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Pakistan’s election commission has issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for the former PM, local news reported on Monday. Khan has faced a multitude of charges since his ousting in April last year, including corruption, murder and sedition.

July 25, 2023 12:05 AM

The reports come amid heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula as a US sub entered a naval base in Jeju.

July 24, 2023 10:35 PM

Chinese state media said top legislature will meet on Tuesday to review 'a decision on official appointment and removal'.

July 24, 2023 9:45 PM

Analysts say young voters, especially, have huge expectations for reform from prime minister-in-waiting Hun Manet.

Pyongyang is expected to use Travis King to gain the ‘upper hand’ in lapsed nuclear negotiations with the United States, an analyst says.

July 24, 2023 9:36 PM

North Korea, which usually comments when US nationals are detained, has remained silent about Pte King.

Deaths in Japan’s 4,900 love hotels, usually used as a discreet place for sexual encounters, are rare but were reported in 2021 and 2018.

President Joko Widodo has widely been called the kingmaker of the next election, but is yet to officially endorse a candidate.

July 24, 2023 7:25 PM

Taming inflation takes center stage in Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr's second State of the Nation Address.

Outside Congress where Marcos spoke, hundreds of protesters pressed the government to deal with higher wages, inflation and the environment.

The 13-year-old had been used in an undercover operation to help catch a man she met on a dating app.

July 24, 2023 7:02 PM

Meeting headed by President Xi Jinping sought to expand domestic consumption and recalibrate property policies.

July 24, 2023 6:25 PM

There has been an increase in the number of hotspots, mostly in Kalimantan on Borneo island.

July 24, 2023 6:20 PM

Mr John Lee arrived here on Sunday for a three-day visit, the first stop of his week-long Asean trip.

Some critics called out the authorities’ heavy handed move of calling off the festival, even as the Malaysian government doubled down on its ‘unwavering’ stance.

July 24, 2023 4:37 PM

A man in his early 20s was bitten while enjoying a morning surf near a beach south of Perth.

July 24, 2023 4:34 PM

Buyers paid 200 million rupiah (S$17,700) for a kidney.

Sergeant Uvaraja Gopal, 35, died in hospital on Friday evening after he was found lying motionless at the foot of a public housing flat block in Yishun.

July 24, 2023 4:00 PM

Prof Yunus has fallen out with PM Sheikh Hasina, who has said he is “sucking blood” from the poor.

July 24, 2023 3:35 PM

The embassy will serve as a focal point to expand bilateral cooperation in areas such as trade and investment, tourism, defence and others.