Martin Abbugao

Asean leaders at their regional summit in Phnom Penh feud over how to handle tense maritime territorial disputes with China.

the AGC says parliament had approved amendments enabling judges to commute death sentences to life imprisonment under certain conditions.

The summit is set to be dominated by Burma’s historic reforms, North Korea’s planned rocket launch and strategic maritime disputes with China.

Singapore is coming under mounting pressure to ease political restrictions after Malaysia unveiled steps to abolish the ISA.

Asian economies still scarred by the 2008 world recession are likely to have a harder time grappling with a new round of turmoil.

Dust billows across the horizon as sun-scorched construction crews lay roads, drainage canals, street lamps and power stations.

Still in contention are Harrah's Entertainment, Las Vegas Sands and MGM Mirage - all US gaming behemoths which have partnered with entrenched Singapore-based property developers - and Malaysia's Genting International.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard believes in pre-emptive strikes to avert attacks has raised concerns in the region.

A recount is under way in Kelantan because of the small margin of the Islamic party PAS victory. The party won 19 seats as opposed to BN's 18 seats. Recount is ongoing for nine seats.

By canoe and on foot through jungle tracks, rural voters trekked to polling stations today as city-slickers in the capital cast a quick ballot and headed for the high-tech world of the Formula One Grand Prix.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi could ride on signs of a sharp economic rebound to win a decisive mandate in weekend elections as he targets corruption and woos foreign investors.

An influential US business lobby group today urged Washington to begin free-trade negotiations with Malaysia to further grow its 120-billion-dollar annual trade with Southeast Asia.

The island-republic should have no problems in facing rising competition from Malaysia for a slice of the lucrative aviation market, says its Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong.

US Deputy Secretary of Defence Paul Wolfowitz will join British Defence Minister Geoffrey Hoon, Australian Defence Minister Robert Hill and their counterparts from Japan, India and Southeast Asia for two days of meetings.

The West's "mild admonishment" of North Korea over its weapons of mass destruction proves a looming US-led war against Iraq is targetting Muslims, Dr Minister Mahathir Mohamad said today.

Arab states o­n today pressed for Israeli actions against Palestinians to be condemned as war crimes by the 114-nation Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), but the move was met with opposition, delegates said.