RIYADH, Oct 20 — Leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) have agreed to hold the Asean-GCC Summit every two years, with the next summit in Malaysia in 2025.

NEW DELHI, Oct 20 — India has said it did not violate the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations in reducing Canadian diplomatic presence in the country.

MOSCOW, Oct 20 — United States billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has shed US$16 billion (RM76.3 billion) of his fortune overnight as Tesla shares sank over nine per cent due to poor financial results in the third quarter of 2023.

RIYADH, Oct 20 — Asean and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders convened for the first time at the blocs' historic summit today, with Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim calling upon the international community to end the disproportionate treatment and flagrant hypocrisy against the Palestinians.

ESSEN, Germany, Oct 20 — A forecast downturn for the steel industry is expected to hit German producers particularly hard, according to forecasts from the World Steel Association released on Thursday.

WASHINGTON , Oct 20 — Tesla has increased the price of its Model X Plaid all-wheel drive to $94,990 from $89,990 in the United States, the electric vehicle maker's website showed on Thursday.

BRUSSELS, Oct 20 — United States (US) pharmaceutical company Pfizer gained unconditional EU antitrust approval on Thursday for its proposed US$43 billion (RM205 billion) acquisition of cancer drug maker Seagen.

BEIJING , Oct 20 — China will require export permits for some graphite products from Dec.

OTTAWA, Oct 20 — Canada has withdrawn 41 diplomats from India amid a dispute over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Thursday (October 19), adding that Ottawa would not take retaliatory steps.

HONG KONG, Oct 20 — Standard Chartered has appointed Vinay Gandhi as its global head of South Asian community and regional head of Africa, Middle East and Europe private banking, the bank said in a statement on Friday.

BANGKOK, Oct 20 — Thailand and China will deepen cooperation in key markets such as trade, investment, agriculture, and emerging industries.

TEHRAN, Iran, Oct 20 — Offering fair and objective coverage of the news in Gaza is crucial while the conflict in Gaza rages on, but journalists working at the scene and nearby areas face formidable obstacles endangering their lives.

SAN JOSE, California, Oct 19 — Elon Musk has rejected a media report about a possible withdrawal of his online platform X, formerly known as Twitter, from the European Union, reported dpa news.

JAKARTA, Oct 19 — Bank Indonesia (BI) has announced a 25 basis points increase in the benchmark interest rate to six per cent amid increasing global uncertainty, reported Xinhua.

VIENTIANE, Oct 19 — Delegates from Asean police forces met in Laos' capital Vientiane, vowing to continue their fight against transnational crimes and strengthen the relations between Asean police forces, dialogue partners, and observer countries.

SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE, Oct 19 — China is using loans agreed through its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to promote the yuan internationally, having already boosted the yuan's share of global payments to record levels.

BEIJING — Country Garden's founder and chairperson of the board are at work as usual, the debt-laden Chinese property developer said on social media on Thursday, denying online reports of the pair leaving the country.

TOKYO, Oct 19 — Japan's exports grew for the first time in three months in September, amid signs of resilience in overseas markets, but a worsening conflict in the Middle East and slowdown in China cloud the outlook for the world's third-largest economy.

LONDON, Oct 19 — Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, is considering removing the service formerly called Twitter from Europe in response to a new internet platform regulation in the region, news site Insider reported on Wednesday.

MANILA, Oct 19 — Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Thursday that the government is still committed to starting operations of a sovereign wealth fund by year-end.