The new airline could be announced within the next couple of months, the report said, adding that AirAsia is moving some planes for the venture.

The suspects are believed to be part of a sleeper cell network with affiliations to Mujahidin Indonesia Timur (MIT), an Islamist militant group operating covertly out of Poso.

Indonesia may extend its recent under-16 social media restrictions to online shopping platforms, as the government pushes for broader safeguards to protect children online.

Heavily-armoured United States Secret Service vehicles spotted in China’s capital herald the year’s most significant diplomatic event. 

The head-on collision between an intercity bus and a tanker truck on the Trans-Sumatra Highway triggered a fire that engulfed both vehicles, leaving many victims trapped inside.

The country is now looking at spending up to RM6 billion monthly to keep subsidies in place and avoid passing costs directly to households.

Han had "abandoned the grave responsibilities" of his position by engaging in the declaration of martial law in South Korea in 2024, said an appeals court judge.

A potential deal to end the war, which started at the end of February, sent oil prices sliding nearly 8 per cent on Wednesday. 

The US-Israel war on Iran has undermined New Delhi’s delicate balancing of ties in the Middle East, says RSIS’ Sinderpal Singh.

Problems are piling up for Thailand's once booming economy and decision-makers need to rise to the occasion, says Daniel Moss for Bloomberg Opinion. 

The Selangor Sultan decreed in February that pig farming should not be allowed in the Malaysian state, but a politician’s recent suggestion that a modern farming system be allowed instead has sparked a political storm.

The Malaysian government allocated RM24 million to secure broadcasting rights for the 2026 World Cup, according to Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil.

China and Taiwan have long traded accusations of "dollar diplomacy" to win support from developing countries.

Japan's Self-Defense Forces fired an anti-ship missile at a decommissioned Philippine Navy ship about 75km off the coast of Paoay in the northern Philippines, which faces the South China Sea.

Tensions involving Iran and the Strait of Hormuz have disrupted energy supply chains, raising fresh risks for Southeast Asia.

The revision codifies leader Kim Jong Un’s push to treat the two Koreas as separate states.