Sarawak, which borders Indonesia's Kalimantan province on Borneo island, has been worst hit by the haze.

The suspects could face charges that carry penalties ranging from hefty fines to prison terms of up to 15 years, said a director at the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Agency.

Both main crude contracts were down 2.3 per cent, with the Brent benchmark sitting at US$92 a barrel.

The valuation has dropped sharply from earlier private fundraising rounds that valued Shein at US$98.2 billion in 2022.

Transport experts say Johor Bahru’s city centre lacks a connected pedestrian network, while authorities explore solutions and exchange ideas with global firms including Zaha Hadid Architects.

The five-day World Humanoid Robot Games combine events modelled on human sports with those designed to test the robots in simulated factories, restaurants, offices and in emergency situations.

Mr Lee will meet the presidents and prime ministers of both countries from Aug 24 to Aug 31.

A local government office building, a 7-Eleven convenience store and a stolen vehicle were burned in the 51 attacks, according to the military's Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) and local media reports.

Fires between January and July burned more than 200,000 hectares of land - an area three times the size of the capital Jakarta, the Indonesian government said this week.

The Panama-flagged bulk carrier MV Ocean Winner was headed to Singapore from Paradip port in India's Odisha state, according to MarineTraffic.

Bangladesh was largely self-sufficient in natural gas in 2018, but production declined as older fields depleted, while demand has risen.

While alarming for Seoul, an abandonment of US guarantees could be disastrous for Tokyo, says Leo Lewis for The Financial Times.

Pari Island is at the centre of a decade-long land dispute which has seen local residents attempting to defend their community land rights against PT Bumi Pari Asri which says it owns about 90 per cent of the island via freehold certificates and righ...

Sailing from Busan New Port, the "PanStar Acro" container ship is to sail to Europe via the Arctic, testing whether a route opened by melting sea ice can be commercially viable.

While not yet finalised, the move "clearly signifies a dangerous expansion of the war budget that will bring new turmoil to the region and the world", KCNA said.

The attack hit a monastery hall around 9am on Friday, killing 11 men and three women, according to a rebel fighter who witnessed the aftermath.

The child told his father he was tired at the sixth station of the mountain, which is located at an altitude of more than 2,000m, local SBS TV reported.