13+ hour, 38+ min ago   (317+ words) MUSCAT, Sept 14 — Oman has announced the postponement of a meeting today between Iran and Gulf countries on the Strait of Hormuz, the major flashpoint in the Middle East war. Iran’s foreign ministry had said there would be a meeting hosted…...

11+ hour, 32+ min ago   (583+ words) SINGAPORE, Sept 14 — Cambodia and Thailand will face off before international mediators in Singapore this week in a long-standing dispute over valuable maritime resources, the latest spat between the feuding neighbours. Phnom Penh initiated a UN-backed conciliation process at the Permanent…...

13+ hour ago   (416+ words) MARAWI, Sept 14 — Voters across the Philippines’ autonomous Muslim region began casting ballots for their first elected parliament today morning, hours after gun violence left at least three people dead outside a polling station. The polls are the culmination of an…...

14+ hour, 42+ min ago   (592+ words) BANJARMASIN, Sept 14 — Rescuers in Indonesia said at least six people were killed and 129 others were missing after a ferry capsized in rough seas yesterday, with one survivor recounting scenes of panic as passengers scrambled for life jackets. The Virgo Transport…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (706+ words) HONG KONG, Sept 14 — Chan Yuk-tong hoped to spend his remaining years in the row of small, blue-brick houses where he was born and raised, but the 71-year-old’s Hong Kong village home will soon be bulldozed to make way for a…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (758+ words) VIENTIANE, Sept 14 — Isolated, under-developed Laos brands itself the “Battery of South-east Asia”, powering its neighbours with dozens of hydroelectric plants, but frequent power outages leave its own people in the dark. Exports of electricity to neighbouring countries including Thailand and…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (136+ words) NEW YORK, Sept 13 — OpenAI will not go public this year, the company’s chief executive Sam Altman said in an interview released on Saturday, citing safety concerns over artificial intelligence. “Given everything happening with safety, right now would be an ill-advised…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (206+ words) NEW DELHI, Sept 13 — China will lead the creation of an “open-source zone for artificial intelligence” for Brics countries, President Xi Jinping said Sunday at a summit of the 11-nation group in New Delhi. Chinese AI companies produce world-leading open-source AI…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (812+ words) SEPTEMBER 13 — China’s Pinglu Canal should not be understood simply as another impressive piece of infrastructure. For Asean, it represents something potentially much larger: the gradual geographical reorientation of southwestern China towards Southeast Asia. The 134.2-kilometre canal in Guangxi connects China’s…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (195+ words) KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 13 — Former minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom is reportedly set to be charged at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court tomorrow in connection with an investigation into Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH)…...