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

GAZA Oct 3 (AFP) - The only remaining boat in a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza sailed towards the war-torn Palestinian territory on Friday, after Israeli navy interceptions of its fellow vessels drew worldwide protests.

GAZA Oct 2 (AFP) - A flotilla carrying aid to Gaza said dozens of its ships were still "sailing strong" towards the war-battered Palestinian territory on Thursday despite an interception by Israeli naval forces.

ASEAN is not in the business of collecting acronyms. It is in the business of reducing friction—regulatory, procedural, and strategic. And in 2025, under Malaysia’s Chairmanship, the region has begun to prove it.

NEW YORK Sept 30 (AFP) - YouTube has agreed to pay $22 million to settle a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump after the company suspended his account over the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, according to a court filing Monday.

HONG KONG Sept 30 (AFP) - Gold hit another record Tuesday, while equity markets were mixed as traders prepared for a possible US government shutdown that could affect the release of key economic data, though hopes for more Federal Reserve interest rate

TEHRAN Sept 29 (AFP) - Iran on Sunday condemned as "unjustifiable" the reinstatement of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear programme, after the collapse of talks with Western powers and Israeli and US strikes on its nuclear sites.

In 1957, Sukarno, Indonesia’s first president and the spiritual architect of a decolonised Southeast Asia, proposed that Indonesia move its capital from Jakarta to Palangka Raya, deep in the forests of Central Kalimantan.

KUALA LUMPUR Sept 26 (AFP) - Talks on free trade deals between the European Union and Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines were "advancing very well", the EU trade commissioner said on Thursday as the bloc sought to cement commercial ties in Southeas

WASHINGTON Sept 26 (AFP) - Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order laying out a proposed deal for a US version of TikTok that would see Chinese ownership reduced to 20 percent and put control in the hands of the president's allies.