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Ex-PM's legal team is studying how to best fulfil the pardon's conditions.

Hassan believes Najib's pardon gives Harapan 'easy opportunity'.

Sweden's Nobel Foundation said it will increase ​this year's prize money for its ‌prestigious annual awards by 9% to a total value of 12 million Swedish ​crowns (US$1.22 million) in each of ​the six categories.

Bai Rang Beach in Mui Ne Ward in central Vietnam has lied buried under extensive mounds of waste for two months, causing severe pollution and disrupting tourism operations.

Zhecheng County in China's Henan Province has become a major hub for lab-grown diamonds, accounting for about 60% of the country's production.

Australian police charged a man on Sunday for allegedly stabbing a 90-year-old woman to death near Sydney's Bondi Beach.

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But only with parties that respect its struggle and share its ideals, Bersatu president stresses.

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim caused a bit of a stir in India recently with his spirited rendition of a Bollywood classic – a lighthearted moment that also neatly captured his broader push to deepen ties with the South Asian giant. A video of Anwar singing, from memory, Kishore Kumar’s 1965 hit ballad “Khwab Ho Tum Ya Koi Haqeeqat” (“Are you a dream or are you reality?”) was first posted to his social media accounts last Sunday before quickly being picked up by Indian news outlets. The...

When Jordan Seow joined OpenAI in June 2025, he became the company’s first locally hired forward-deployed engineer in Asia-Pacific, joining a Singapore office that then had fewer than 20 employees. The 29-year-old is now part of a fast-growing workforce built in Singapore by the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies. Experts say the city state is emerging as a regional hub – not for training the latest AI models, but for the increasingly crucial task of deploying and adapting them...

Indonesian authorities are holding a Chinese diving instructor over the alleged killing and eating of a critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle in the Raja Ampat marine conservation area.

Thailand's Queen Suthida draws attention for her beauty and a modern wardrobe that weaves in her country's cultural traditions.