Malaysia is one of only a few countries in the world to still impose a mandatory death sentence for certain crimes.
Focus on keynote speeches by Japan, US and China, with special address from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
UN health agency says latest investigation into origins of COVID-19 was inconclusive amid a lack of data from China.
Breeding gamefowl rather than putting them in a ring to fight has become a lucrative business.
After recent acquittals of police officers, Indigenous Australians ask ‘when are they going to stop killing us?’
Thailand becomes the first Asian country to legalise growing cannabis and consuming it in food and drinks.
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Malaysian law does not recognise refugees so many are forced to work informally to support themselves.
China, Russia take aim at US to explain their decision to veto new UN sanctions against North Korea.
If death sentences against the two political opponents of the coup are carried out they will be the first since 1988.
Russia’s foreign ministry says Tokyo failed to make payments under deal giving Japan fishing rights near Kuril islands.
Warning comes amid growing concern that Pyongyang is preparing for its first nuclear weapons test since 2017.
‘Subversion’ cases linked to 2020 democratic primaries transferred to High Court where the maximum sentence is life.
S Korean military says the action is a demonstration of the allies readiness to respond to N Korean ‘provocations’.
Australian says the Chinese fighter jet intercepted its military plane over the South China Sea on May 26.
