South East Asia

To ensure that the standard of Brunei military officers is on par with armed forces of the region, His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah....

The Government of His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar 'Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang....

Amid growing concerns of the Wuhan pneumonia outbreak, the Ministry of Health (MoH) has increased precautionary measures such as the reintroduction of body temperature....

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines CBCP) has created an office that will help protect minors from alleged sexual abuses by the clergy....

An Indian nurse working in Saudi Arabia has tested positive for coronavirus, but with a different strain from the one wreaking havoc in China, Delhi's consulate in Jeddah said Thursday....

Pinayagang bumalik sa kanilang mga bahay ang mga residente ng Mataasnakahoy, Batangas para masilip sandali ang kanilang ari-arian at mapakain ang kanilang mga alagang hayop....

Authorities in Texas are investigating a second suspected case on US soil of a deadly Chinese virus, namely a college student who had recently returned from the city at the heart of the outbreak, officials said Thursday....

NEW YORK, Jan 24 — The Doomsday Clock yesterday ticked down to 100 seconds to midnight, symbolising the greatest level of peril to humanity since its creation in 1947 as the threat posed by climate change and a growing nuclear race loomed large.......

Alt rock acts Bon Iver and Vampire Weekend will play concerts in support of presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders ahead of the key Iowa caucuses that kick off the long 2020 election season....

MADRID - Spain's government will hold an emergency meeting on Friday to deal with the impact of a storm that has caused heavy rains, powerful winds and huge waves, and killed at least 13 people....

Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade urged vigilance in all ports of entry to stop the entry of the dreaded 2019 novel coronavirus (nCoV)....

WINNIPEG, Manitoba/TORONTO - The arrival of a new, sometimes deadly strain of coronavirus to just outside Canada's borders has health officials determined not to repeat the country's stumbling response to the SARS epidemic 17 years ago....

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) and the Industrial Works Department are teaming up to study the feasibility of recycling used solar panels and batteries, in line with the circular economy concept....

VATICAN CITY - Nelson Perez, the Roman Catholic bishop of Cleveland and a critic of U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policy, was named by Pope Francis to lead the Philadelphia archdiocese after the retirement of a leading church conservative....

VICTORIA, British Columbia - Prince Harry and wife Meghan have settled, for now, into a seaside home near the most royal of Canadian cities - Victoria, British Columbia (B.C.)- named after a queen who reigned until 1901, during a great expansion of the Br...

The Doomsday Clock on Thursday ticked down to 100 seconds to midnight, symbolizing the greatest level of peril to humanity since its creation in 1947 as the threat posed by climate change and a growing nuclear race loomed large....

Gulf airports, including one of the world's biggest aviation hubs, said Thursday they would screen all passengers arriving from China amid the outbreak of a deadly virus....

BEIJING, Jan 24 — A new coronavirus has killed 25 people in China and infected more than 800, the government said today, as the World Health Organisation declared it an emergency but stopped short of declaring the epidemic of international......

A university student being treated for a respiratory illness in Texas after traveling to Wuhan, China, is being tested for the newly discovered coronavirus that has killed 18 people in China, state and local officials said on Thursday....

FRONTERA HIDALGO - Dozens of Mexican security forces corralled a caravan of Central Americans who entered from Guatemala on Thursday, testing Mexico's resolve to contain mass movements of people under pressure from the Trump administration....

The coronavirus outbreak is not yet a global health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday....

Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto has dismissed reports of a suspected case of a coronavirus, which first emerged at the end of last year in the city of Wuhan in China, in Indonesias capital Jakarta....

KUCHING, Jan 24 — Sarawak Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Openg today stressed that the state Gabungan Parti (GPS) government under his leadership is doing all it can to strengthen the economy. He said he believes that a strong economy......

LIMA - A truck carrying natural gas exploded on Thursday in Peru's capital, killing at least two people and injuring 48 in an accident that Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra labeled a "tragedy."...

CARACAS - Venezuelan opposition politician Henri Falcon's party is seeking the United States' blessing for a deal with President Nicolas Maduro to overturn and repeat a 2018 vote in which Maduro trounced Falcon, the party's lobbying firm said ...

BEIJING: The death toll in China's viral outbreak has risen to 25, with the number of confirmed cases also leaping to 830, the national health commission said on Friday....

TOKYO - Japan has confirmed a second case of infection by the new coronavirus from China, the health ministry said on Friday....

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Jan 24 — The European Central Bank yesterday officially kicked off a year-long "strategic review", the first rethink of its tools and goals in 16 years. ECB chief Christine Lagarde has promised not to leave "any stone....

MIAMI/JERUSALEM - US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will release details of his long-delayed peace plan for the Middle East before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his election rival Benny Gantz visit the White House next week....

As many as 10 Indonesian companies are to team up with a United States-based construction service provider, Sandi Group Global Holdings, to do business in the Democratic Republic of Congo....

KUALA LUMPUR: Up to 65 people were killed in road accidents nationwide since the start of Op Selamat, which began in conjunction with the Chinese New Year travel rush....

MANILA, Jan 24 — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned the United States yesterday he would repeal an agreement on deployment of troops and equipment for exercises if Washington did not reinstate the visa of a political ally. Visibly upset,......

JANUARY 24 — Festivals, food, friendship and celebration of diversity just as much as football keep Malaysians united. Last year was stressful, where we were forced to see heightened racism, play of religion on politics, political infighting and......

Should there be any question regarding the purpose of the ministers overseas trips, the answer is for no other purpose than to bolster our diplomacy in the defense sphere, Jokowi said on Thursday...

The death toll in China's viral outbreak has risen to 25, with the number of confirmed cases also leaping to 830, the national health commission said on Friday....

The use of free trade agreement (FTA) privileges and the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) by Thai exporters dropped by 4.14% in the first 11 months of last year, in line with the country's overall lower exports....

LOS ANGELES, Jan 24 — Some of the biggest names in the art world have launched a campaign to preserve the late English filmmaker's iconic home and garden in Dungeness, Kent. The public fundraising campaign is led by the Art Fund, Creative......

In capitals Chinatown in Glodok, West Jakarta, locals are familiar with patekoan, a tea-for-all tradition that has been preserved by a tea house in the area....

Patay ang isang lalaki nang pagtulungang bugbugin at bagsakan ng hollow block sa Balingasag, Misamis Oriental....

The Criminal Court has sentenced Monta "Ying Kai" Yokrattanakan, 62, to another year in jail, adding to the 18 years she is currently serving for lese majeste and human trafficking....

Sapilitan nang pinalikas ang mga residente sa 2 barangay sa Tagaytay....

MELBOURNE: Highlights of the fifth day at the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, on Friday (times AEST; GMT+11): 1100 ......

The BIFF has killed more than 20 off-duty soldiers and police officers in retaliatory attacks in the past four years....

Kapwa nag-iingat ang mga pasahero at empleyado sa mga paliparan dahil sa 2019 novel coronavirus o nCoV....

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS — In a sweeping legal victory for members of the Rohingya minority, the United Nations (UN)'s top court yesterday ordered Myanmar....

Wuhan, China (AFP) - China locked down nearly 20 million in two cities at the centre of a deadly virus outbreak yesterday, banning planes....

KARACHI, PAKISTAN (AP) — A massive fire burned over 100 burlap-and-plastic shelters in the southern port city of Karachi, forcing hundreds of poor nomads....

Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has said that about 90 percent of Indonesians studying in Wuhan had already left the Chinese city at the center of a mysterious virus outbreak and returned to Indonesia for the Lunar New Year holiday since December....

BENGHAZI, LIBYA (AP) — The only functioning airport in Libya's capital closed after coming under attack, despite a tenuous truce that world powers have....

Central Java is establishing a holding company for region-owned oil and gas companies in the hope of improving their performance and thus, boosting locally generated income....