Malaysia
* King attends pre-council meeting of Conference of Rulers
* Malay Rulers urge outsiders not to interfere in Negri throne dispute
* King grants audience to Melaka Governor
* Royal succession disputes must follow 'adat', law, says Tuanku Muhriz
* Azrin Khairi installed as 17th Undang of Jelebu
* Haze: Queen presents 73,000 face masks to frontline workers
* Court 'no' to Najib's bid for stay of execution in RM2.3bil 1MDB case
* RM2.3bil 1MDB case: Najib to file fresh bid for stay of sentence at appellate court
* MACC summons Nazir Hussin, wife and aide in RM10mil investment probe
* All schools in three states closed today
* ‘Make companies pay for devastating effects of haze’
* No report of Malaysian companies involved
* 26 areas record unhealthy API readings
* Shifting winds could disperse haze
* Fires, cross-border haze: What can still be done
* Billion-ringgit cost of the haze
* Home Ministry: Over 25,000 foreigners held in nationwide raids
* Door open for PN challenge
* Gap between SPM results and Pisa scores puzzling, says Dr Wee
* SST remains government’s preferred tax system, says Ministry
* Unhealthy air across 27 areas as of 10am with Pasir Gudang worst at 177
* Bukit Aman sending team to probe drug bust in Japan involving M'sians
* Over 1,700 sick housing projects worth RM158.16bil revived as of August, Dewan Rakyat told
* Thick smoke on DUKE highway caused by burning streetlight, say police
* Court of Appeal sets aside RM1.1mil damages awarded to Ivana Smit’s family
* Four MPs named to Parliamentary Service Council
* Former e-hailing driver gets 8½ years' jail for abusing child left in his care
* Ivana Smit’s family weighs Federal Court appeal after Court of Appeal decision
* Parliamentary Services Act reflects govt's will for reform, says PM Anwar
* Nhaveen murder trial: Next court date set for Nov 16 after close of defence case
* Cops nab 29 for spreading illegal groups' propaganda on social media
* Selangor cops seeking five more suspects in kidnap-murder case
* Taxi drivers stood by me in 1998, says Anwar
* Haze: Schools in Selangor, Negri, Melaka, Pahang to reopen tomorrow
* Melaka polls: Ex-MB confirms not contesting state election
* Two Kedah teens who suffered electric shock during procession regain consciousness
* Foreign e-commerce platforms may require licences under proposed law, says minister
* Driver involved in crash that killed five-year-old to be charged on Oct 15
* Appeals court reserves decision in Saifuddin Nasution's defamation appeal
* Haze: Pahang schools in seven districts closed tomorrow
* Negri JPJ seizes four luxury vehicles driven by unlicensed foreigners
* Fund Federal responsibilities through Budget, not GLCs, says Dr Wee
* Cops smash scam syndicate operating from abandoned Mantin resort, 40 nabbed
* Melaka polls: Akmal hints at possible move from Merlimau
* KL schools to operate as usual tomorrow despite haze
* Spitting cobra found at Tawau Airport office during emergency exercise
Singapore
* Singapore economy grows 5.4% in 3Q 2026 - advance estimates
* ‘My wife is gone, I need to be strong for our daughter’: Husband of Singaporean lost in Nepal floods
* Hazy conditions persist as PSI remains unhealthy across Singapore
* Google, Singapore's GovTech developing first-of-its-kind AI model to flag scams in real time for Android users
* Two Chinese nationals charged with allegedly stealing bank cards on same Singapore-bound flight
* Two men charged over alleged bank card thefts on Singapore-bound flight
* Singaporean teen conspired with ‘John Wick’ to launder money for Malaysian syndicate
* Two Singapore-registered vessels hit in the Strait of Hormuz, one sinks
* Haze: Firefly extends Subang-S'pore flight cancellations until Oct 16
Indonesia
* Turtles back home after smuggling attempt
* Indonesians on fire-ravaged island sue state for clean air
* Indonesia’s forest fires will be extinguished within a month, Environment Minister says
* Regional fallout grows as Indonesia rejects disaster status
* Indonesia adapts 1940s dry-ice technology in fight to clear haze
* An open letter to President Prabowo Subianto
* Fresh floods hit North and West Sumatra as communities struggle to recover from last year's disaster
* Serious bullying cases in Central Java raise questions over student safety
* Indonesia police chief reshuffles more than 200 officers in sweeping overhaul
Thailand
* A US$60 Casio watch is a new political status symbol in Thailand
* Deluge by design: Thai villages flooded to protect capital
* Thailand's teen sensation Nene Royal to rock IMF-World Bank reception
* Bangkok condo market faces 65,300-unit glut amid flooding and weak demand
* Ex-Thai PM Thaksin's lawyer defends amnesty bid and rejects critics’ objections
Philippines
* A nuclear dream waits for a spark
* Charges against VP dropped
* Philippine Cardinal to lead Vatican Mass amid Pope’s hospitalisation, cancer diagnosis
* Philippines joins 59 nations in pledge to uphold freedom of navigation
* Group backs MILF’s Ebrahim as new Bangsamoro government head
* Worker loses right leg in oxygen tank explosion in Philippines' Sultan Kudarat
* Five arrested, 41 girls rescued in anti-trafficking operations in Cebu
* Negros hospital hit by ‘severe congestion’ as patient admissions rise
Vietnam
* Ho Chi Minh City plans eco-industrial shift
* Vietnam targets modern, internationally integrated traditional medicine by 2030
* Vietnam PM attends memorial service for 731 fallen soldiers in Ho Chi Minh City
* Vietnam proposes changes to unmanned aircraft licensing rules
* Vietnam buries remains of 731 war dead nearly 6 decades after the Tet Offensive
Myanmar
* China sentences to death Myanmar scam clan members
* Myanmar holds first coordination meeting of Asean Affairs Committee
* Thai police seize counterfeit cosmetics popular in Myanmar
Cambodia
* Over 1.3 million Cambodian children at risk from strong El Nino, warns Unicef
* A test of accountability on Cambodia's online-scam challenge: Comment
* Cambodian PM urges stronger action against rising climate threats
* Siem Reap dog meat ban: NGO urges stronger enforcement
Laos
* Laos launches inclusive disaster risk communication initiative
* Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia share in disaster relief exercise
Brunei
* MACC and Brunei's ACB enhance cross-border cooperation
* Nationwide survey collects latest Brunei labour force data
* Nineteen join Brunei's Amateur Radio Association Slalom Fox Hunting training session
* Gallery marks 50 years of Brunei-Singapore defence ties
Aseanplus
* Malaysians in Riyadh, Jeddah safe amid tensions in Saudi Arabia, says Mohamad Hasan
* Malaysia to monitor, scrutinise US-backed board of peace over Palestinian rights
* Five Malaysians nabbed in Japan over drug smuggling
* Chinese investors eyeing investing in aluminium aluminium industry, says Zahid
* A decade of growth for Chinese university’s Malaysian campus
* Malaysia taps China’s satellites to boost disaster response
* Crooks beware: Malaysia may copy China's use of hi-def CCTV with facial recognition tech at crime hotspots, says Zahid
* Slain model Abby Choi called ‘birthing machine’ by ex-father-in-law, court hears as her partner takes the stand
* IMF lowers Beijing’s 2026 growth forecast
* China prepares a massive power upgrade for its national grid
* Japan approves three bills to ease oil import costs
* Tokyo plastics factory blaze goes on for over 24 hours
* More ‘Cockroach’ leaders caught
* Sleep-starved Japanese compete to be best-rested
* Eight injured in Incheon knife attack
* Late superstar Anita Mui’s ashes missing for months
* Great landing for cosmic ambitions
* Off-duty rules under review
* At least five people killed in train derailment
* Nasdaq slips as chipmakers fall, bank earnings roll in
* Oil prices mixed amid US-Russia diesel talks, Saudi-Yemen attacks
* Bank Negara, SC warn against deepfake videos impersonating senior officers
* CBA chief Matt Comyn says Australia must retain economic value of AI
* Ringgit opens marginally higher against US$ on weaker DXY
* Taiwanese TV host Darryl Kuo once worked as dishwasher after drug scandal derailed career
* FBM KLCI continues to retrace higher as domestic sentiment intact
* Macao honors sea goddess Mazu with rituals, procession
* India boat capsizes, drowning 13, mostly children
* Asia shares edge up as chip selloff eases; US CPI awaited
* India shuts down iconic Delhi protest site after three decades
* New China-North Korea bridge to open on Oct 15: China state media
* India's 'cockroach' movement leaders detained in jail for five days, party and police say
* South Korea's Lee names tax chief as new presidential chief of staff
* Bursa Malaysia rises mid-morning on bargain-hunting in battered heavyweights
* Trump says he may meet North Korean leader during Asia trip
* Ransomware attacks have swept Japan. AI may be making them easier
* US to drop South Korea intelligence case against ex-CIA analyst
* Pressure mounts on Japan’s Farm Minister ahead of Takaichi meet
* New Zealand exodus to Australia hits 13-year high as thousands leave
* Police clash with Imran Khan supporters in north-western Pakistan
* China advances clean energy transition
* South Korea police identify more victims in Incheon stabbing attack, total rises to 10, reports say
* South Korea finds hacking incidents at total of 16 financial firms
* Bird flu jabs for penguins
* Japan urges 'impartial treatment' of journalist arrested in Russia
* Asian stocks lose steam after chip rout
* AI-generated bear images and hoax emergency calls on the rise in Mongolia
* Nepal elected to UN Human Rights Council
* Bear culled under emergency hunting order in Hiroshima City
* Uzbek doctor treats woman in medical emergency on flight to South Korea
* Bursa Malaysia bucks regional losses to close higher
* Gunmen pump eight bullets into India's Aam Aadmi Party leader’s Mohali home; gangster threats under scanner
* Police crack down on pro-Khan protest in Pakistan's northwest
* Chinese man arrested after fabricating rooftop child grave hoax above residential flat
* Van Gogh work unseen in public for 60 years on show in Hong Kong
* Gamuda JV secures RM3.72bil Taiwan MRT contract
* India festival boat capsize kills 13 children
* Azizul's World Championships medal hopes boosted by Richardson's withdrawal
* Daren backs Zii Jia to regain top 32 spot by year-end
* Reunited Chia-Wooi Yik face Tai-Roy King in Denmark Open
* Shoppers, staff describe fight to stop Incheon knife attack
* Ringgit closes higher against US dollar on improved risk appetite
* Japan's Farm Minister Yana tenders resignation amid scandals
* Lunar samples from the Moon’s near and far sides to be displayed at Airshow China
* Chinese mainland insurer issues inaugural sidecar insurance-linked securities in Hong Kong
* HK actor Alex Fong once suffered heavy NFT losses, hid truth from family
* Pacific bluefin tuna confirmed in waters off southern Australia
* New Zealand's international tourism nears pre-pandemic levels
* Nepal flood triggered by rock and ice avalanche: Report
* Australian researchers develop eye tests to detect early signs of dementia
* Jailed Imran Khan's woes compound after Pakistan suspends his provincial government
* French cosmetics facing delays clearing China customs, says industry association
* Garden Company apologises after crowd chaos mars student sandwich record bid
* Soccer-Infantino faces FIFA rebels in Zurich after failed World Cup stake sale
* Nora Danish finds her own beauty in business and motherhood
* Fuel prices Oct 15-21: RON97, unsubsidised RON95 down 5sen, diesel down 10sen
