South East Asia

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday denounced...

General Electric Co said on Friday that turbine blade oxidation which forced Exelon Corp to idle four electric power units in Texas also affects ......

Spinner Ravindra Jadeja took four wickets and skipper Rohit Sharma smashed a successive half century to help India rout Bangladesh by seven ......

Moscow said Friday Washington's latest raft of anti-Russian sanctions that also target China undermined global stability, warning the United States against...

PARIS (REUTERS) - A French Muslim rapper said on Friday (Sept 21) he was cancelling two gigs at a Paris concert hall attacked by Islamist militants three years ago, saying he couldn't go ahead for security reasons after the far-right accused him of st...

(Reuters Health) - Prescription drug shortages may drive up prices twice as much as they would rise with medicines in abundant supply, adding ......

Green Oak Hotel Management, the holding company of Tauzia Hotels, is pushing for expansion across South East Asia by partnering with Ascott Limited....

A campaign official of the Joko "Jokowi" Widodo-Ma'ruf Amin presidential election ticket claims that 22 regional heads in religiously conservative West Java are backing the incumbent candidate....

Nasdaq's Nordic commodities exchange has reached agreement on the sale of assets belonging to a private trader who defaulted on his commitments ......

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted on Friday that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump was a threat to the Middle ......

British Prime Minister Theresa May's renewed pledge to deliver Brexit without dividing the UK was met with contradictory ultimatums Friday from ......

BERLIN (REUTERS) - Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday (Sept 21) the leaders of her coalition parties would try to find a solution this weekend to a row over Germany's scandal-tainted spymaster, seeking to defuse a problem that has plunged the gov...

Former French president Francois Hollande on Friday (Sep 21) fuelled the controversy over India's multi-billion dollar purchase of 36 Rafale ......

Blackstone Group LP , the world's largest manager of alternative investments such as private equity and real estate, said on Friday it could be ......

Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Friday (Sep 11) ordered the arrest of the management of a ferry that capsized in Lake Victoria, as the death ......

Liquid ecstasy dealer Samsul Anwar was sentenced to 19 years in prison by the West Jakarta District Court on Tuesday....

Brazilian teenager Vinicius Jr. has been called into the Real Madrid squad for Saturday's La Liga game at home to Espanyol, taking the youngster ......

The U.S. official who oversees the federal investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 U.S. election last year suggested secretly recording ......

WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - The United States is getting...

LISBON (REUTERS) - Englishman Oliver Fisher carded the first sub-60 round in European Tour history with an incredible 12-under-par 59 on day two of the Portugal Masters on Friday (Sept 21).. Read more at straitstimes.com....

Police are still investigating and searching for the suspected perpetrator of a reported robbery and rape at a residence of a German national in Depok, West Java....

Pertamina complained on Friday about a lack of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) supplied to 43 of its fuel terminals....

KOCHI, India (REUTERS) - A Roman Catholic bishop was arrested in the south Indian state of Kerala on Friday (Sept 21) on charges of raping a nun, police said, a day after the Vatican accepted the bishop's request to be temporarily relieved of his duti...

CHICAGO (AFP) - World number two Roger Federer says he is mulling a return to the European clay-court season in 2019 following a two-year absence.. Read more at straitstimes.com....

Gerindra Party politician Mohamad Taufik, who claims to have been assigned by his party to fill the vacant Jakarta deputy gubernatorial post, is officially running for a legislative seat, again....

WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - The United States is optimistic about finding a way forward in its trade dispute with China, but it does not have a date scheduled for further talks as it assesses Beijing's response to the latest round of tariffs, a senior Whit...

Bank Indonesia monetary management department head Nanang Hendarsah said on Friday that the rupiah exchange rate against the US dollar had begun to rebound as the external pressure on the currency had started to subside....

Fierce rivalry in the legislative and presidential elections next year is expected to result in a flood of hoaxes and fake news as candidates and their supporters will use social media as a platform to win over voters, election observers say....

AUSTIN, Texas/TAIPEI (REUTERS) - A Texan running a 3-D printed guns company who flew to Taiwan as police investigated an accusation he had sex with an underage girl was detained in Taipei on Friday (Sept 21) and ordered to leave the island after his US pa...

President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday slammed the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the European Union (EU) anew in a speech at the Asia Pacific Association of Gastroenterology forum in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu....

Washington - Three babies and two adults were slashed at a child care center Friday in New York City, police said....

Israel's coordination with Russia on its attacks in Syria remains unchanged despite the deadly downing of a Russian plane, and the Jewish state ......

Saigon Securities Inc. has won Asiamoney magazine's award for Best Securities House in Vit Nam....

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday admitted "underestimating" the reported build-up of extremist forces in Marawi City, which eventually led to its siege in May 2017....

The retail price of bio-fuel E5 RON 92 rose VN320 to VN20,231 (US$0.87) per litre at 3pm Friday due rising global prices, the ministries of Industry and Trade and Finance announced....

METZ, France (AFP) - Gilles Simon finally managed to beat his fellow Frenchman Richard Gasquet at the ninth attempt with a 7-6 (7/4), 6-2, victory in the Metz quarter-finals on Friday (Sept 21).. Read more at straitstimes.com....

Chelsea defender Gary Cahill is considering leaving the Premier League club in January as he is frustrated with the lack of game time he is ......

Mula sa Cagayan Valley, bumiyahe ang Lingkod Kapamilya sa Benguet para maghatid ng tulong sa mga nasalanta ng bagyong Ompong....

The opening of the Limboto Lake Charm Festival (FPDL), which was held on the coast of Limboto Lake, Gorontalo District, Gorontalo Province, on Thursday night was lively, because of the various spectacular ......

Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff Carlito Galvez said martial rule was justified during the regime of the late dictator, Ferdinand Marcos....

Sa gitna ng usapin ngayon tungkol sa tila pagtatangkang baguhin ang kasaysayan ng Martial Law sa bansa, isang dating nakibaka ng mga panahong iyon ang sinariwa ang mga sinapit niya at ng kaniyang pamilya sa ilalim ng Batas Militar....

Kasama umano sa "Bong Chavez Crime Group" ang isa sa mga nahuli....

Ayon sa detainee, nangotong ang pulis sa kaniya at inalukan siya ng VIP treatment sa selda, maging ang mabilisang paglipat sa kaniya sa Quezon City Jail....

Kenneth Cheng 1 hour 18 min ago SINGAPORE — With NTUC Enterprise set to take over homegrown food centre operator Kopi...

ZURICH: Drug giants Novartis, Bayer and Roche on Friday lost a bid to stop British doctors from recommending a cheaper drug option for people with ......

A dog owner has sued a veterinarian, Indhira Kusumawardhani, in Cinere, South Tangerang, for Rp 1.5 billion (US$101,100) over alleged neglect that caused the death of a two-week old Siberian Husky....

The total value of Thailand's exports rose 6.7 per cent year on year to US$22.79 billion (Bt1.23 trillion) in August, recording continuous growth for 18 months, according to the Ministry of Commerce....