This aerial picture shows Mount Sinabung spewing smoke during sunset as seen from Karo district, in North Sumatra.- AFP
Malaysia
Covid-19: 22,597 new cases on Saturday (Aug 28)
Covid-19: Health Ministry to handle vaccination programmes, Mosti to focus on vaccine R&D, says PM
Taliban claims to have caught two Malaysians fighting for IS-K in Kabul
Malaysia capable of producing Covid-19 vaccine, says Adham Baba
Armed Forces' assets sufficient, will be upgraded from time to time, says PM
Malaysia's first Tokyo Paralympics gold: Heartfelt congratulations pouring in for hero Bonnie
Woman, boyfriend arrested in Kota Damansara over child abuse
Avoid mistakes of predecessor, Shahrir tells Ismail Sabri
Covid-19: Delta variant identified as dominant variant in Sarawak
Malaysia's demoralised arts and culture industry needs urgent, dynamic solutions to keep afloat
Covid-19: Sarawak police deny overcrowding without security control at one-stop centre in Kuching
Covid-19: 343,900 vaccine doses administered on Friday (Aug 27)
A man is seen fishing from a rock along East Coast Park in Singapore on Saturday (August 28, 2021).- AFP
Singapore
113 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, including 25 linked to Bugis Junction cluster in Singapore
Singapore could experience heavier rain over the next two months due to Indian Ocean Dipole
Singapore to tighten border control for travellers from New Zealand, ease rules for those from Jiangsu
Oil heads for biggest weekly gains in over a year ahead of Storm Ida
Poor end to week as Singapore stocks drop 1% as 'taper tantrum' fears resurface; performance lowest in over 3 months
M’sia-Singapore cops bust scam ring that cheated victims of over RM2mil, three nabbed
Singapore’s commercial rents soar to close gap with HK as Alibaba, ByteDance, Tencent open offices in South-East Asia’s hub
Test kits rolled out as vaccination target nears
‘Raising dine-in cap at eateries impractical’
Indonesia
Indonesia reports over 10,000 new Covid-19 cases, 591 more deaths as landslide in Sumatra kills five
Indonesia's endemic Covid-19 plan gets lacklustre response from its people
Indonesia's B40 biodiesel plan faces new delay due to palm price
Indonesia warns early rainy season may trigger more natural disasters
Indonesia seizes land, other assets linked to 1998 bailouts, confirms chief security minister
Johor MMEA seizes Indonesian-registered tanker over illegal anchoring
Drive to jab 50 million a month
DNA from 7,200-year-old skeleton reveals unknown human group
A girl receives a dose of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine during a vaccination program for students in Sorong, West Papua province, Indonesia, on Saturday (Aug 28, 2021) in this photo taken by Antara Foto via Reuters
Thailand
Great news for Thailand as daily Covid-19 cases drop below 20,000 for seven days in a row
Thailand: Ethnic groups in Yala get inoculated against Covid-19
Thailand confident Covid-19 issues have peaked as it reopen malls and restaurants
Free self-test kits are a gamechanger in Thailand’s Covid-19 pandemic battle
End of the line looms for hawkers and rough sleepers at Bangkok's century-old central railway station
Cop in manhunt surrenders
Curbs on retail and eateries to be lifted
Plan to get 84.8 million doses and jab 500,000 daily
Philippines
Philippines' Covid-19 cases hit record high again as Duterte extends coronavirus curbs
Philippines approves commercial use of genetically engineered rice
Philippines' Duterte lifts casino ban in top tourist island Boracay
Xi calls for steady, long-term development of China-Philippines ties
Philippines' Duterte extends coronavirus curbs in capital region, provinces
Philippines extends Covid-19 curbs in capital Manila through Sept 7
Coronavirus: Hong Kong lifts entry ban on domestic helpers vaccinated in Indonesia, Philippines
A protester flashes a three finger salute as fireworks explode over the Democracy Monument during a demonstration calling for the resignation of Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha over the government's handling of the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis in Bangkok on Saturday, August 28, 2021. - AFP
Vietnam
Vietnam to consider home-grown vaccine for emergency usage; another 12,103 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday
ADB approved US$60mil package to help improve climate resilience of infrastructure for ethnic minorities in Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City vaccinates children, uses anti-viral drug molnupiravir to treat home-based Covid-19 patients
US warship transits Taiwan Strait after Chinese assault drills
US veep Kamala Harris says that Vietnam trip signals next chapter of heir bilateral relationship
Vietnam sends SOS to WHO for vaccine as cases surge
Vietnam says it will not side against China, after US’ Kamala Harris visits country
Myanmar
Myanmar: Stun grenade explosion occurs at Myawaddy as Covid-19 cases keep soaring
Myanmar's Covid-19 cases keep rising as 2,688 new Covid-19 infections, 118 more deaths are reproted
Jabs offered to Rohingya
A balloon vendor drives his motorcycle past smoke from a construction site at the Samroang Teav village, outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia,. - AP
Cambodia
Cambodia sees spike in human and sex trafficking cases in H1
Cambodia's oil export ambitions sink with "stolen" tanker standoff
Minister urges vigilance as Cambodia's Delta cases hit 1,538; govt also reports 401 Covid-19 infections in country
Laos
Laos public warned about electrical hazards along Laos-China railway
Chinese investors propose Laos-China-Vietnam triangle development
Local cases of Covid-19 continue to spread across Laos
Brunei
Brunei govt tells oil and gas contractors urged not to cut employees’ salaries
'Any mask is okay' - No difference between surgical, non-surgical masks for public, says Brunei Health Minister
Brunei's daily new Covid-19 cases exceed 100 for nine consecutive days
Switzerland's Marcel Hug celebrates after winning the men's 5000m - T54 final of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Saturday (August 28, 2021). - AFP
AseanPlus
Two die in Japan after shots from suspended Moderna vaccines - Japan govt
Bonnie brings cheer by winning Malaysia’s first gold in Tokyo Paralympics
India's new Covid-19 cases jump to two-month high
The grandaddy of all smartphones: Nokia's Communicator 9000 turns 25
US launches drone strike on Islamic State after Afghan airport blast
China, the Taliban and the threats from the illegal drug trade
US intelligence community says cannot solve Covid-19 mystery without China
Chinese prosecutors order arrest of former government cult-buster and internet censor Peng Bo
US vows to ‘use every appropriate tool’ against Taliban if the group prevents evacuations from Afghanistan
US frozen beef exports to China surge, adding to Canberra-Beijing tensions but boosting trade deal
On icy luge tracks, Chinese and US Olympians navigate distractions, disruptions while training for Beijing
Death penalty for former top Chinese student who killed his mother to ‘save her’
Chinese social media platforms to "rectify" financial self-media accounts
Online population crosses a billion netizens in June
Envoy calls for transparent probe over virus leaks from US labs
