Daily Asia briefing

ISLAMABAD, April 30 - Pakistan's Navy will be getting a fleet of advanced Chinese submarines, a statement from the military and a government official said on Thursday, a move to strengthen Islamabad's maritime security a...

BEIJING, April 30 - China's military said on Thursday its naval and air forces held combat readiness patrols near the Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea.

The commissioning ceremony of the first Hangor-class attack submarine, PNS Hangor, was held in China’s Sanya city, with President Asif Ali Zardari and the naval chief attending the event. President Zardari, who is on a v...

Passengers can also alight anywhere in Iskandar Puteri, Forest City, Kulai and Senai, but foreign taxis can only do pick-ups at designated points.

The effects of the Iran war are impacting farmers in top exporters Thailand and Vietnam.

KYIV, April 30 - Ukraine's top general on Thursday ordered a mandatory two-month time limit for front-line troops serving in forward positions, aiming to address a key challenge for Kyiv's outmanned military in the fifth...

OSLO, April 30 - Some 287 candidates will be considered for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, the secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Thursday, with U.S. President Donald Trump likely to be among the nominees.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Roblox announces control measures to comply with Indonesia's social media curb.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Elon Musk to return to witness stand for cross-examination by OpenAI's lawyer.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Google Cloud pulls ahead as Big Tech's AI bet swells to $700 billion.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to IPL sanctions Rajasthan captain Parag over vaping.

ISLAMABAD: A day after the government notified the transfer of three Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges to other high courts, the Lahore Bar Association (LBA) moved the Supreme Court on Thursday to challenge the constitut...

Powerhouses have maintained healthy domestic supplies, but importers have suffered from shortages.

Investigations showed that the crime also involved a commercial element, with obscene material being bought and sold.

Generic versions are slashing treatment costs by as much as 70 per cent in some cases.

BRUSSELS, April 30 - The European Union and South American bloc Mercosur will implement on Friday a contentious free trade agreement that the EU in particular hopes will benefit exporters and calm critics, even if it can...

One kitchen listed over 2,800 beneficiaries but only about 1,000 people actually received the meals.

Researchers tagged 70 whale sharks at sites in Indonesia, tracking some of them for nearly three years.

The bloc is also working on an agreement that enables coordinated emergency fuel sharing.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to Future-proofing Singapore's energy.

Channel NewsAsia is tracking Diplomacy & Power developments tied to LG Energy Solution swings to loss amid weak EV demand.

Companies and employees could be inadvertently exposing sensitive corporate data, warned Jeff Moss, who spoke to CNA during the convention’s inaugural Singapore edition.

TEL AVIV, April 30 - A vessel carrying grain that Ukraine says was stolen by Russia will not unload in Israel, Israeli media reported on Thursday, after Kyiv requested Israel to seize the cargo.

The tortoises were valued at about US$9,000 (S$11,500).

SYDNEY, April 30 - Australian police said on Thursday they have found a body believed to be that of a missing five-year-old Indigenous girl and were searching for the man who allegedly murdered her.

The sake was brewed inside facilities at the International Space Station that mimicked lunar gravity.

The father said he had begged the paramedics to take his son to the hospital first, but was told the boy's birth certificate was required to do so.

There were two confirmed cases of hanging that took place in front of the public.

Labour chief Ng Chee Meng said tripartite partners recognise workers' anxieties about AI and want to turn that into positive action.

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) announced on Thursday that admissions for the 2025–2026 academic session have been closed, and students admitted after April 15 will not be registered. A notifica...

A French 18-year-old is facing mischief and public nuisance charges in Singapore after he posted a video to social media of him licking a straw from a vending machine and putting it back. The teen, who has not entered a...

Justice See Kee Oon found that the judge in the women's trial had erred in his application of the law in acquitting them.

White supremacist killer Brenton Tarrant lost on Thursday an appeal seeking to overturn his conviction and sentence for shooting dead 51 people at two New Zealand mosques in 2019, court documents showed. The 35-year-old...