Human Resources Minister M Kula Segaran today indicated that Malaysia is aiming to reach a "zero-cost recruitment" agreement for migrant workers from Bangladesh as part of efforts to avoid risking US trade sanctions.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stresses the need for filtering the harmful digital contents properly, urging the people not to share anything on internet or social media without verification.

Iranian state television says 80 "American terrorists" had been killed and US helicopters and military equipment damaged. It did not provide evidence of how it obtained that information.

Members of ten major trade unions in India went on a 24-hour nationwide strike today in protest of the government’s privatisation and other economic policies.

Democrats in the US Congress and some of the party’s presidential contenders warn about escalating conflict in the Middle East after Iran launched a retaliatory missile strike against US forces in Iraq.

A Ukrainian airliner crashes shortly after take-off from Tehran, bursting into flames and killing all 176 people on board.

Iran says it launched a missile attack on US-led forces in Iraq in the early hours of Wednesday in retaliation for the US drone strike on an Iranian commander whose killing has raised fears of a wider war in the Middle East.

Former White House national security advisor John Bolton, in a surprise announcement, said Monday that he is willing to testify if subpoenaed in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.

Americans travelling in China should avoid animals and contact with sick people as the country grapples with a mystery pneumonia outbreak, the US embassy in China said yesterday.

The last decade was India’s hottest on record with the national weather office calling the impact of global warming “unmistakable” and extreme weather killing more than 1,500 people last year.

Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar’s forces Monday seized the coastal city of Sirte from factions loyal to the Tripoli government, raising tensions as Turkey said it was deploying troops in the North African country.

Harvey Weinstein was hit with new sex crimes charges in Los Angeles on Monday just as his high-profile trial in a separate case opened in New York, kicking off proceedings key to the #MeToo movement.

The Philippines is preparing to evacuate thousands of Filipinos working in the Middle East as regional tensions rise following the killing of a top Iranian commander by the United States.

Germany will withdraw some of its troops deployed as part of the anti-IS coalition in Iraq, the defence ministry said yesterday, in the latest fallout over the US drone strike that killed a top Iranian general.

The United States has denied a visa to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif that would have allowed him to attend a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York on Thursday, a US official said. Under the 1947 UN “headquarters agreement,” the United States is generally required to allow access to the United Nations for foreign diplomats.

There is a “desperate need” for practical ways to improve ties with North Korea, the South’s President Moon Jae-in said yesterday, adding that he was ready to meet with the reclusive leader in Pyongyang repeatedly if necessary.

The number of wildlife estimated to have died in Australia’s wildfire catastrophe has skyrocketed to more than 1 billion, according to wildlife experts.

“We are living in dangerous times. … This cauldron of tensions is leading more and more countries to take unpredicted decisions with unpredictable consequences and a profound risk of miscalculation. … Let us not forget the terrible human suffering caused by war.

The US killing of general Qasem Soleimani was meant to cripple Tehran’s clout in the Middle East, but analysts see the allies of Iran closing rank instead.

At least 56 people are killed in a stampede in Iran as tens of thousands of mourners pack streets for the funeral of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani whose killing has plunged the Middle East into a new crisis and sparked fears of a wider war.