THE HAGUE - An international law enforcement operation has dismantled an encrypted communication platform, known as Ghost, notorious for enabling large-scale drug trafficking and money laundering, Europol said on Wednesday.

BEIRUT - Hundreds more people were wounded on Wednesday in fresh blasts involving handheld radios used by Hezbollah, further stoking tensions with Israel a day after similar explosions launched via the group’s pagers.

TAIPEI: Taiwan's national security team is "paying great attention" to the detonation of thousands of pagers targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon, the island's defence minister said, after a Taiwanese firm was linked to the pagers' production.

The opening of parts of Nusantara to the public following years of closed-door construction has whipped up enthusiasm and drawn visitors, including foreign tourists, to the country’s future capital in East Kalimantan.

The death of a female employee at an unidentified company in Samut Prakan has sparked outrage after it was revealed that she had been denied sick leave.

Despite record heatwaves, floods and storms across much of South-east Asia in 2024, more people in the region are concerned about bread-and-butter issues such as food security than about climate change, according to a new survey.

Bangkok United, the Thai League 1 runners-up last season, take on Singapore's Tampines Rovers in a Group G battle of the AFC Champions League Two Wednesnight.

Kunlavut Vitidsarn and Pornpawee Chochuwong advanced to the last 16 stage of the US$2 million BWF China Open in Changzhou on Tuesday.

Mai Hontama stunned top seed Dayana Yastremska in the first round of the Allied Thailand Open at Arena Hua Hin on Tuesday.

LONDON - Britain should outlaw imports of products made by forced labour in China's Xinjiang region, a senior lawmaker from the ruling Labour party said, while reiterating his call for more scrutiny of fashion retailer Shein's possible Lond...