If Malaysians following the news wondered whether all the fanfare surrounding the just concluded ASEAN Summit and its associated meetings was a spectacle, they wouldn’t be entirely wrong.

KUALA LUMPUR 29 Oct (AFP) - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) concluded on Tuesday its biannual summit attended by foreign leaders including US President Donald Trump, with trade and regional tensions on the agenda.

NEW YORK 28 Oct (AFP) - Google unveiled a plan Monday to restart a nuclear facility in Iowa to power the company's artificial intelligence infrastructure in the latest collaboration between tech giants and electric industry players.

SYDNEY 28 Oct (AFP) - Tech giants Meta and TikTok said Tuesday they will obey Australia's under-16 social media ban but warned the landmark laws could prove difficult to enforce.

KUALA LUMPUR 28 Oct — The PKI Consortium announced that the Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Conference will take place from 28 to 30 October 2025 at the Connexion Conference & Event Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, bringing

WASHINGTON Oct 24 (AFP) - US President Donald Trump embarks on a major trip to Asia this week with all eyes on a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping that has huge implications for the global economy.

KUALA LUMPUR 24 Oct (AFP) - For two years, Malaysian conservationists tracked a tiger named "Bulan" as she raised four cubs. Then a fatal traffic accident made her another statistic in the country's dwindling population.

BEIJING Oct 14 (AFP)  - They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an AFP investigation can reveal.

BEIJING Oct 14 (AFP) - China said Tuesday it was ready to "fight to the end" in a trade war with the United States after President Donald Trump said he would slap additional 100 percent tariffs on goods from the country.

SINGAPORE Oct 14 (AFP) - Singapore's economy expanded 2.9 percent in the third quarter, slowing down from the previous three months, preliminary official data showed Tuesday, as US tariffs weighed on key manufacturing sectors.

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt Oct 10 (AFP) - Israel and Hamas on Thursday agreed a ceasefire deal to free hostages held in Gaza in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners detained in Israeli jails.

KUALA LUMPUR 7 Oct – Datametrics Research and Information Sdn Bhd (DARE), warns the Government that any increase in cigarette excise duties in Budget 2026 without parallel enforcement upgrades will worsen Malaysia’s already dominant illicit cigarette market, currently accounting