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Myanmar

‘I do not know if she is still alive’: Son of Aung Sun Suu Kyi makes plea for her release

BANGKOK: More than two weeks after the Myanmar junta announced it had placed its best known political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest, questions remain over her whereabouts.

World

Ukraine drones kill four in Russia, Moscow faces biggest attack in over a year

May 17 (Reuters) - At least four people were killed, ⁠including three in the Moscow region, after Ukraine launched its biggest overnight drone attack on the Russian capital ⁠in more than a year, local officials said on Sunday.

Vietnam

Vietnam recognises esports as one of six key cultural industries

HANOI: Video games have been around in Vietnam since the late 1990s, but their popularity exploded in the early 2000s as computers and internet access became more widespread.

Myanmar

Two people die in fire at oil warehouse in Myeik, Myanmar

YANGON: A fire broke out at an oil warehouse in Shan Chaung Ward, Myeik, killing two people.

Nation

Senior police officer arrested for blackmailing foreigners

PETALING JAYA: A senior police officer has been arrested for allegedly being involved in an extortion case involving a foreign man in Bukit Bintang in March.

Nation

Pakatan must reject extreme politics, says Amirudin

JOHOR BARU: Pakatan Harapan must steer clear of seemingly popular extreme politics and remain true to its principles, says Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari.

Sabah & Sarawak

Gagasan Rakyat restructures divisions ahead of GE

KOTA KINABALU: Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah said it restructured its divisions into 26 parliamentary-based units ahead of the coming general election.

Indonesia

Hundreds of Surabaya students fall ill after consuming free meals

JAKARTA: Around 200 students from 12 kindergartens, elementary and junior high schools in Tembok Dukuh subdistrict, Surabaya, East Java, suffered symptoms of food poisoning after consuming state-provided free nutritious meals on May 11.

Football

North Korean women's soccer club arrives in South amid strained ties

INCHEON, South ⁠Korea, May 17 (Reuters) - North Korean women's soccer club Naegohyang FC arrived in South Korea on ⁠Sunday for an Asian Women's Champions League semi-final, marking the first visit by athletes from the ‌isolated state to the South in eight years.

Singapore

The Singapore-based Malaysian doctor who sees patients in the world’s fiercest war zones, like Gaza and Sudan

SINGAPORE: While most people instinctively flee from war zones, emergency medicine doctor Lim Chin Siah, 46, is drawn to some of the world's deadliest conflicts to treat the wounded.

Nation

Foreign woman arrested after breaching restricted area at KLIA Terminal 1

PETALING JAYA: A foreign woman was arrested after allegedly trespassing into a restricted security area at the international departure gate of Terminal 1 at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).

Nation

Anwar congratulates Perlis ruler on birthday

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Anwar Ibrahim has conveyed his congratulations to the Raja of Perlis, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail, on the occasion of His Royal Highness's 83rd birthday on Sunday (May 17).

Metro News

MBPJ cracks down on illegal farming, encroachment at Damansara Damai park

PETALING JAYA CITY COUNCIL (MBPJ) has sealed off an illegal farm believed to be run by foreigners in Urban Park 3 on Jalan PJU 10, Damansara Damai, Petaling Jaya.

India

India's Rajdhani Express fire: Swift emergency evacuation by Railway Protection Force, rail staff saves 68 passengers

NEW DELHI: It was a swift, around 15-minute emergency evacuation protocol by onboard Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel and railway staff that helped successfully deboard all 68 passengers from the B-1 coach of Train No. 12431 TVC-NZM Rajdhani Express on Sunday (May 17).

Athletics

Azeem and Co post fastest time in NCAA en route to winning 4x100 gold in SEC

PETALING JAYA: National sprinter Mohd Azeem Fahmi wrapped up his final Southeastern Conference Championship (SEC) outing with a gold medal for Auburn University in the men's 4x100m on Saturday (May 16).

Badminton

Chong Wei stands firm despite some players' complaints to BAM chief

PETALING JAYA: Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) performance committee chairman Datuk Seri Lee Chong Wei revealed that several players had been unhappy with the stricter rules reintroduced in the national squad since his return to the governing body.

China

Woman, 76, became China’s oldest mum giving birth to twins at 60 after enduring family tragedies

BEIJING: A 76-year-old woman once dubbed China's oldest mother of twins has returned to the spotlight after a photographic series chronicling her life recently won an international award.

Nation

Pakatan ready for possible Johor assembly dissolution in June, says Fahmi

JOHOR BARU: Pakatan Harapan said it is ready for a possible dissolution of the Johor Legislative Assembly in June.

Philippines

Philippines asks top court to allow ICC drug war arrest of senator

MANILA: The Philippines said it has asked the country's Supreme Court to allow it to arrest ex-president Rodrigo Duterte's chief drug war enforcer to stand trial in an international tribunal.

Nation

Negri MB accuses state Umno of ‘sabotaging unity government from within’

JOHOR BARU: Negri Sembilan Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun has delivered a scathing rebuke of political allies Umno, accusing them of a "total lack of loyalty" and sabotaging the unity state government from within.