China has brought a third generating unit online at the Shuangjiangkou hydropower station in Sichuan Province, lifting output to 1.5 GW while the record-breaking dam above the turbines is still being built.

Vietnam's Party General Secretary and President To Lam departed Hanoi on Sunday morning to attend the high-level general debate of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 81), engage in bilateral activities in the U.S., and pay a state visit to Canada.

Operators concern over possible licence renewal issues, ministry clarifies requirment not new.

Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak said on Sunday that he would remain in Kajang Prison as he and his legal team study the conditions attached to his “conditional pardon”, including the payment of a 50 million ringgit (US$12.3 million) fine before he can be transferred to house arrest. In a statement issued on his behalf by Messrs Shafee & Co, Najib said his transfer to house arrest depended on the conditions of the pardon being fulfilled. “Until the fine is paid to the court, our...

Ex-PM's legal team is studying how to best fulfil the pardon's conditions.

Hassan believes Najib's pardon gives Harapan 'easy opportunity'.

Sweden's Nobel Foundation said it will increase ​this year's prize money for its ‌prestigious annual awards by 9% to a total value of 12 million Swedish ​crowns (US$1.22 million) in each of ​the six categories.

Bai Rang Beach in Mui Ne Ward in central Vietnam has lied buried under extensive mounds of waste for two months, causing severe pollution and disrupting tourism operations.

Zhecheng County in China's Henan Province has become a major hub for lab-grown diamonds, accounting for about 60% of the country's production.

Australian police charged a man on Sunday for allegedly stabbing a 90-year-old woman to death near Sydney's Bondi Beach.

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But only with parties that respect its struggle and share its ideals, Bersatu president stresses.

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim caused a bit of a stir in India recently with his spirited rendition of a Bollywood classic – a lighthearted moment that also neatly captured his broader push to deepen ties with the South Asian giant. A video of Anwar singing, from memory, Kishore Kumar’s 1965 hit ballad “Khwab Ho Tum Ya Koi Haqeeqat” (“Are you a dream or are you reality?”) was first posted to his social media accounts last Sunday before quickly being picked up by Indian news outlets. The...

When Jordan Seow joined OpenAI in June 2025, he became the company’s first locally hired forward-deployed engineer in Asia-Pacific, joining a Singapore office that then had fewer than 20 employees. The 29-year-old is now part of a fast-growing workforce built in Singapore by the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies. Experts say the city state is emerging as a regional hub – not for training the latest AI models, but for the increasingly crucial task of deploying and adapting them...

Indonesian authorities are holding a Chinese diving instructor over the alleged killing and eating of a critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle in the Raja Ampat marine conservation area.

Thailand's Queen Suthida draws attention for her beauty and a modern wardrobe that weaves in her country's cultural traditions.

A senior ally of Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim announced his resignation from cabinet on Saturday – a day after confidence in the prime minister’s administration took a severe hit when disgraced former leader Najib Razak was allowed to serve out his jail term under house arrest. Anthony Loke, the secretary general of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), said that the party could not accept the decision to allow Najib to complete his sentence in the comfort of his own home. The former prime minister is...

UPDATED 7.48PM | Decision follows three hours of DAP CEC discussions.

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Legal advice being sought before decision on action, says Hanan.

A Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight from London was diverted to Istanbul on Sept. 15 after a passenger fell ill, a day after another of the carrier's jets turned back to Singapore over a medical emergency.

Parties act professionally in managing govt affairs, DPM says.

Bundles of glass fell from a truck on Saturday afternoon, causing a 5 km traffic jam on Vo Chi Cong Street around the Phu Huu Interchange and between the Long Phuoc and Long Truong toll stations, in the direction of Ho Chi Minh City's eastern gateway.

A Japanese entrepreneur who says he has slept just 30 minutes a day for nearly 17 years repeatedly appeared to fall asleep during a weeklong livestream meant to prove the claim.

Details needed before authorities can determine how the order will be implemented.

'An attempt to usurp the sovereign powers of the Undang Yang Empat.'

Chinese regulators are ordering inspections of shops near schools over a viral snack of edible rice paper printed to look like homework, after national monitoring flagged suspected additive violations.

Cloud seeding operations will be carried out in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya following worsening haze conditions in Malaysia, according to the National Disaster Management Agency. The agency said the operations would be scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. “However, the operations are subject to weather conditions and the availability of suitable clouds for the seeding process,” its director general, Meor Ismail Meor Akim, said in a statement on Saturday. The operations will be carried out...

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Vehicles, officers seen at Langgak Duta home in KL today.