China

As Beijing targets Tokyo over Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks, what levers does Japan have?

Japanese control of chemical used in semiconductors could prove significant, analysts say

AseanPlus News

China warns of ‘law of the jungle’ as US exits global bodies

Opportunity and challenge for Beijing on world stage amid Donald Trump's order suspending support for 66 international organisations

China

China-Japan military tensions: what lies ahead in 2026?

Analysts hold out little hope that security pressures will ease, given US insistence that regional allies boost first island chain defences

World

UN says 53 Congolese refugees have died in Burundi

KINSHASA, Jan 10 - ‌More than 50 refugees fleeing fighting in eastern ‌Democratic Republic of Congo have died in neighbouring ‌Burundi, the United Nations Refugee Agency told Reuters late on Friday.

Sabah & Sarawak

Masiung heads Sabah’s Sedco, Anifah takes over Qhazanah Sabah

KOTA KINABALU: Five-term Kuamut assemblyman Datuk Masiung Banah has been appointed as the new Sabah Economic Development Corporation (Sedco) chairman with ministerial status.

AseanPlus News

Hong Kong issues third straight frost warning as cold weather expected over weekend

City recorded temperatures as low as 2 degrees on Friday morning at Ta Kwu Ling in the New Territories, while Tai Lung registered 3.8 degrees

Analysis

Is this the end for Dr Akmal?

THE year 2026 started well for Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

Cricket

Cricket-Bangladesh players act normal despite controversies, says Shanto

Jan 10 (Reuters) - Bangladesh players are often ‌forced to mask the impact of controversies in the build-up to and at ‌major tournaments, despite how the external noise affects them, test captain Najmul Hossain ‌Shanto said.

Nation

RM2.2mil in Rolex watches, luxury assets seized from house of ex-army chief’s second wife

PETALING JAYA: Luxury assets, including 23 Rolex watches, worth more than RM2.2mil have been seized by graft busters following a raid at the residence of the second wife of a former Army chief in an East coast state on Saturday (Jan 10).

AseanPlus News

Repeat buyer tucks into another McDonald’s Hong Kong shop for US$15.2 million

Evergreen Capital Partners added the Causeway Bay shop to its portfolio after acquiring two other outlets from the fast-food giant

Pakistan

Pakistan nears US$1.5bil deal to supply weapons, jets to Sudan, sources say

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is in the final phases of striking a US$1.5-billion deal to supply weapons and jets to Sudan, a former top air force official and three sources said, promising a major boost for Sudan's army, battling the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Entertainment

DiCaprio? Chalamet?: Who will host Nikki Glaser roast at this year's Golden Globes?

Glaser says she is struggling to find a Julia Roberts joke.

India

India's 2025 rice exports surge to near record as curbs lifted

RAIPUR, India: India's rice exports jumped 19.4 per cent last year to the second-highest on record after New Delhi lifted all export curbs, making shipments more competitive, government and industry officials told Reuters on Saturday (Jan 10).

India

US Treasury Secretary says Australia, India invited to G7 meeting on critical minerals

SAVAGE, Minnesota: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Australia and several other countries would join a meeting of finance ministers from the Group of Seven advanced economies that he is hosting in Washington on Monday (Jan 12) to discuss critical minerals.

Nation

No compromise on normalising LGBTQ, warns Jakim

PETALING JAYA: The Islamic Development Department of Malaysia (Jakim) has warned a non-governmental organisation (NGO) over its 'Glamping with Pride' event, adding that efforts to normalise LGBTQ practices are against the law.

China

Online appeal by Chinese woman to boost granny’s funeral attendance gains 130 million views

Granddaughter of introverted grandma who had few friends offers gifts, travelling expenses to thoughtful strangers who came to ceremony

Japan

Tatami mat tossed at shrine in replay of Japanese sun goddess myth

TAKACHIHO, Miyazaki: The annual ritual of Iwato Nage was held at Amano Iwato Shrine in the town of Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Dec. 22.

Sabah & Sarawak

105-year-old Sabah man found dead after going missing for six days

KOTA KINABALU: A centenarian who was reported missing six days ago in Kota Marudu district, has been found dead.

World

Ukraine drone strike causes fire at oil depot in Russia's Volgograd region, authorities say

MOSCOW, Jan ‌10 (Reuters) - A drone strike ‌by Ukraine caused a fire ‌at an oil depot in the Oktyabrskiy district in the southern ‍part of Russia's Volgograd ‍region, regional ‌authorities said on Saturday.

Nation

Five police reports lodged against 'Glamping with Pride' ad

KAJANG: Five police reports have been lodged on an advertisement for the "Glamping with Pride" event, believed to be promoting LGBTQ practices.