Rival Malaysian political blocs on Monday tried to woo smaller parties to form a coalition government after the weekend's general election that saw major gains by a conservative Islamist party.

Rival blocs yesterday claimed they had secured the support they needed to form a government after Malaysia’s hotly contested polls saw no party emerge with a clear majority of parliamentary seats.

The UN COP27 climate summit in Egypt drew praise yesterday for the creation of a “loss and damage” fund to help vulnerable countries cope

China reported the death of an 87-year-old man in Beijing yesterday as its first fatality from Covid-19 in six months, with cases rising despite a stringent zero-Covid policy.

Malaysia prime minister hopefuls Anwar Ibrahim and Muhyiddin Yassin have wasted no time in their bids to beef up their ranks after their coalitions ended up neck and neck in Saturday’s vote.

Nepalis were voting on Sunday in a general election that few expect to bring drastic change - or a government able to quickly revive one of the slowest-growing economies in South Asia.

Malaysia's veteran leader Mahathir Mohamad suffered his first election defeat in 53 years on Saturday in a blow that could mark the end of a seven-decade political career.

China reported a slight decline in new CoviD-19 cases yesterday as numerous cities battled outbreaks, and as restaurants and other businesses in Beijing shut after authorities urged people to stay home over the weekend.

A panda that China gifted to Taiwan 14 years ago as a symbol of what were then warmer ties died yesterday, after suffering a spate of seizures,

A US B-1B strategic bomber was redeployed to the Korean peninsula yesterday for a joint air drill with South Korea, Seoul’s military said, a day after Pyongyang launched an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Indian Police raided the houses of several journalists yesterday in an investigation of anonymous online threats to around a dozen journalists in Indian Kashmir, a top police official said.

Malaysians yesterday voted in a general election that may fail to end the recent phase of political instability in the Southeast Asian nation as polls have predicted no clear winner.

A new coalition led by former Malaysian prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin was leading a hotly contested general election on Saturday, with opposition chief Anwar Ibrahim a close second, early results from the Election Commission showed.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a test of Pyongyang's newest intercontinental ballistic missile with his daughter in tow for the first time, state media reported Saturday.

North Korea yesterday fired an intercontinental ballistic missile in one of its most powerful tests ever, with Japan saying the weapon may have had the range to hit the United States mainland.

Digital currencies need more regulation to stamp out funding for terror operations, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday at a major international forum to combat financing of extremist groups.

At least 20 people were killed, including 11 children, when a minibus crashed into a deep and water-logged ditch in southern Pakistan, police said yesterday.

India successfully launched its first privately developed rocket, the Vikram-S, yesterday, a milestone in the country’s effort to create a commercial space industry and to compete on cost.

A Pakistan court has said the intelligence reports had revealed that there were fears of an attack on former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan, adding that “the government and the state have the responsibility to look into this aspect.”

India's first privately-built rocket was successfully launched today by state-owned Indian Space Research Organization from the country’s spaceport in Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh marking a milestone in the country’s space programme.