5+ hour, 30+ min ago   (226+ words) BEIJING: Beijing will ban the possession of drones within city limits under new rules from November, further tightening regulations that already prohibited the sale of the devices. The rules, announced on Sunday (Sep 13) and due to take effect on Nov…...

8+ hour, 27+ min ago   (1639+ words) The deadly Aug 26 disaster in Nepal shows how a warming Hindu Kush Himalaya is creating complex, cascading hazards that scientists are racing to understand and monitor. KATHMANDU: As the first images of a deadly torrent ripping through Nepal’s Trishuli River…...

14+ hour, 59+ min ago   (1333+ words) Linking pay to performance will become more important if the current difficulty with getting top people in the private and public sector continues, says veteran newspaper editor Han Fook Kwang. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong speaking in parliament at the close…...

9+ hour, 7+ min ago   (691+ words) Polling is under way in the Bangsamoro region of the southern Philippines, where voters are choosing their own parliament for the first time in a historic test of a political system born out of years of conflict. Voters in the…...

10+ hour, 57+ min ago   (304+ words) At least six people have died after the Virgo Transport 8 ship capsized on Sunday. JAKARTA: More than 600 Indonesian rescuers were searching for 129 people still missing after a passenger ship capsized in the Java Sea over the weekend, an official said…...

12+ hour, 16+ min ago   (642+ words) SYDNEY: Share markets slid in Asia on Monday (Sep 14) as supply concerns caused oil prices to spike anew, while investors braced for possible interest rate hikes in both the United States and Japan this week. Brent climbed 3 per cent as…...

12+ hour, 31+ min ago   (51+ words) COTABATO, Philippines: Three people were killed and 15 others wounded as gunfire erupted hours before polls were to open Monday (Sep 14) in a semi-autonomous Muslim region of the Philippines set to choose its first elected parliament.The vote is the culmination…...

13+ hour, 3+ min ago   (924+ words) "The Houthi capture of strategic islands near Bab el-Mandeb is a game changer," says an analyst, adding that it gives the rebels "far greater geopolitical and geoeconomic leverage over Saudi Arabia, the Gulf, the United States and global trade". ANKARA:…...

19+ hour, 10+ min ago   (320+ words) MUSCAT: Oman has announced the postponement of a meeting on Monday (Sep 14) between Iran and Gulf countries on the Strait of Hormuz, the major flashpoint in the Middle East war. Iran's foreign ministry had said there would be a meeting…...

15+ hour, 38+ min ago   (223+ words) DOONBEG, Ireland: US President Donald Trump suggested on Sunday (Sep 13) that the US could stay in Iran and "keep the oil", drawing a parallel with a US push to take control of a fifth of Venezuela's vast oil reserves. On…...