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Vietnam jails ex-lawyer over Facebook posts
HANOI: A Vietnamese court sentenced a prominent former lawyer to three years in jail on Friday (Jan 10) over Facebook posts it ruled…
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Hammer attacker wounds 8 at Japanese university: Media
TOKYO: Eight people were wounded in a hammer attack at a university in Tokyo on Friday (Jan 10), with a 22-year-old student arrested at the…
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As full member of BRICS, Indonesia should be wary of ‘trade turbulence’ and Trump’s tariff…
JAKARTA: Indonesia this week marked a significant milestone in its international endeavours, one that is a success for President Prabowo’s…
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Indian nurse’s death sentence in Yemen spotlights migrant workers’ woes
The case of an Indian nurse sentenced to death in Yemen has sparked outrage over her claims of harassment and passport confiscation, placing…
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Malaysian police appeal for information on 4 missing girls in Perak
Malaysian police have launched an appeal to find four girls missing in Perak, the latest in a troubling spate of disappearances of girls…
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Feeling the heat: bungling Australia arsonist sets trousers on fire
Australian police have released CCTV video of a bungling arsonist who set their own trousers alight and had to hotfoot it from the scene…
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State offices, schools to shut and police deployed for Philippine sect rally
MANILA: Schools and government offices will close and thousands of police will be deployed on Monday (Jan 13) to oversee a planned…
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China says greenhouse gas emissions hit 13 billion tons in 2021
BEIJING: China emitted 13 billion metric tons of climate-warming greenhouse gases in 2021, up 4.3 per cent from a year earlier, it said in…
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Indonesia court ruling shakes up presidential race rules: ‘victory for democracy’
Pro-democracy activists in Indonesia have welcomed a landmark ruling by the Constitutional Court to scrap a regulation that effectively…
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