U.S. warship sails in disputed South China Sea amid trade tensions

By Reuters,

The U.S. military said one of its warships sailed near the disputed Scarborough Shoal claimed by China in the South China Sea on Sunday, a move likely...

trade tension , US warships

Google says Singapore’s fake news law could hamper innovation

By Reuters,

Google said on Thursday an anti-fake news law passed by Singapore’s parliament could stunt innovation, a quality that the city-state wants to nurtur...

Luxury mansion linked to Malaysia’s Ksh.400B scandal to be sold

By Reuters,

U.S. prosecutors are seeking to sell a $39-million Los Angeles mansion allegedly bought by fugitive Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho with money stolen...

Malaysia , U.S. prosecutors

Malaysia frees Vietnamese woman accused of killing North Korean leader’s half-brother

By Reuters,

A Vietnamese woman who spent more than two years in a Malaysian prison on suspicion of killing the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was...

China’s Xi says Belt and Road must be green, sustainable

By Reuters,

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) must be green and sustainable, President Xi Jinping said in opening a summit on his grand strategy, adding th...

china , China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

London to host 2019 world para swimming championships

By Reuters,

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on Monday awarded London the right to host the rearranged 2019 world para swimming championships in Septe...

2019 world para swimming championships , International Paralympic Committee (IPC) , world para swimming championships

Second group of Rohingya Muslims found on Malaysian beach: police

By Reuters,

Thirty-seven people believed to be Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar were found on a beach in northern Malaysia on Monday, police said, the latest arrival...

Malaysia , ROHINGYA

Malaysia’s former leader Najib in the dock as graft trial begins

By Reuters,

Ten years to the day after he was first sworn in as Malaysia’s prime minister, Najib Razak stood trial on Wednesday for corruption charges linked to...

graft , Malaysia , Najib Razak , Rosmah Mansor

Malaysia to sell 1MDB-linked superyacht for $126 million

By Reuters,

The superyacht Equanimity is among assets allegedly bought by fugitive financier Low Taek Jho and his associates with money taken from the fund, U.S. ...

1MDB , Malaysia

Brunei to punish gay sex and adultery with death by stoning

By CNN,

A new law which comes into effect from next week will punish homosexual sex and adultery with death in the small southeast Asian kingdom of Brunei. ...

Brunei , Rachel Chhoa-Howard

Brunei to punish gay sex and adultery with death by stoning

By CNN,

A new law which comes into effect from next week will punish homosexual sex and adultery with death in the small southeast Asian kingdom of Brunei. ...

Brunei , death by stoning , punish gay sex and adultery

Indonesia airline cancels 49-jet Boeing Deal

By VOA,

Indonesia’s national carrier Garuda has told Boeing it will cancel a multibillion-dollar order for 49 Boeing 737 Max 8 jets after two fatal crashes ...

Indonesia

Suspected white supremacist charged with murder after New Zealand mosque shootings

By Reuters,

Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 28, a suspected white supremacist, was charged with murder on Saturday after 49 people were killed and dozens wou...

New Zealand , white supremacist

Kin of Ethiopian plane crash victims to wait 6 months for DNA results

By Enock Sikolia,

Family and relatives of victims of the Ethiopia Airlines plane crash will now have to wait for six months for the DNA results. In a progress statem...

DNA , Ethiopian crash , NOK

French investigators start black box data review from Ethiopian Airlines crash

By Reuters,

France’s air safety agency on Friday began studying data from the black boxes of a Boeing 737 MAX plane that crashed in Ethiopia, as regulators the ...

Boeing 737 MAX , Ethiopian Airlines crash

Malaysia: Vietnamese woman to stand trial in Kim killing

By VOA,

Malaysia’s attorney general ordered the murder case to proceed against a Vietnamese woman accused in the killing of the North Korean leader’s estr...

Malaysia , Vietnamese woman

Malaysia shuts 111 schools, but says poisoning outbreak ‘under control’

By Reuters,

Malaysia ordered 111 schools to close on Thursday as more than 200 children, teachers and others were taken to hospital after breathing in chemical fu...

Mahathir Mohamad , Malaysia

Malaysia rejects call to free Vietnamese accused in Kim Jong Nam killing

By Reuters,

Malaysia’s attorney-general on Thursday rejected Vietnam’s request to free a woman accused of the murder of Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of Nort...

Kim Jong Nam , Malaysia , Vietnam

Global Boeing fears grow, families await Ethiopia crash remains

By Reuters,

Singapore, Australia, Malaysia and Oman became the latest nations to suspend Boeing 737 MAX aircraft on Tuesday, while identification of the Ethiopian...

Australia , Boeing 737 MAX , Malaysia , Oman , Singapore

U.S. will not suspend Boeing 737 MAX planes after Ethiopia crash

By Reuters,

The U.S. aviation regulator said on Tuesday it would not ground Boeing Co 737 MAX planes after a crash in Ethiopia that killed 157 people, bucking a t...

boeing , Ethiopian Airlines