"I remember this very distinctly, having just come from China, thinking, 'How is China the next country on the horizon? They don't even have proper toilets'," said White House press secretary Katie Zacharia.

The rally on Friday (Oct 16) is in support of the two Cockroach Janta Party leaders detained and sent to jail this week for demonstrating at a protest site, said founder Abhijeet Dipke.

The four men were overwhelmed while battling flames in the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in East Java.

Malaysia has benefited from a global boom in artificial intelligence infrastructure that has driven demand for its tech products and semiconductors.

MSCI said on Friday (Oct 16) it plans to downgrade Indonesia to "standalone" status, sparking a sell-off. 

The remarks by Chinese Ambassador Jing Quan came a day after Philippine defence chief Gilberto Teodoro labelled Beijing a regional "troublemaker". 

The former Bollywood star joined a political protest on October 10 and shared a photograph from what appeared to be a police van on the same day.

The establishment just does not know how to deal with a generation of irreverent, frustrated young people, says former foreign correspondent Nirmal Ghosh.

Indian scientists and biopharmaceutical firms are using artificial intelligence to identify promising drug candidates faster and at lower cost. But industry experts tell CNA the technology can address only part of a lengthy and risky development proc...

Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir did not specify which countries had offered help or what form the assistance would take.

The charges, delayed until after Deepavali, could prompt some retailers to encourage other payment methods, even as experts argue they are needed to sustain the fast-growing network.  

Pan Pacific is pressing ahead with its expansion plans, betting on shorter-haul travel and demand from affluent Asian tourists despite geopolitical disruptions.

One of the suspects in an alleged corruption case involving the misuse of emergency funds at the National Disaster Mitigation Agency is Bima Setyawan, the younger brother of agency chief Suharyanto.

The latest reshuffle follows one on Oct 1 that saw the appointment of new foreign and industry ministers and eight other senior leaders of agencies and the police force. 

A rescue official said the ceiling came down on the students after the roof of a higher floor collapsed, crumpling the two storeys.

The trial in South Sumatra is aimed at clearing smoke and increasing visibility in haze-affected areas.

The fires have burned through hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest and plantations in Indonesia, and caused air pollution to surge locally, as well as in Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Timor-Leste.

The widespread power outage is estimated to have caused economic losses of around 233.5 billion rupiah (US$13 million), according to economic experts.