MALANG – Ms Etik sat cross-legged on the floor of the hospital, waiting anxiously for her daughter to regain consciousness after she was caught in …
Powerful Modi-linked Hindu group decries rising India inequality
NEW DELHI – India must encourage local entrepreneurship to combat unemployment in the country, said a top official of a Hindu group affiliated to the …
Armed raid kills 3 at Papua New Guinea logging camp
PORT MORESBY – A heavily armed group has killed at least three people and injured several more at a logging camp on Papua New Guinea’s …
Malaysia’s Speaker says not in his power to decide if Najib can attend Parliament
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s Speaker Azhar Azizan Harun said it was not in his power to decide if former prime minister Najib Razak can attend …
Pakistan to probe former PM Imran Khan for US conspiracy claim
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan government ordered an inquiry against former prime minister Imran Khan for allegedly politicising a conversation between a United States official and Islamabad’s …
India scrambles fighter jets after report of bomb scare on flight from Iran
NEW DELHI India’s air force (IAF) said on Monday it had scrambled fighter jets after receiving information of a bomb scare on an airline bearing …
Taiwan launches English TV channel to give it more international exposure
TAIPEI – Taiwan launched its first English-language news, lifestyle and entertainment television channel on Monday to give it a bigger voice internationally at a time when …
Japan PM Kishida vows new steps to beat inflation as approval ratings slide
TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday vowed to take steps to cushion the economic blow from rising inflation and boost inbound tourism to …
Thai PM resumes duties after court lifts five-week suspension
BANGKOK- Mr Prayut Chan-o-cha resumed official duties as Thailand’s prime minister on Monday after the country’s top court lifted a five-week suspension and settled in …
China’s state-backed hydrogen vehicle industry struggles to find its feet
BEIJING (CAIXIN GLOBAL) – The announcement this week that global auto giants Toyota Motor and Hyundai Motor will start selling hydrogen fuel-cell passenger cars in …
President Marcos under fire for S’pore F1 trip as Filipinos reel from typhoon
MANILA – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr drew flak for flying to Singapore to watch the Formula One Grand Prix just days after Typhoon Noru pummelled …
Imperative that rapid worsening of Ukraine crisis is promptly arrested: China Daily
BEIJING (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Another leak has been detected in the undersea pipelines running from Russia to Europe, the Swedish Coast Guard said …
Indonesia’s NasDem party endorses Jakarta governor for 2024 presidential race
JAKARTA- Indonesia’s fifth-largest political party NasDem on Monday announced that it is backing outgoing Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan as its candidate for the 2024 presidential …
Nuclear non-proliferation regime at risk?: Jakarta Post contributor
JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Since its inception in 2021, the enhanced trilateral security partnership among Australia, the United Kingdom and the United …
Cafes booming in Johor as young S’poreans cross border to hop onto latest trend
SINGAPORE – Cafes in Johor, Malaysia, are now a booming business as young Singaporeans flock across the border just to visit them. Cafe hopping, which …
Google pulls plug on Translate app for China in ongoing retreat
BEIJING – Google shut down its Translate app for China, ending one of the few remaining services the US giant still operates in the world’s …
32 children among the 125 dead in Indonesia soccer stampede, inquiry team to be formed
MALANG, Indonesia – An independent fact-finding team will likely take about two weeks to complete investigations into Indonesia’s deadly soccer stampede that killed at least 125 people in …
17 children among the 125 dead in Indonesia soccer stampede, inquiry team to be formed
MALANG, Indonesia – Indonesia will set up an independent fact-finding team to investigate the deadly soccer stampede that killed at least 125 people in East Java at …
India has a $1.6 trillion plan to snatch factories from China
NEW DELHI – In India, half of all infrastructure projects are delayed, and one in four run over their estimated budget. Prime Minister Narendra Modi …
‘Fans died in players’ arms,’ says coach at Indonesia football tragedy
MALANG – Chilean football coach Javier Roca on Sunday said “fans died in the arms of players” and claimed tear gas-firing police fatally “over-stepped” the …