Unruly IndiGo flyer offloaded

A passenger was kicked off an Indian flight after he tried to access the cockpit to charge his phone, the airline said yesterday.
26 September 2018

India SC allows live streaming of hearings

India's Supreme Court yesterday agreed to live-streaming and video recording of court proceedings.
26 September 2018

Ex-PM's wife grilled by investigators

The luxury-loving wife of Malaysia's former prime minister yesterday faced a marathon questioning session by investigators probing
26 September 2018

India backs biometric scheme

India's Supreme Court yesterday upheld the validity of a controversial biometric identity system, but flagged privacy concerns and
26 September 2018

Yameen resists freeing political prisoners

Outgoing Maldivian strongman Abdulla Yameen is delaying freeing high-profile political prisoners despite calls by his successor for
26 September 2018

Japan PM open to summit with N Korean leader

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a longtime hardliner on North Korea, said Tuesday he was willing to meet Kim Jong Un after the
26 September 2018

Record number of South Koreans give up on job seeking: Study

A record-high number of job-seekers have given up on finding a job, amid a feeble employment market and slowing economic growth, government data shows.
26 September 2018

Kim serious about giving up bombs: Moon

South Korean President Moon Jae-in pushes back against widespread skepticism about the sincerity of Kim Jong Un’s vows to give up his nuclear bombs.
26 September 2018

UN has 'no right to interfere'

Myanmar's powerful army chief says the United Nations has no right to interfere in his country's sovereignty, a week after UN investigators called for him and other top generals to be prosecuted for "genocide" against the Rohingya.
24 September 2018

Teen rescued after 49 days adrift at sea

An Indonesian teenager survived seven weeks adrift at sea after his tiny fishing trap lost its moorings and ended up some 2,500 kilometres (1,500 miles) away in waters near the Pacific island of Guam, his family said yesterday.
24 September 2018

'Father of fiber optics' dies at 84

Charles Kao, a Nobel Prize winner dubbed the "father of fiber optics", dies at 84, according to Hong Kong media.
24 September 2018

Proton was a success: Dr Mahathir

Still championing his cause for a third national car project, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad rubbishes claims that Proton was a failure.
24 September 2018

Maldives Votes: Yameen seeks second term

Polling booths in the Maldives closed yesterday after voting hours were extended in a controversial election marred by police raids on the opposition and allegations of rigging in favour of strongman president Abdulla Yameen.
23 September 2018

Japan: SoftBank deleted 10.3 million emails in error

SoftBank Corp. in Japan has mistakenly deleted about 10.3 million emails that were supposed to be sent to about 4.36 million users of its mobile phones, the carrier announces.
23 September 2018

New smartphone games: Hot asphalt, augmented-reality zombies

Zombies, car racing, teen superheroes and urban planning all feature in the latest games for smartphones. Here's a selection.
23 September 2018

Malaysia cops round up 55 Bangladeshis

Malaysian immigration police detained 338 foreigners, including 55 Bangladeshis, while raiding a factory in Cyberjaya, said Mustafar Ali, director general of Malaysian Immigration Department.
22 September 2018

Vietnam president Quang dies at 61

Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang, a former police chief known as a tough politician and committed communist with little tolerance for
22 September 2018

Kim Jong-un sends $1.34m gift to South Koreans

The value of 2 tonnes of pine mushrooms that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent to the South as a gift is believed to be 1.5 billion won ($1.34 million).
22 September 2018

Ex-PM hit with 25 new charges

Malaysian prosecutors yesterday charged former Prime Minister Najib Razak with 21 counts of money laundering and four counts of abuse of power over hundreds of millions of dollars received in his personal bank account.
20 September 2018

'Pray or get a new job'

An Indonesian city has ordered its top civil servants to visit their local mosque for dawn prayers or risk being sacked, underscoring the growing influence of religion across the world's biggest Muslim majority country.
20 September 2018