Researchers have tied the problem to widespread over-extraction of groundwater, particularly in lower-income neighbourhoods where piped water is scarce.

Initial tests had suggested the netting was up to standard, but investigators had not been able to check all of it earlier due to the fire.

There are currently three unfilled Cabinet posts, with one more expected on Tuesday after Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz ends his tenure as senator. 

Much of Asia is currently in its annual monsoon season, which often brings heavy rain, triggering landslides and flash floods.

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has a Borneo-shaped vulnerability right now, says Asian studies professor James Chin.

Hong Kong is home to nearly 370,000 migrant domestic workers, predominantly women from the Philippines and Indonesia.

The Chinese commercial space market is expected to exceed 2.5 trillion yuan (US$350 billion) in 2025, with Beijing positioning the industry as a key engine for future economic growth and global competitiveness.

The lead-up to Bangladesh’s February elections will be a test of caretaker leader Muhammad Yunus' leadership, says Rishi Gupta from the Asia Society Policy Institute.

China launched the International Economic and Trade Cooperation Initiative on Green Mining and Minerals to build greener, more stable supply chains - and experts say Beijing still sets the rules.

Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul acknowledged the government’s shortcomings in flood management.

What do the state election results mean for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, whose Pakatan Harapan coalition claimed only a single seat out of 22 contested?  

A day after his party finished second in the election, Warisan president Shafie Apdal said it has proven itself by winning the popular vote across all 73 seats.

For some Aceh residents, this has reignited the trauma of the 2004 tsunami that killed more than 170,000 people in the province alone.