Foreign tour groups cancel Đà Nẵng trips as storm-season image deters visitors

Rafique said move was anticipated, coalition would respond accordingly.

Malaysia’s oil-rich Sarawak state will dissolve its assembly on Monday in a test of political strength for a powerful regional coalition whose support has become crucial to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s government. Anwar is facing growing pressure following electoral setbacks for his own coalition in Peninsular Malaysia, while over in Borneo, ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) continues to press for greater autonomy and control over the state’s vast oil and gas resources. Sarawak Premier Abang...

UPDATED 4.18PM | Dissolution received the assent of the Yang di-Pertua Negeri, says Abang Jo.

It's matter of national security, I cannot compromise - Anwar.

The world’s oldest cave paintings on the Indonesian island ⁠of Sulawesi are under threat ⁠as heat and smoke from the ⁠country’s worst wildfires in more than a decade risk accelerating the deterioration of the more than 67,000-year-old works of art, according to researchers. Indonesia is battling its most intense forest and land fires since 2015 as a severe El Nino drives up temperatures and reduces ‌rainfall, leaving its forest and peatland vulnerable to fire. While the islands of Sumatra and...

A sinkhole measuring 190 meters wide, 140 meters long, and 120 meters deep, and with a primeval forest at its bottom has been explored in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in central Vietnam.

Some 2,000km away from Ramkarpal's constituency, another lawyer-turned-politician says the police's action 'bikin telinga panas'.

Bersama co-leader's lawyers believe there are strong grounds to bring a lawsuit.

Among others, tycoon warns corruption is linked to decline of noble values in society.

Embattled Negeri Sembilan chief minister Ismail Lasim has denied claims that he has resigned, as a constitutional crisis in the Malaysian state spiralled further following a move by his executive council to challenge their sacking by the state’s ruler in court. The state has been all but paralysed by a dispute that began in April over who has the right to sit on Negeri Sembilan’s throne, bringing down a state government aligned with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s ruling Pakatan Harapan (PH)...

Press conference set to take place at 3.30pm today.

Hussein says both agencies agreed to exchange documents and details.