KUALA LUMPUR – The Malaysian government faced accusations of stifling dissent after a June 7 Facebook post by popular local political cartoonist Fahmi Reza Mohd Zarin, saying he had been banned from leaving the country.

HANOI – Dr Nguyễn Thanh Sơn, Chairman of the Việt Nam Poultry Association, have dismissed the false information that have spread online in recent days alleging the production of counterfeit chicken eggs in Việt Nam.

Diego Paez believes Johan Ghazali “looked right past me” – and says ONE Championship’s rising Malaysian star let his ego get the better of him.

PARATEBUENO, Colombia - Buildings swayed, sirens blared and panicked Colombians raced onto the streets Sunday after a shallow 6.3 magnitude earthquake rattled the centre of the country.

NICE (FRANCE) - A global summit on the dire state of the oceans kicks off Monday in France, with calls to ban bottom trawling and bolster protections for the world's overexploited marine areas.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Ukraine's "creativity", including its massive "Spider's web" drone attack deep inside Russia, holds profound lessons for Western militaries, the top NATO commander overseeing battlefield innovation told AFP.

SEOUL – South Korea has clinched a landmark $18 billion contract with the Czech state utility to build new nuclear reactors in the Czech Republic, following a court decision to lift an injunction that had temporarily blocked the signing.

SINGAPORE – Former transport minister S. Iswaran has completed his sentence and is no longer under prison custody.

SEOUL – Korean adults’ level of acceptance toward immigrants has increased slightly since 2021, but the reverse is true for middle and high school students, a government survey revealed Thursday.

GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 36 Palestinians on Saturday, six of them in a shooting near a US-backed aid distribution centre.