3+ hour, 24+ min ago   (226+ words) BEIJING: Beijing will ban the possession of drones within city limits under new rules from November, further tightening regulations that already prohibited the sale of the devices. The rules, announced on Sunday (Sep 13) and due to take effect on Nov…...

12+ hour, 54+ min ago   (1333+ words) Linking pay to performance will become more important if the current difficulty with getting top people in the private and public sector continues, says veteran newspaper editor Han Fook Kwang. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong speaking in parliament at the close…...

7+ hour, 2+ min ago   (691+ words) Polling is under way in the Bangsamoro region of the southern Philippines, where voters are choosing their own parliament for the first time in a historic test of a political system born out of years of conflict. Voters in the…...

10+ hour, 11+ min ago   (642+ words) SYDNEY: Share markets slid in Asia on Monday (Sep 14) as supply concerns caused oil prices to spike anew, while investors braced for possible interest rate hikes in both the United States and Japan this week. Brent climbed 3 per cent as…...

10+ hour, 26+ min ago   (51+ words) COTABATO, Philippines: Three people were killed and 15 others wounded as gunfire erupted hours before polls were to open Monday (Sep 14) in a semi-autonomous Muslim region of the Philippines set to choose its first elected parliament.The vote is the culmination…...

13+ hour, 33+ min ago   (223+ words) DOONBEG, Ireland: US President Donald Trump suggested on Sunday (Sep 13) that the US could stay in Iran and "keep the oil", drawing a parallel with a US push to take control of a fifth of Venezuela's vast oil reserves. On…...

17+ hour, 19+ min ago   (766+ words) DOONBEG, Ireland: US President Donald Trump lashed out on Sunday (Sep 13) at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over Kyiv's attacks on Russian oil refineries, while on a golf-focused two-day visit to Ireland which again saw him promoting his personal business interests....

21+ hour, 34+ min ago   (42+ words) CNA The Philippines' autonomous Bangsamoro region is headed for its first-ever parliamentary election. Voters will elect 80 members of parliament to represent them at regional, district and sectoral levels. Ron Lopez reports....

21+ hour, 49+ min ago   (78+ words) The fate of Myanmar’s United Nations envoy is back in the spotlight. The military-backed government has issued a statement accusing Kyaw Moe Tun of engaging in "illegal activities". The allegations include the usage of state property and mission funds without…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (428+ words) WASHINGTON, Sept 11: Wall Street ticked up on Friday after a volatile, mostly down week and oil prices dipped after a week-long surge in which Gulf tensions and inflation concerns weighed on markets. Oil prices retreated from a four-month high on…...