Daily Asia briefing

Online, Malaysians are trading tips on practical survivalism, such as vacuum-sealing stockpiles of rice.

The Foreign Office (FO) on Saturday rejected “misleading and unfounded commentary” regarding financial deposits from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), saying this was a “routine transaction”. A senior Pakistani official ha...

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Saturday said India was planning a “false-flag operation” to blame Pakistan, warning New Delhi of a strong reaction if it conducted such a “drama”. Speaking to the media in Sialkot, Asif...

Iran’s forces were hunting on Saturday for a missing United States pilot from one of two warplanes downed over Iran and the Gulf, officials from both sides said, while two airmen were rescued. The incidents show the risk...

Operators are forced to choose between halting work entirely or continuing at a loss.

US launches rescue mission after F-15E downing; one crew member found, another missing in first such combat loss since war began.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Canada woos Italy’s crestfallen supporters after World Cup heartbreak.

In a dense neighbourhood, greenery and controlled views soften the sense of exposure and create a more restful atmosphere.

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Tehran had 48 hours left to cut a deal or face "all Hell", as US and Iranian forces scrambled to find a downed American airman.

A French national sentenced to death in China in 2010 for drug trafficking has been executed, France's foreign ministry announced on Saturday, expressing its "consternation."

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Rowing-Cambridge win men's boat race, Oxford end wait for women's victory.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Chelsea seek to turn corner after 7-0 FA Cup thrashing of Port Vale.

With the Super Mario Galaxy Movie on track to smash the box office, fans are wondering if Nintendo might bring together more characters from disparate franchises, says Bloomberg Opinion’s Gearoid Reidy.

The vehicle was carrying 22 passengers, including two children.

April 4 - The United Arab Emirates on Saturday condemned what it described as \"riots, acts of vandalism, and assaults\" outside its embassy and the residence of its head of mission in Damascus.

The bodies of the three men arrived in Jakarta on April 4.

The number of moviegoers fell to 832 million in 2025 from 1.03 billion in 2019.

Police officers extinguished the fire and no injuries were reported.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Erdogan, Zelenskyy discuss energy security and peace efforts in Istanbul talks.

Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Saturday advocated for the revision of market timings to cut down on oil usage by saving electricity, as the country faces rising import costs amid the global oil crisis. Addressing a pre...

MOSCOW, April 4 - Russia's state nuclear company Rosatom evacuated a further 198 of its staff from Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant on Saturday, Russian news agencies reported.

A new contract with the US will see 1.2 million tonnes of LNG supplied annually.

China’s top economic planner has stepped in to soften the blow of surging oil prices through an emergency provision.

With Iran effectively turning the Strait of Hormuz into a toll gate, energy shortages are worsening across Asia. Amid the supply crunch, countries are increasingly turning back to coal for electricity, potentially slowin...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday that the disbursement of relief funds to people operating public transport and freight vehicles had begun through digital wallets. In a post on the social media platform X,...

Two family members of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated in 2020, have been arrested in the United States after their residency permits were rescinded, the State Department said on Saturday. “Last nig...

When Ms Aisha Tan Xiuzhi couldn't find the Xinjiang flavours she and her children missed, she decided to recreate them herself. Today, she's found a way to bring a taste of home to Singapore, which has since grown into a...

Nepal has charged 32 people over a multi-million-dollar insurance scam involving fake helicopter rescues of trekkers, police said Thursday, a long-running racket that has cast a shadow over the country's vital tourism in...

Pon Doikam, a coconut seller in Chiang Mai, told AFP the haze is so severe it leaves her nose burning and bloodied. Across northern Thailand, even longtime residents say the pollution is exceptionally bad, with dangerous...

The AI-generated subtitles misinterpreted “pitch” as an English expletive.

The Supreme Court has fixed the hearing of Zahir Jaffer’s review plea in the Noor Mukadam murder case for Wednesday, April 8. Noor, aged 27 years, was found murdered at Zahir’s Islamabad residence in July 2021, with the...

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