BEIJING, July 7 — The death toll from devastating storms in parts of China rose to 15 today, with hundreds more injured and tens of thousands evacuated, state media reported, […]

YANGON, July 7 — The builder of a Myanmar condominium which collapsed killing more than 200 people during a devastating earthquake last year has been sentenced to five years in prison,

SEOUL, July 7 — South Korea began enforcing today a revised law targeting false information posted online, toughening penalties for repeat offenders despite concerns over the impact on free speech.

HONG KONG, July 7 — Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong — already serving a years-long jail term for subversion — will be sentenced in September in a separate

WASHINGTON, July 7 — Top Democrats called on scandal-hit US Senate candidate Graham Platner to quit the race yesterday after a sexual assault allegation threatened to derail one of the party’s

HANOI, July 7 — Vietnamese police said today they had arrested 85 people linked to two “exceptionally large-scale” betting rings worth a combined US$133 million (RM542 million), as the government cracks

WASHINGTON, July 7 — US President Donald Trump today confirmed that work was underway to build a “beautiful” new helipad at the White House, in his latest personally directed redesign

ABUJA, July 7 — It began with threats of US visa bans on a swathe of African nations. Then Washington started to scatter migrants from all over the world to various

TOULOUSE, July 7 — A Frenchman convicted of the murder of his wife who disappeared over half-a-decade ago but whose body was never found has confessed from his jail cell

Nato leaders will focus on Europe assuming greater defence responsibility as US commitment faces growing uncertainty. Donald Trump has pushed allies to lead Europe’s defence through troop reviews, military reductions