- March 9th, 2025
In a dramatic plea before an appellate court, Truong My Lan, a 68-year-old Vietnamese property magnate, appealed to spare her life after being sentenced to death for orchestrating one of the largest fraud cases in global history. The founder of...
Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to a 60-day ceasefire effective Wednesday, November 27. The truce, mediated by the United States, aims to end over a year of hostilities and pave the way for long-term peace in the region. U.S. President...
Millions of Indonesians will head to polling stations in what analysts describe as a significant political event for the world’s third-largest democracy. The elections will shape Indonesia’s political landscape for the next five years, as voters elect 545 regional leaders,...
China’s Defence Minister Dong Jun is reportedly under investigation as part of a far-reaching anti-corruption probe, according to the Financial Times (FT). If confirmed, Dong would become the third consecutive serving or former Chinese defence minister to be implicated in...
A Malaysian court on Wednesday cleared former Prime Minister Najib Razak and former Treasury Secretary-General Irwan Serigar Abdullah of corruption charges linked to the infamous 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal. The court’s decision to drop the charges, reportedly tied to...
Vietnam’s Prime Minister, Pham Minh Chinh, expressed aspirations for deeper economic and technological cooperation with the United States during a high-profile business summit on Wednesday. He called for the U.S. to officially recognize Vietnam as a market economy and to...
In a chilling case that has gripped Malaysia, a 53-year-old part-time pastor was charged in the Magistrates Court in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday (Nov 26) with the murder of his 77-year-old mother. Deanesh Narayanan Nair is accused of killing his...
Police in Laos have detained the manager and seven employees of a backpacker hostel following the deaths of six foreign tourists from suspected methanol poisoning, state media reported on Tuesday (Nov 26). The tragedy has cast a shadow over Vang...
In just nine days, China has witnessed a chilling sequence of mass casualty incidents that have left communities reeling and experts questioning the country's underlying societal stresses. Analysts caution against dismissing these events as isolated acts of troubled individuals, pointing...
The Laos government expressed profound sorrow on Saturday following the tragic deaths of six foreign tourists in Vang Vieng, a popular backpacker destination. The fatalities, suspected to be caused by methanol poisoning, have sent shockwaves across the international travel community,...
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