PARIS, July 21 — Africa has for the first time become the continent with the largest number of people facing hunger, a UN report said today, as a growing number […]

BANDUNG, July 21 — A woman who led a baby trafficking ring in Indonesia was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison, a judge said. Lie Siu Luan, 70, was

Burnham’s first major policy removes VAT on household electricity bills from October, targeting cost-of-living relief, especially for lower-income households. The tax cut will be funded by scrapping a planned digital

The Cockroach Janta Party pledged to continue nationwide protests until Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns over examination controversies. Clashes between protesters and police injured at least 180 people, highlighting escalating

JAKARTA, July 21 — Indonesia’s parliament passed a bill on Tuesday to establish an international financial centre, with the resort island of Bali previously floated as a possible location. Finance

BANGKOK, July 21 — Victims of transnational online scams in East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand lost up to US$114.1 billion (RM466.40 billion) last year, a UN report said

WASHINGTON, July 21 — Washington on Monday condemned what it called “dangerous and aggressive” action by China, whose personnel are accused of injuring a Filipino sailor at a shoal in

MANILA, July 21 — Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering in the Philippines on Tuesday under the cloud of renewed fighting in the Middle East and a deep divide over

Trump threatened intensified retaliation after additional US military deaths, while Iran declared the conflict had escalated into a full-scale war. US and Iranian strikes expanded regionally, with attacks reported across

Andy Burnham became UK prime minister, reshuffled the cabinet, and outlined a left-leaning 10-year agenda focused on affordability, housing, and decentralisation. Burnham reaffirmed UK commitments to US and Ukraine, while