Kelly Ng

Singapore and South Korea have pulled Trader Joe's Everything But the Bagel seasoning from e-commerce platforms because it contains poppy seeds.

The storm cut power to more than 20,000 households and left 7,000 people stranded at Tokyo's Narita airport.

At least four people have died and five others are wounded in eastern Japan as record rainfall pummelled the Chiba prefecture near the capital Tokyo.

This is the first time since June 2025 that the country has enacted capital punishment.

A group of former cricket captains, including Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar and one of England's longest-serving skippers Sir Alastair

The 26-year-old faces up to seven years in jail for allegedly stealing a denim jacket from an airport shop in 2024.

Rights groups say the case against Gao Zhen is an assault on artistic freedom.

A Chinese artist known for his satirical sculptures of Mao Zedong has been handed a maximum three-year jail term for "slandering China's heroes", according to rights groups.

A community that has long felt beleagured is looking over its shoulder again.

Not long ago, Malaysia's then-prime minister urged his country to protect Rohingya Muslims - a stateless minority that has fled violence and discrimination in Myanmar for decades.