Trump pushes for more South Korean defence spending amid concerns over North Korean nukes

Region has potential to become world’s fourth-largest economy by 2030, effective coordination vital to protect Asean interests in future

Trump, Xi, Brazil's Lula da Silva, and South Africa's Ramaphosa to attend, says Anwar

By Yasmin Ramlan  SHAH ALAM, July 28 — As border clashes between Cambodia and Thailand persist, experts are calling on Asean to uphold its core principle of non-intervention and maintain unity in the face of escalating tensions.  While a full-scale war is still considered unlikely, they said...

By Yasmin Ramlan  SHAH ALAM, July 28 — As border clashes between Cambodia and Thailand persist, experts are calling on Asean to uphold its core principle of non-intervention and maintain unity in the face of escalating tensions.  While a full-scale war is still considered unlikely, they said...

TAIPEI, June 19 — Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has ordered defence and security units to step up their monitoring and intelligence efforts in response to China's military activities, which he said have not abated even as tensions rise in the Middle East.

ISKANDAR PUTERI, June 19 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has given assurance that the government will not raise the price of RON95 petrol, even if there is a sharp increase in global crude oil prices due to geopolitical tensions involving Iran and Israel.

TORONTO, April 19 — Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney said that China is one of the largest threats with respect to foreign interference in Canada and is an emerging threat in the Arctic.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 18 — The establishment of a Malaysia-China Joint Foreign and Defence Dialogue Mechanism can build bilateral trust and ease tensions, particularly over issues related to the South China Sea, said analysts.

TOKYO, March 22 — The top diplomats from Japan, China, and South Korea met in Tokyo today as the East Asian neighbours seek common ground on regional security and economic issues amid growing geopolitical uncertainty.

By Yasmin Ramlan  KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 9 — Malaysia’s decision to engage with BRICS is driven by economic pragmatism rather than geopolitical alignment, said Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin.  He clarified that its recent admission as a country partner in the intergovernmental...

CAIRO, July 17 — Israeli forces pounded areas in the central Gaza Strip today, killing at least nine Palestinians, said health officials, while Israeli tanks carried out a limited advance further into Rafah in the south.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 27 — Malaysia has to exercise caution in positioning itself in its relations with other nations in view of increasingly complex geopolitics, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

PUTRAJAYA, March 18 — The government will continue to encourage investments that benefit Malaysia without interfering in the geopolitics of any country, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.