to have struck a 17-year-old high school student in the face with a hammer in Tokyo earlier this week...
Trump Eyes Australia’s Super System for US Retirement Overhaul
U.S. President Donald Trump says he is working on a retirement savings plan modelled on Australia’s compulsory superannuation system. During an Oval Office signing...