Drinking water is distributed to displaced people at a temporary camp in Cambodia's Oddar Meanchey province on Dec 11, 2025, amid clashes along the Cambodia-Thailand border. Renewed fighting raged at the border of Cambodia and Thailand on Dec 11, with combat heard near centuries-old temples, ahead of an expected phone call from US President Donald Trump to the two nations' leaders. - Photo: AFP
Malaysia
* PM Anwar, Cabinet ministers congratulate Selangor Sultan on 80th birthday
* Malaysia has recovered RM37.63bil in assets, a 15-fold increase, states financial crime report
* Prosecution withdraws appeal against Rosmah's acquittal in money laundering, tax evasion case
* Police must accept reports without conditions, says Home Minister
* Double-tracking project benefits must reach nearby communities, says PM
* 10-year passport? Yes, please
* 'Police still committed to finding Indira Gandhi’s daughter," says IGP
* Mont Kiara condo fire claims one life, investigation underway
* Federal Court hears prosecution’s final appeal in Syed Saddiq case
* Perlis mufti urged to share details on alleged Korean cult in Malaysia
* Doctor’s molestation case set for mention on Jan 5 in George Town
* EPF, Immigration team up to boost enforcement of mandatory contributions for foreign workers
* Cops seek public help to locate Indira Gandhi's daughter, ex-husband
* Johor-KL ETS route officially launched
* Johor-KL ETS train service to increase to four trips daily in January 2026
* Commuter train rides between JB and Kulai to begin early next year, says Loke
* Heritage player issue: TMJ questions why foreign documents trusted over NRD
* Boy, 15, held over death threats to schoolmate
* Manoharan Periasamy appointed as Tourism Malaysia chairman
* Welder crushed to death while repairing excavator bucket in Terengganu
* Worker finds foetus in lorry in Bukit Jalil
* Bung's son not keen on contesting Lamag seat
* Penang man murders wife, keeps body for four days
* Government retiree loses over RM500,000 to Macau scam
* Seremban cops probing babysitter over death of 12-month-old girl
* Motorcyclist crashes into elephant in Gerik
Singapore
* Domestic violence cases up last year
* Singaporean actor Leon Jay Williams diagnosed with stage II thyroid cancer
* American man arrested after allegedly molesting six-year-old girl at Changi Airport transit area
* Singapore sees more retrenchments in third quarter as job vacancies continued to drop
* Interpol seizes record 30,000 living animals from the illegal wildlife trade
* Singtel fined S$1mil for fixed line voice outage that disrupted emergency call services in Oct 2024
Indonesia
* British porn star Bonnie Blue to be deported from Bali
* Indonesia sets rules to fine miners operating in forest areas
* Indonesia suspends four firms suspected of contributing to deadly North Sumatra flooding
* 21 injured as car ploughs into students, teacher at North Jakarta elementary school
* Toll in deadly Indonesia floods near 1,000, frustrations grow
Thailand
* 500,000 scramble to find shelters
* Sombre, but still smiling
* Thai polo riders crush Brunei 7.5-0 to win historic SEA Games gold
* Thailand and Cambodia keep fighting across contested border ahead of expected Trump calls
* Chinese detainees riot at Thai immigration facility to resist deportation to China
* Upper Thailand to face three days of heavy rain and rough seas as weather turns colder
* Khlong Luek border on edge as thousands of Thais blocked from coming home
Philippines
* Marcos: I consider myself the luckiest person I know
* Filipino fur-mum hailed as a hero after tossing pet dogs to safety in fiery third-floor rescue
Vietnam
* Harder to protect identity of sources now
* Vietnam amends law to ban exports of raw rare earth minerals
* Philippine ‘dinosaur egg’ salt gets Unesco protection
* SEA Games: Vietnam earn more golds in swimming and petanque on opening day
* Vietnam urges factories to cut output as Hanoi chokes on smog
* Vietnam's capital chokes through week of toxic smog
Myanmar
* Junta hunts election critics
* Myanmar junta air strike on hospital kills 31: on-site aid worker
* More than 12 million face acute hunger in Myanmar, World Food Programme says
Cambodia
* Fighting rages at Cambodia-Thailand border ahead of expected Trump call
* Cambodia takes Thailand border conflict to UN Security Council, seeks urgent intervention
* Civilian death toll in Cambodia rises to 10, over 60 wounded, as Ta Krabei Temple shelled for second time
* Thai soldier killed, 10 wounded as Cambodian mortar hits at Ta Phraya front
* Villagers from high-risk Mom Bei area flee to Cambodia–Laos border sanctuary as Thai strikes intensify
Laos
* E-hailing firm LOCA secures US$2.5mil investment to up EV charging network and EV taxi fleet in Laos
* New ambassadors to Laos present credentials to President
Brunei
* Brunei brings home three ICT awards from Apicta 2025
* Stormy days ahead in Brunei
Aseanplus
* Malaysia's 1MDB money laundering probe a significant achievement, says report
* Malaysians in Cambodia advised to avoid travel to border provinces amid conflict
* Malaysia denies UNHCR barred from immigration depots
* Dengue outbreak claims over 400 lives
* Most schools reopen after quake
* 12 killed in residential building fire
* Festival of Lights joins Unesco heritage list
* Pyongyang fires rockets as top brass holds meeting
* Oil rises after US seizes tanker off Venezuela's coast
* Australian leader defends social media ban as teens flaunt workarounds
* FBM KLCI opens firmer as Wall Street rallies on Fed rate cut
* Fed rate cut pushes ringgit to four-year peak vs greenback
* Almost 200,000 could die in major tsunami after ‘maximum-class’ quake, warn Japan authorities
* China public servants use face masks to bypass facial recognition to help each other skip work
* South Korea minister resigns over alleged Unification Church payments
* The world's happiest animal? Meet Australia's smiling quokkas
* Instagram users given new algorithm controls
* Australia November jobs fall most in nine months, unemployment rate steady
* Bank Negara likely to keep OPR at 2.75% in 2026 despite US Fed rate cuts
* Dollar stumbles as dovish Fed tempts bears
* Jail term for South Korea sex abuse ring boss upped to 47 years
* Bangladesh to hold national election on February 12
* Australia demands social media giants report progress on account bans for children under 16
* China's inflation hits two-year high as demand recovers
* Factbox-Bangladesh election: Main parties and issues
* Skydiver survives plane-tail dangling incident in Australia
* Japanese police rush to retrieve toy guns capable of firing live ammunition
* China and Brazil create joint space laboratory, despite US pressure
* Asian equities see biggest foreign outflows in nearly six years on tech valuation fears
* First climate migrants arrive in Australia from sinking Tuvalu in South Pacific
* Video of China woman evading lover’s wife by scaling high-rise wall to hide next door goes viral
* After Paris court ruling, former CM urges 'final closure' to Philippines' claim over Sabah
* Pakistan's ex-spy chief jailed for 14 years in rare military rebuke
* One dead, two missing, after collapse at South Korea library construction site
* FBM KLCI rallies to intraday high, outperforming regional markets
* Watchdog upgrades Malaysia’s illicit finance rating
* How the Luthra brothers fled after the Goa nightclub fire, and how agencies caught them in Thailand
* Upgrade of Malaysia's illicit finance rating reflects whole-of-nation effort, says BNM Governor
* Ringgit jumps to 4.10 against greenback, highest in four and a half years
* Radioactive pendant found on passenger at China airport, described as ‘talisman’ from friend
* IndiGo ‘truly, truly sorry’ for flight chaos, hires outside specialists to examine failures
* HK star Cecilia Cheung breaks down in court over RM6mil lawsuit: 'Unfair to me'
* Malaysian sisters involved in Christmas musicals for 25 years
* China defends jailing bookseller after UN group calls for release
* Bangladesh president wants to quit halfway through term, after February election
* Trial of Chinese crime gangs in Italian fashion stalls amid sabotage fears
* 21 Indian workers killed in accident near China border
