VIDEO: Mass military drill in South China Sea

VIDEO: Mass military drill in South China Sea


VIDEO: Mass military drill in South China Sea

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 01:31 AM PDT

Annual joint military exercises involving thousands of US and Philippine troops are taking place in the South China Sea.


VIDEO: Rangers to protect South Africa's rhinos

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 01:21 AM PDT

South African authorities are taking extreme measures to protect endangered rhinos from poachers in the country's national parks.


2.27m new voters since 2008

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 01:13 AM PDT

Up to 2,270,002 people, a majority of them Malays, registered as voters between 2008 and 2011, the Dewan Negara was told today.

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RHB Now mobile banking app now available for free

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 01:13 AM PDT

The RHB Now Mobile Banking application is now available for free on iPhone, iPad, Android and other smartphones.

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Asia's first Legoland to open Sept 15

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 01:12 AM PDT

Asia's first Legoland is set to open for business on Sept 15.

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FVGH to go ahead with IPO without KPF

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 01:10 AM PDT

Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGVH) will proceed with its initial public offering (IPO) without participation of Koperasi Permodalan Felda (KPF).

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Mysterious skin disease in central Vietnam identified

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 12:51 AM PDT

According to Quang Ngai provincial health department, the mysterious skin disease which left 19 dead among the province is identified.

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'Keys' predict Obama win, but is he a lock in 2012?

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 12:48 AM PDT

Mitt Romney is in the midst of a bruising, costly campaign to oust Barack Obama from the White House, but one expert has long said the Republican challenger's efforts are for naught: the president's reelection is a sure thing.

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Son of ousted China politician speaks out for first time

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 12:37 AM PDT

BEIJING, April 25 — The son of Chinese politician Bo Xilai has spoken out for the first time since his father's ouster and mother's arrest for murder, expressing deep concern for his parents and responding to reports about his lavish lifestyle and questions over who funded his overseas schooling. His mother, Gu Kailai, has been detained on ...



Pakistan tests nuclear-capable ballistic missile

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 11:49 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD, April 25 — Pakistan successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable ballistic missile today, the military said, less than a week after rival India tested a missile capable of delivering nuclear warheads as far as Beijing and eastern Europe. Pakistan's Shaheen-1A is an intermediate range ballistic missile, capable of reaching targets in India. ...



Syria reported refusing observers by nationality

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 09:54 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS, April 25 — Syria has refused at least one UN military observer because of his nationality and has made clear it will not allow in UN staff from any country in the "Friends of Syria" group, the US envoy to the United Nations said yesterday. Speaking after UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Herve Ladsous briefed the Security ...



Annan tells UN Syria hasn’t withdrawn heavy weapons

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 09:35 PM PDT

BEIRUT, April 25 — Syria has failed to comply with a pledge to withdraw weapons from population centres, and towns where citizens met with UN truce monitors may have been attacked, international mediator Kofi Annan told the UN Security Council yesterday. As violence flared in the Syrian capital of Damascus, Annan told the 15-nation body "we need ...



Philippine communist rebels 'kill 11 soldiers'

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 12:42 AM PDT

Philippine communist guerrillas killed 11 soldiers and one civilian in an ambush Wednesday in the northern mountain town of Tinoc, a military spokesman said.

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Pale skin is in: fear of wrinkles halting the West’s obsession with tanning

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 12:31 AM PDT

A new study has revealed Western women are beginning to adopt an Asian attitude to tanning, with consumers' preoccupation with UV protection dominating skin care launches in 2011.

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History repeats itself?

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 11:33 PM PDT

Would the Bersih 3.0 rally evolve into another bloody conflict like the Bersih 2.0 rally last year?

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Japan astronomers find most distant galaxy cluster

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 10:59 PM PDT

Japanese astronomers said Wednesday they had found a cluster of galaxies 12.72 billion light-years away from Earth, which they claim is the most distant cluster ever discovered.

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VIDEO: Targeted for talking to UN monitors?

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 08:19 PM PDT

The UN special envoy, Kofi Annan, has told the Security Council that Syria is still witnessing unacceptable levels of violence, despite a ceasefire being in place since 12 April.


11 banks join MyClear RMB settlement services

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 10:44 PM PDT

Eleven banks have joined the Malaysian Electronic Clearing Corporation Sdn Bhd's (MyClear) renminbi settlement services in the Real-time Electronic Transfer of Funds and Settlement System (RENTAS).

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US, Philippines in war games near disputed waters

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 10:23 PM PDT

US and Filipino soldiers stormed a South China Sea island Wednesday in war games that took place not far from a real-life maritime standoff between Manila and Beijing.

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Top Philippine dishes emerge from junk food shadows

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 10:22 PM PDT

Claude Tayag sees himself as a food missionary, hoping to convert people at home and abroad to the secret cuisine wonders of the Philippines.

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