RIYADH (AFP) – Saudi Arabia will allow women to travel abroad without approval from a male “guardian”, the government said Thursday, ending a…
BANGKOK (AFP) – Two men from Thailand’s insurgency-hit south have been arrested and linked to several small bombs which rattled Bangkok Friday as…
BANGKOK (AFP) – China urged non-Asian nations to avoid sowing “distrust” and division over contested seas Wednesday in a swipe at the US…
CANBERRA – Australia has cast doubt on whether the 16 countries that make up the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will be able…
SINGAPORE (AFP) – The estranged brother of the Singaporean prime minister has backed a new opposition party, the latest incident in a bitter…
BANGKOK (AFP) – Southeast Asia’s drug gangs are making over US$60 billion a year pumping out record amounts of methamphetamine, then laundering the…
NEW YORK (AFP) – The chart-topping Russian-made FaceApp, which allows users to see how they will look as they age, found itself in…
WASHINGTON DC (AFP) – The US House of Representatives formally condemned Donald Trump on Tuesday for xenophobic attacks on four minority Democratic lawmakers…
SINGAPORE (AFP) – Growth in export-reliant Singapore suffered a surprise sharp contraction in the second quarter, official data showed Friday, sending a stark…
WASHINGTON DC (AFP) – US regulators have approved a US$5 billion penalty to be levied on Facebook to settle a probe into the social…