Concerns about the novel coronavirus have sparked a shortage of face masks in Johor, with some smaller retailers seen charging above the price ceiling imposed...

A South Korean woman has tested positive for coronavirus after visiting Thailand, South Korean officials said on Tuesday (Feb 4), the first foreign tourist reported...

Japanese officials began screening more than 3,700 passengers and crew on a cruise ship quarantined off the port of Yokohama near Tokyo on Tuesday (Feb...

The special flight carrying Malaysian nationals from Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus, arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) early Tuesday (Feb...

Coronavirus patients arrived Tuesday (Feb 4) at a Chinese field hospital built from scratch in under two weeks at the frontline of the outbreak, state...

China's top leadership has admitted to "shortcomings and difficulties" in its response to the coronavirus outbreak, as state media said a new hospital built at...

Malaysia will send a flight to Wuhan to bring home 132 people, including Malaysians and their spouses, from the virus epicentre on Monday (Feb 3)...

Indonesia on Sunday (Feb 2) barred entry to visitors who have been in China for 14 days over concern about coronavirus, as citizens evacuated from...

The death toll from a coronavirus epidemic in China rose to 361 and Chinese stock and commodity markets fell heavily on Monday (Feb 3) as...

Vietnam confirmed an additional three cases of the new coronavirus, the health ministry said, bringing the country's total to eight cases.The latest confirmed cases were...

Populist Iraqi cleric Moqtada Al Sadr on Sunday ordered his followers to help security troops clear roads blocked by protesters.Mr Al Sadr withdrew support for...

The Wuhan virus, which has spread from China to other parts of the world, has triggered public concern in Thailand.On Tuesday (Jan 28), Thailand's Public...

Japanese fashion billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has pulled out of a documentary search for a girlfriend to take on his voyage around the moon with Elon...

Yemen is set for a “bloody year”, government officials warned on Wednesday after an upsurge of violence in the country’s north that has shattered relative...

A small natural earthquake detected in North Korea on Wednesday was likely a result of seismic instability lingering in the area since North Korea conducted...

South Korean President Moon Jae-in urged residents not to give in to fear as the country prepared to evacuate the first of around 700 citizens...

Japanese citizens evacuated from Wuhan, the epicentre of a deadly virus outbreak, described an atmosphere of confusion and fear in the Chinese city and expressed...

A drugstore in the Chinese capital will be fined 3 million yuan (US$434,530) for hiking the price of masks by almost six times the online...

At a deserted restaurant in China's capital, one black-and-white sign stands out among colourful the decor and neon signs advertising braised meat dishes: "This store...

The United States said on Tuesday (Jan 28) it was developing a vaccine against a deadly virus that originated in China, and urged Beijing to...

A small natural earthquake detected in North Korea on Wednesday (Jan 29) was likely a result of seismic instability lingering in the area since North...

The Philippines stopped issuing visas on arrival to Chinese nationals on Tuesday (Jan 28), in a bid to keep the southeast Asian nation free of...

The United States and other nations raced to get their citizens out of the locked-down Chinese city at ground-zero of a virus epidemic on Tuesday...

Derek Tai was arrested outside Hong Kong’s Legislative Council building last June, early in the city’s anti-government protests, which have seen millions join demonstrations over...

The masked woman nervously approaches her target, shuffles into position and then unleashes a flurry of lashes - proving herself as the newest member of...

Cambodia has confirmed the first case of coronavirus in the country, Health Minister Mam Bunheng said on Monday (Jan 27). The patient is a Chinese national...

Premier Li Keqiang on Monday (Jan 27) became the most senior Chinese leader to visit Wuhan since the city was struck by the outbreak of...

China will extend the Lunar New Year holiday to Feb 2, the State Council said Monday (Jan 27), to try and reduce the spread of...

The SARS outbreak in 2002 to 2003 was the first global pandemic of the 21st century.There were over 8,400 reported cases and 11 per cent...

China’s leader on Saturday called the accelerating spread of a new virus a grave situation, as cities from the outbreak’s epicenter in central China to...

A group of protesters set alight on Sunday (Jan 26) the lobby of a newly built residential building in Hong Kong that authorities planned to...

Each person infected with the Wuhan virus is passing the disease on to between two and three other people on average at current transmission rates,...

Hong Kong's popular amusement parks Disneyland and Ocean Park are closed from Jan 26 to help prevent the spread of a deadly coronavirus that broke...

Police at a roadblock on the outskirts of Wuhan turned away cars trying to leave the virus-stricken city on Saturday (Jan 25), as other anxious...

The Chinese army deployed medical specialists Saturday (Jan 25) to the epicentre of a spiralling viral outbreak that has killed 41 people and spread around...

Thailand has seven confirmed cases of Wuhan virus, but its busiest airport on Saturday (Jan 25) said it was awaiting more information from Chinese authorities...

A doctor at a hospital in China's Hubei province, the centre of the coronavirus outbreak, has died from the virus, China Global Television Network reported...

Myanmar has put in place measures to protect Rohingya Muslims, a spokesman for the ruling party said on Friday (Jan 24), shrugging off an order...

China announced Friday (Jan 24) it will close a section of the Great Wall and other famous Beijing landmarks to control the spread of a...

Malaysia on Saturday (Jan 25) said it had confirmed three cases of coronavirus infection, the first in the Southeast Asian country.Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad said...

Thailand on Friday (Jan 24) confirmed its fifth case of the new coronavirus, a senior public health official said, in the second instance in which...

A sharp dip in the frequency and ferocity of Hong Kong's protests has raised questions over the future of the leaderless movement, rattled by a...

Pharmacies in Beijing and Shanghai were running low on surgical masks and disinfectants Wednesday (Jan 22) as a deadly new SARS-like virus spread ahead of...

The food market where China's deadly virus surfaced was a smorgasbord of exotic wildlife ranging from wolf pups to species linked to previous pandemics such...

 In a muddy field in western Myanmar, hundreds of Chinese shipping containers fitted with single narrow windows stand in neat lines, empty of the refugees...

China has failed to send home North Korean workers by a December deadline in violation of United Nations sanctions, a senior US official said on...

China is taking stricter measures in hospitals to protect healthcare workers in the new coronavirus outbreak and will increase training for healthcare workers nationwide, officials...

The Chinese city at the centre of a SARS-like virus outbreak has urged people to stay away, cancelling a major Chinese New Year event, as...

North Korea will ban foreign tourists to protect itself against a new SARS-like virus that has claimed at least nine lives in China and sickened...

Claims by a Malaysian human rights group that Singapore carries out "brutal" executions are "untrue, baseless and preposterous", said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA),...

At least 1,300 individuals in the Chinese city of Wuhan are likely to have been infected with a novel coronavirus between Jan 1 and Jan...

 Australia will begin screening passengers arriving from a Chinese city in a bid to stop the spread of a new coronavirus, the country's chief medical...

The mention of rodents usually conjures up images of dirty grey rats, condemned as little carriers of contagious bacteria scurrying in alleyways.As the Year of...

The Malaysian government is focused on improving rail network and services in the country, in order to encourage more people to use the trains and...

 A Myanmar-appointed panel concluded on Monday (Jan 20) that some soldiers likely committed war crimes against its Rohingya Muslim community but the military was not...

Protest-themed Chinese New Year fairs have sprung up across Hong Kong to raise money and morale for the city's protest movement despite stiff resistance from...

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday (Jan 20) his ruling coalition could be a one-term government if it does not make some changes...

China is stepping up restrictions on the production, sale and use of single-use plastic products, the state planner said on Sunday (Jan 19), as it...

Seven people drowned and three others are missing after a bridge collapsed on Indonesia's Sumatra island, the disaster agency said Monday (Jan 20).About 30 people,...

Malaysia has received five proposals for its debt-laden national carrier Malaysia Airlines, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed said at a group media briefing on Monday (Jan...

A prominent Hong Kong activist was arrested by police, his organisation said on Monday (Jan 20), after a protest he helped organise in the financial...

Facebook apologised Saturday (Jan 18) for a distasteful mistranslation of Chinese President Xi Jinping's name from Burmese language posts during his much-touted visit to Myanmar.His...

Health authorities are concerned that a virus originating in Wuhan could spread when hundreds of millions of people travel during next week's Chinese new year...

China and Myanmar are set to ink mammoth infrastructure deals following a meeting on Saturday (Jan 18) between President Xi Jinping and fallen rights icon...

China reported 17 new cases of the mysterious SARS-like virus on Sunday (Jan 19), heightening fears ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday, when hundreds...

Barisan Nasional (BN) retained the Kimanis parliamentary seat after winning the by-election on Saturday (Jan 18) with a 2,029-vote majority.Its candidate Mohamad Alamin, 48, garnered...

An off-duty Hong Kong police officer was arrested along with seven other people on Friday (Jan 17) as they tried to put pro-democracy posters on...

The issue of illegal immigrants has taken centre stage in the Kimanis by-election in the northern Borneo state, as voters head to the polls on...

An avalanche in Nepal's Annapurna region has left at least seven people missing, including four South Koreans and three Nepalis, officials said on Saturday (Jan...

Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to usher in a "new era" of ties with Myanmar after a red carpet welcome Friday (Jan 17) on a...

Multiple Hong Kong opposition lawmakers were ejected from the legislature on Thursday (Jan 16) as they heckled the financial hub's pro-Beijing leader in angry scenes...

A Philippine volcano that has been spewing ash for days appeared to be calming down on Thursday (Jan 16), but seismologists said the danger of...

Japan confirmed the first case of infection from the new China coronavirus that has killed one person and prompted a travel alert from the US...

The "phase one" trade deal between Washington and Beijing was the result of long, fraught negotiations. "Phase two" is likely to be just as bumpy...

Hong Kong's teachers say they are living in fear as the city's democracy protests rumble on, with some not daring to discuss the movement and...

Hong Kong police said they defused a pipe bomb and arrested four men for manufacturing explosives after raiding an apartment where they found protest-related items...

An Australian student arrested for spying and expelled from North Korea last year said he was forced to write a false confession while held incommunicado.Alek...

A Cambodian court convened on Wednesday (Jan 15) to begin the trial of opposition party leader Kem Sokha on charges of treason in a case...

Japan's environment minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Wednesday (Jan 15) he will take two weeks of paternity leave, the first time a Cabinet minister has publicly...

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen urged China on Wednesday (Jan 15) to review its policy towards the island, days after she won a landslide re-election victory,...

China expects to make a "breakthrough" on the establishment of a nationwide carbon emissions trading scheme (ETS) by the end of this year, the country's...

When heavy rain began to pound Jakarta on New Year’s Eve, Mr Andri Purba immediately told the workers at his doughnut factory to move their...

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Tuesday (Jan 14) it was too early to be pessimistic about stalled denuclearisation dialogue between the United States...

Taal volcano in the Philippines could spew lava and ash for weeks, authorities warned Tuesday (Jan 14), leaving thousands in limbo after they fled their...

China on Monday (Jan 13) defended barring the head of Human Rights Watch from entering Hong Kong, saying non-governmental organisations were responsible for political unrest...

Human Rights Watch chief Kenneth Roth said on Sunday (Jan 12) he had been denied entry into Hong Kong, where he had arrived to launch...

Fighting around the Libyan capital of Tripoli will halted on Sunday after the Libyan Government of National Accord agreed to follow suit as the rival...

Hong Kong's protesters and politicians have hailed a sweeping election win by Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen on Saturday (Jan 11) as a fillip for their...

A vehicle collision early on Monday (Jan 13) killed a van driver and injured four passengers, including Japanese badminton player Kento Momota.The hired van was...

Li Hai is a nobody in China. But the 32-year-old ship mechanic became a minor Internet sensation last month after posting a video of his...

The United States congratulated Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen for her re-election on Saturday (Jan 11), hailing it as a demonstration of the island's "robust democratic...

The death toll from the bombing of a mosque in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta rose to 15 on Saturday (Jan 11), officials said,...

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen won a landslide victory on Saturday (Jan 11) as voters delivered a stunning rebuke of Beijing's campaign to isolate the self-ruled...

A 61-year-old man has become the first person to die in China from a respiratory illness believed caused by a new virus from the same...

Thousands of Thais participated on Sunday (Jan 12) in a run billed as an anti-government protest, in what appeared to be the biggest show of...

President Joko Widodo visited an island in waters disputed by China on Wednesday (Jan 8) to assert Indonesia's sovereignty amid a standoff between Indonesian and...

In balmy southern Taiwan, with its rural hamlets, industrial belts and slower-paced cities, a rising tide of residents are pushing back against opposition presidential hopeful...

Taiwan's presidential candidates are waging an all-out charm offensive to woo millions of young people in the lead-up to this weekend's election, conscious their votes...

Iranian state television said on Wednesday that at least 80 "American terrorists" were killed in attacks involving 15 missiles Tehran launched on U.S. targets in...

India's weddings are famously lavish - lasting days and with hundreds if not thousands of guests - but this season many families are cutting costs...

US lawmakers on Wednesday (Jan 8) called for President Donald Trump's administration to impose sanctions over rights abuses in China as they released a report...

Gripping her friend's shoulder as a truck packed with 30 Cambodian garment workers tears down a pot-holed street, Nguon Sanit says her days are bookended...

The trial of a man accused of stabbing to death 19 disabled people at a care home in 2016 was interrupted on Wednesday (Jan 8)...

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen looks set to secure a second term in elections this weekend, but her Achilles heel is an economy that China has...

Japan said on Wednesday (Jan 8) it will stick with plans to deploy Self-Defense Forces to the Middle East to ensure the safety of its...

Taiwan votes on Saturday in an election overshadowed by renewed Chinese efforts to get the island to accept their rule, and as Taiwan nervously watches...

Iran on Wednesday launched a missile attack on an Iraqi airbase where US forces are based, threatening "more crushing responses" if Washington carried out further...

There is a "desperate need" for practical ways to improve ties with North Korea, the South's President Moon said on Tuesday (Jan 7), adding that...

Protests were held across India on Monday (Jan 6) after masked assailants wielding batons and iron rods went on a rampage at a top Delhi...

Iran announced on Sunday it would abandon limitations on enriching uranium, taking a further step back from commitments to a 2015 nuclear deal with six...

Malaysia is delaying the implementation of the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) scheme by “at least six months”, while it looks at improving the installation process of the...

Indonesia on Monday (Jan 6) deployed four additional warships to the Natuna Islands, after Chinese vessels refused to leave the area.The warships will join four...

A small but growing number of Hong Kong protesters who fled to Taiwan for safety over the past few months fear an opposition victory in...

The new head of China's liaison office in Hong Kong, the most senior mainland official based in the territory, said on Monday (Jan 6) China...

Dozens were hurt at a prestigious Indian university on Sunday (Jan 5) in what police said were clashes between rival student groups but which an...

Iran announced on Sunday it would abandon limitations on enriching uranium, taking a further step back from commitments to a 2015 nuclear deal with six...

China on Sunday (Jan 5) said a mysterious viral pneumonia outbreak that has affected 59 people was not the flu-like virus SARS that killed hundreds...

Carlos Ghosn's escape from Japan is "unjustifiable" and he is thought to have left the country using "illegal methods", the Japanese justice minister said Sunday,...

At least 24 people were killed and 23 injured after a building in Cambodia collapsed, trapping workers under rubble, officials said on Sunday.The seven-storey concrete...

Ailing former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, under treatment in London, will be hospitalised soon for a cardiac procedure as the doctors have failed to...

United States President Donald Trump on Saturday tried to justify his administration’s unilateral action to kill Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani in an air strike...

Hospital officials in Hong Kong raised their alert level to "serious" on Saturday (Jan 4) as a mystery viral pneumonia outbreak in mainland China continued...

Malaysia said on Friday (Jan 3) it has put on hold the enforcement of its Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) scheme as many Singapore vehicles have...

China on Friday (Jan 3) confirmed more cases of a mystery viral pneumonia that has sparked fears about a resurgence of SARS, the flu-like virus...

Iran's supreme leader appointed Esmail Qaani as the new head of the Revolutionary Guards' foreign operations arm after its commander, Qasem Soleimani, was killed on...

Iran on Thursday (local time) termed the US' act of killing the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, General Qassem Soleimani, an "extremely dangerous and...

Miffed with United States over its airstrike that killed Iran's elite Quds Force chief General Qassem Soleimani, Pakistan on Friday said it is important for...

Thailand began the year with a ban on single-use plastic bags at major stores, continuing a campaign launched by the government and retailers towards a...

Japan's new Emperor Naruhito said Thursday (Jan 2) he hoped for a year without natural disasters, delivering his first New Year speech since ascending the...

Bangladesh has reversed its decision of shutting down mobile networks along the country's over 4,000 km-long borders with India, two days after asking telecom operators...

Coal-fired utilities around New Delhi were still operating on Wednesday (Jan 1) despite threats from the Indian authorities to close them down if they had...

Taiwan's top military official was among three people missing on Thursday (Jan 2) after a helicopter made an emergency landing in a mountainous northern area...

Mr Agus Rahmat Hidayat and his wife Mdm Ayu Damayantie had imagined that the arrival of their firstborn baby would bring them pure bliss, but...

Healthy young men who exercise regularly may have better quality semen than their sedentary peers, a study of sperm donors suggests.Even though being overweight and...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un accused the Trump administration of dragging its feet in nuclear negotiations and warned that his country will soon show...

Thousands of Indians are set to ring in the New Year by holding protests against a citizenship law, despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi's attempts to...

The use of child car seat will be mandatory in Malaysia beginning Wednesday (Jan 1), but e-hailing drivers and customers are left unsure about how...