The new initiative will tighten state control over key commodities such as coal and palm oil.  

Johor Perikatan Nasional chairman Sahruddin Jamal said the opposition coalition’s strength in Malaysia’s southern state should not be underestimated.

Higher fuel and food prices, coupled with economic uncertainty linked to tensions in the Middle East, are forcing people to cut expenses for next week’s festive season.

The structure drew comparisons from media and tourists to the fantastical creations of Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki.

As the Philippines looks to boost tourism, authorities have increasingly promoted immersive cultural experiences centred on traditional arts and weaving.

Goldman helped 1MDB sell US$6.5 billion of bonds and collected an estimated US$600 million in fees.

Back-to-back visits by US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin put a spotlight on Chinese power, but whether China will use it in the Ukraine and Iran wars remains to be seen, says war studies lecturer Samir Puri.

Indian carriers are facing a sharper squeeze than many global peers as fuel costs, airspace disruptions, currency weakness and limited hedging leave them with little room to absorb shocks, say analysts.

Bewildering policies and authoritarian tendencies by President Prabowo Subianto are steering Indonesia toward a mix of currency instability and political chaos, says Karishma Vaswani for Bloomberg Opinion.

TikTok failed to "take sufficient and timely action" on a fake account that carried the allegedly defamatory posts against Sultan Ibrahim.

The restart is the latest of Japan’s efforts to revive its nuclear energy sector and reduce dependence on imported fossil fuels.

Two Singaporeans - Timothy Heng and Shahin Muhrez Abdul Hamid - as well as Indonesian Angel Krishela Pradita died in the May 8 incident.

Despite the market volatility, analysts insist the current situation bears little resemblance to the 1998 Asian Financial Crisis, when the rupiah collapsed.

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s back-to-back Beijing visits gave Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping a rare optics win, projecting China as a power both Washington and Moscow have reasons to engage, even as analysts say ...