KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – From rural hamlets to the jungles of Borneo and bustling, modern Kuala Lumpur, Malaysians will vote Wednesday in one…
RIYADH (AFP) – After repealing a decades-long ban on cinemas only last year, Saudi Arabia has now launched an ambitious drive to become…
NASA is poised to launch its first lander to Mars since 2012, an unmanned spacecraft called InSight that aims to listen for quakes and…
Inflammatory stories masquerading as real news pose a particularly toxic threat in Asian countries with long-standing religious and ethnic divides, but promises by…
Brunei exceeds the global average for patents listed with female inventors, according to recent statistics. The vast majority of patent applications filed with…
“Avengers: Infinity War” took in US$630 million in its first weekend, the highest global opening of all time, industry estimates showed on Sunday.…
Brunei’s monarch welcomed the historic developments on the Korean peninsula, where leaders of both North and South Korea signed a declaration committing to complete denuclearisation, paving…
SINGAPORE (AFP) – Inuka, the first polar bear born in the tropics, was put down Wednesday after a rapid decline in health, with…
Engineers, computer programmers and children tinker with self-made radio-controlled toy cars and robotic arms in China’s southern city of Shenzhen, home to “makers”…
HAVANA (AFP) – Cuba’s Miguel Diaz-Canel, who formally replaced Raul Castro as president on Thursday, has the task of steering the communist island…