Saudi-Iran war risk grows as Riyadh resumes Yemen bombing
Iran and Saudi Arabia are edging dangerously closer to direct conflict, analysts warn, after Riyadh resumed major air strikes on Yemen’s Tehran-allied Houthi rebels...
Indonesia to take delivery of first Chinese J-10CE fighter jets in 6 months, report says
Indonesia is expected to receive its first Chengdu J-10CE fighter jets in six months, according to an Indonesian media report, which would make it...
Singaporean massage parlour boss added to US ‘worst of the worst criminal aliens list’
A Singaporean woman has been added to a US list of “the worst of the worst criminal aliens,” becoming the third citizen from the...
Indonesia’s Prabowo taps Widodo’s allies as advisers amid falling approval rating
Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto is seeking to keep potential rivals in his inner circle as he faces growing political pressure by appointing influential figures...
Fire breaks out on rooftop of residential building in Hong Kong’s Mong Kok
Published: 6:35pm, 6 Oct 2026Updated: 7:01pm, 6 Oct 2026 Firefighters are battling a rooftop blaze at a residential building in Hong Kong’s Mong Kok,...
Hong Kong’s Generation Y unhappiest amid housing and economic pressures, poll finds
Published: 6:28pm, 6 Oct 2026Updated: 7:21pm, 6 Oct 2026 Hong Kong’s Generation Y residents – those aged 30 to 45 – are the city’s...
Construction worker jailed for life for killing bus driver after smoking dispute
Published: 6:08pm, 6 Oct 2026Updated: 7:25pm, 6 Oct 2026 A construction worker has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering a man who...
Public outcry as China nurse dies after on-duty brain bleed, but death ruled not work-related
The death of a 30-year-old nurse in southwestern China from a brain haemorrhage while on duty sparked outrage after authorities refused to classify her...
‘Neutrino Man’ Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in Physics
Published: 5:56pm, 6 Oct 2026Updated: 8:20pm, 6 Oct 2026 Belgian-American particle physicist Francis Halzen won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work...