SINGAPORE Singapore and Malaysia's Attorneys-General met in December last year for water talks, but the discussions were "overshadowed" by new maritime and airspace issues, said a spokesperson from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on Tuesday (Feb 19). MFA's comments were made in response to ...

DAR ES SALAAM: A Tanzanian court sentenced a prominent Chinese businesswoman dubbed the "Ivory Queen" to 15 years in prison on Tuesday (Feb 19) for smuggling the tusks of more than 350 elephants to Asia: a big victory in the battle to stamp out poaching in Africa. Yang Feng Glan had been charged ...

A North Korean diplomat who reportedly defected from his embassy in Rome last year has been separated from his daughter after she was forcefully repatriated to Pyongyang, an ex-colleague who has now settled in the South said Tuesday.

Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei said on Monday (Feb 18) that the arrest of his daughter, Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, was politically motivated.

An Indian man on death row in Pakistan for alleged spying committed "terrorist acts" including targeted killings and kidnappings on New Delhi's orders "to create anarchy", Islamabad's lawyers told UN's top court on Tuesday.