Southeast Asia

Father played phone game as wife smothered baby to death: Singapore couple jailed for over 15 years each

CNA Lifestyle • 7h ago

SINGAPORE, Oct 21 — A Singaporean father was playing a game on his phone as his wife repeatedly smothered their eight-month-old son to death, bringing a horrific end to months of...

Singapore edition of BTS The City Arirang will have light and music show, art trail, fireworks display and more

Forbes • 2d ago

On Monday (Oct 19), the K-pop stars announced the Singapore edition of their ongoing BTS The City Arirang initiative, a series of programmes aimed at celebrating BTS' music and ongoing world tour.

6 nabbed over links to Malaysian pilot arrested in Jakarta

The Star Democrat • 47d ago

'We don't know what's going on': Family of Singaporeans missing in Nepal-Tibet disaster pleads for answers

Channels Television • 53d ago

Rescuers in Nepal and China were still battling Saturday to locate thousands of people missing days after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayan region, engulfing villages.

Indonesia’s Jakarta airport suspends flights due to ash from Mount Anak Krakatau

Nikkei Asia • 45d ago

Indonesia’s Jakarta airport suspends flights due to ash from Mount Anak…

Indonesia’s main airport suspends operations after volcanic eruption

Punch Newspapers • 45d ago

Indonesia’s main airport, Soekarno-Hatta, suspends operations after Anak Krakatoa volcanic eruption, impacting thousands of passengers and flights.

Malaysia bars civil servants from using Israeli navigation app Waze due to 'security concerns'

Daily Maverick (ZA) • 2h ago

Malaysia has banned civil servants from using Alphabet's navigation app Waze after Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said its origins in Israel raised security concerns.…

Vietnam vet who murdered cop by shooting him in the back executed despite pleas for mercy

Daily Express (PK) • 13h ago

William Reaves, 77, was executed in Florida after more than 100 fellow Vietnam War veterans submitted a last-minute clemency appeal.

Why won’t the rain wash away Malaysia’s haze? Experts explain what’s keeping the smoke coming

The Straits Times • 11h ago

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 — Malaysia, particularly the Klang Valley, has been experiencing bouts of heavy rain and thunderstorms in recent days, but the haze continues to linger....

Indonesian firm APP says green label restrictions are not a suspension, no timeline for them to be lifted

The Straits Times • 24h ago