SONGKHLA: Fourteen Myanmar nationals were arrested late on Saturday night in the southern border district of Sadao while heading for the border with Malaysia, police said.

The Public Health Ministry issued a stern warning on Sunday that all fairs and other events held throughout the country may be banned if organisers lower their guard against Covid-19.

Hong Kong's political elite began voting to pick new city lawmakers on Sunday under Beijing's "patriots only" rules that drastically reduce the number of directly elected seats and control who can run for office.

BEIJING: Fresh unverified footage of Peng Shuai was posted online by a state-affiliated journalist on Sunday as international concern persists for the Chinese tennis star after she publicly accused a former vice-premier of forcing her to have sex.

MOSCOW: After a decade-long hiatus, Russia is relaunching an ambitious bid for dominion over the world's budding space tourism industry, jostling with zealous billionaires, the United States, and rising China.

Karen refugees in a temporary shelter at a school in Mae Sot district of Tak province are voluntarily returning across the border to Myanmar after fighting between the government and rebels died down, a military source said.

Laos opened a new $6 billion rail link with China to much fanfare this month, but analysts warn the party could be short-lived as the government grapples with a potential debt crisis.

Over 22,000 people were evacuated throughout Malaysia Sunday as the country faces some of its worst flooding in years.

JAKARTA: Indonesia's Semeru volcano on Java island erupted early on Sunday spewing a 2km-high ash column, prompting authorities to warn people to stay away from the eruption range.

A majority of people are against the reduction of jail terms for prisoners convicted in cases related to corruption, drugs and serious crimes, according to the results of a survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.