Beijing sends largest patrol ship east of Taiwan after Japan-Philippine boundary talks
Published: 2:50pm, 7 Jun 2026Updated: 2:52pm, 7 Jun 2026 Beijing has sent a flotilla that includes mainland China’s largest patrol vessel to waters east...
Slumping rupiah makes Indonesia irresistible for Malaysian tourists, shoppers
Indonesia has always been a favourite travel destination for Malaysians and visitor numbers are expected to increase with the neighbouring country’s currency hitting a...
Chinese medical team arrives in DR Congo to help fight Ebola, ‘filling US void’
A Chinese team of medical experts has arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo for a three-month frontline mission to contain an expanding Ebola...
Central Asia tipped to be Hong Kong’s next logistics hub: Airport Authority head
Published: 1:56pm, 7 Jun 2026Updated: 3:55pm, 7 Jun 2026 Central Asia can become a logistics hub for Hong Kong as wars in the Middle...
For Malaysia’s Rohingya refugees, survival is just the start
For nine days, Nurul Nisa was crammed onto one of four fishing boats with 130 others, fleeing her village in Myanmar in search of...
Calls grow to tighten child protection rules after baby Danny case in Hong Kong
Published: 12:06pm, 7 Jun 2026Updated: 12:11pm, 7 Jun 2026 A recent series of child protection controversies, including a couple refusing a DNA test to...
Treasury Department Seeks to Redirect Iranian Assets to Gulf Nations for War Damages
The U.S. government will attempt to redirect Iranian assets under its control to Gulf states to cover damages sustained during the three-month war, a...
What does Singapore lose when the wrecking ball swings?
Published: 12:00pm, 7 Jun 2026Updated: 1:59pm, 7 Jun 2026 Tey Yong How remembers running along the shores of eastern Singapore as a child, the...
China’s nuclear weapons scientist Du Xiangwan clarifies role in nation’s war on waste
One of China’s most prominent nuclear scientists has publicly clarified his role in the country’s rapidly expanding waste-to-energy sector, following years of speculation linking...