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US President Donald Trump scaled back joint military exercises with key ally South Korea this week, while signalling plans to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this year.

In a video that went viral, Mohamed Anim Atam was recorded by an e-hailing driver making remarks about the Quran while travelling in Johor Bahru.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has advocated maintaining Indonesia's "free and active" foreign policy of non-alignment, vowing to befriend all countries including China and the United States.

The 33-year-old local woman had been working alone in a pet boarding facility when the attack occurred on Thursday (Aug 20), Hong Kong police said.

Nearly 600 schools are closed as the East Malaysian state records very unhealthy air pollutant index levels.

Khan has been imprisoned since August 2023 and says the cases against him are politically motivated, an accusation the government denies.

The man doused a pachinko parlour near his home in Osaka with petrol and set it on fire, killing four customers and one employee.

In the final instalment of a three-part series, CNA looks at Indias booming private tuition scene, where fierce competition for coveted university places is fuelling a high-pressure coaching culture.

The naming of sites in a disputed border region has reignited tensions between China and India but for now, neither country wants an escalation, says former foreign correspondent Nirmal Ghosh.

The North Korean missile appeared to have landed outside Japan's exclusive economic zone in the sea, Japanese media reported.

Activists say that the ultimate goal should be preventing strays from ever being born or abandoned on the streets.

Chinese actor Wang Xing, whose disappearance near the Thailand-Myanmar border made headlines last year, was among the syndicates victims, according to Chinese news outlets.

Evergrande's fortunes reversed in 2020, when new regulations from China seeking to limit excessive borrowing in the real estate sector complicated Evergrande's ability to make payments.

In a recent interview with news agency Al Jazeera, Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim had voiced support for Beijings One China principle as well as its right to use force should peaceful reunification fail.

Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back told lawmakers that North Korea was generally believed to have around 80 to 120 warheads, after US President Donald Trump commented a day earlier that Pyongyang possessed 57 "very powerful nuclear weapons".

The industry is nearing a breakthrough where robots can be placed in unfamiliar environments and complete most tasks through simple voice or text instructions, says Unitree CEO Wang Xingxing.

Japan media reported that the four workers were removing weeds from the train tracks at Shin-Kanuma Station in Kanuma city north of Tokyo when the express train struck them.

Officials say the move benefits local communities and can help manage human- wildlife conflicts, while animal welfare groups warn it risks undermining protection of the species classified by an international conservation authority as endangered.

With uranium demand expected to double by 2040, countries are reopening mines, expanding enrichment capacity and exploring alternative fuels, seawater extraction and fusion technology, CNAs The Nuclear Option finds.

Washingtons words and actions invite questions about whether its strategic view of the Indo-Pacific region has changed, says RSIS Sinderpal Singh.

What decides how long wars can be fought is regenerative capacity, with Asia not yet paying for it, says an analyst.

The possible summit was discussed during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yis visit to Seoul, where he met his South Korean counterpart Cho Hyun.

The meeting would be the first between the two leaders since Trump began his second term.

The US plans to impose sanctions on ICC President Tomoko Akane and a Senegalese lawyer on the prosecution team that sought an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Guo Degang was accused of violating public order and good customs after changing the lyrics of a classic Chinese revolutionary song during a recent performance.

LandSpace achieved the feat with its Zhuque-3 rocket on Wednesday (Aug 19), delivering Chinas first successful ground-based, leg-assisted landing of an orbital-class booster.

More than 1.5 million illegal cigarettes were found on board by sniffer dogs.

China marked late President Jiang Zemins birth centenary on Monday (Aug 17) and bid farewell the next day to former Premier Zhu Rongji in two major ceremonies held just 24 hours apart.

The National Environment Agency (NEA) said that it is working with Malaysian authorities to investigate the alleged illegal dumping of construction waste in Johor, adding that it is not yet established whether any Singapore companies were involved.