Despite skirmishes, “vast bulk of interactions that the Chinese navy has with Australia’s are safe and professional”, Australia’s defence minister Richard Marles says.
Vietnam swore in a new president on May 22 – its third in under 18 months. Yet amid all the political upheaval, analysts expect Hanoi’s China ties to endure.
Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike is widely expected to contest the election against Renho Saito from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
The dearMoon mission said the project became ‘unfeasible’ without clear schedule certainty in the near-term.
Despite their own injuries, they helped treat fellow passengers, including attempts to resuscitate a British man who died of a suspected heart attack
Lawyers said Noor Alam’s is now wheelchair bound and unable to walk following the operation by James Tan Siah Heng.
The survivor was found in a snow cave on Denali, where he and his partner had been stranded for three days at an altitude of 5,974 metres (19,600 feet).
The top 1 per cent own more than 40 per cent of India’s wealth, while the bottom 50 per cent own just above 6 per cent, a World Inequality Lab study found.
Manila says it will ensure its complaint is backed by solid evidence of the damaged coral reefs caused by Chinese actions.
Despite the discovery of explosives sourced from India being found on an Israel-bound merchant ship, analysts are sceptical that New Delhi is selling weapons meant to be used in Gaza.
Rolls-Royce will supply engines for a new Japanese warship class that will be among the largest and most powerful to be operated by an Asia-Pacific navy, underlining growing security links between Japan and Britain.
The peace plan calls for the withdrawal of all Russian troops from Ukraine and the restoration of the country’s territorial integrity.
But the trilateral summit promotes lower-level dialogue among senior officials, encourages key people-to-people exchanges and maintains ties, an analyst says.
The May 31 hard deadline has been set after tens of thousands of Bangladeshis seeking work in Malaysia fell victim to an elaborate scam.
Philippine President Marcos Jnr revealed that behind-the-scenes discussions were under way to resolve South China Sea issues ahead of Asia’s top defence forum, held in Singapore.
After a half-century of friendship, deep economic ties are fuelling concerns Malaysia may find itself caught in the middle of intensifying rivalry between China and the United States.
Transport Minister Anthony Loke wants Malaysia to tap into Thailand’s rail network and connect all the way to Laos and China.
India’s PM denies his ruling Hindu-nationalist party wants a two-thirds parliamentary majority to strip the word ‘secular’ from the constitution. The opposition aren’t so sure.
Singapore’s new flexitime guidelines are just the start. From Malaysia to Indonesia and the Philippine’s traffic-clogged capitals, young professionals are demanding a better work-life balance.