JOHANNESBURG, July 14 — South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma is probably heading back to prison, reported German news agency (dpa).

WASHINGTON, July 13 — The United States' (US) Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi on Thursday (July 14), as officials gather in Indonesia for Asean meetings, the State Department said in announcing the latest in a series of interactions between the rival superpowers.

MOSCOW, July 13 — Former Twitter employees have filed a lawsuit against the company and its owner, Elon Musk, over denial to pay them at least US$500 million in severance packages, a lawsuit read on Wednesday, reported Sputnik.

BANGKOK, July 12 — Thai prime ministerial hopeful Pita Limjaroenrat was dealt a major setback when two separate charges against him gained traction, a day before the Parliament is set to vote for a new prime minister.

JAKARTA, July 12 — The first meeting of Asean and the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) foreign ministers is scheduled to take place this September in New York, the United States, in conjunction with the United Nations General Assembly, said Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir.

SINGAPORE, July 12 — Singapore's anti-graft agency has launched an investigation into a case involving the city-state's Transport Minister, a rare high-level probe in a country that prides itself on a government free from corruption.

JAKARTA, July 12 — Thailand's Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai on Wednesday said he had met with Myanmar's jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the first foreign official to be granted access to the Nobel laureate since her detention by the military two years ago.

JAKARTA, July 12 — Asean foreign ministers on Wednesday called for regional unity in addressing an intensifying conflict in Myanmar, amid doubts over the bloc's capability to implement a two-year-old peace process that has yet to get off the ground.

LOS ANGELES, July 12 — US researchers have created a real-time monitor that can detect any SARS-CoV-2 virus variants in a room in about five minutes.

BANGKOK, July 11 — Thailand’s caretaker prime minister Prayuth Chan o-cha on Tuesday announced his retirement from politics, just days before the Parliament is set to vote for a new prime minister.

JAKARTA, July 11 — Asean Foreign ministers reaffirmed their support for the Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights' (AICHR) endeavours in the promotion and protection of human rights in the region, and Asean Community-building.

LONDON, July 11 — Britain’s unemployment rate has risen above expectations while wages increased at the joint-highest rate on record, reported the German News Agency (dpa).

KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 — The Asean+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) has maintained its short-term growth forecast for the Asean+3 region at 4.6 per cent this year, up from 3.2 per cent last year.

SINGAPORE, July 11 — Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) has issued an expression of interest (EOI) calling for proposals to design and promote the use of fully electric harbour craft in Singapore, it said in a statement today.

ANKARA, July 11 — China has urged member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to oppose Japan’s planned release of treated radioactive water from the disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear plant.

SEOUL, July 10 — Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Seoul on Saturday (July 8) during a visit to South Korea by the head of the United Nations (UN) nuclear watchdog, aimed at calming fears over Japan's plan to discharge treated radioactive water from its tsunami-hit Fukushima plant.

ROME, July 10 — Pope Francis on Sunday (July 10) announced he will elevate 21 churchmen to the high rank of cardinal, again putting his mark on the group which will one day choose his successor after his death or resignation.

MOSCOW, July 9 — A regular meeting of the foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will be held in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta from July 9 to July 14, reported Sputnik.

WASHINGTON, July 9 — Washington hopes to rally Southeast Asian nations to take tougher action against Myanmar's military junta and to push back on China's actions in the South China Sea, as top United States diplomat Antony Blinken heads to the region for meetings next week, a State Department official said on Friday (July 8).

SINGAPORE, July 9 — After standing in line for 36 hours, Qayyum Lukman on Friday (July 7)emerged triumphant from a kiosk where he had just scored tickets to see pop sensation Taylor Swift perform in Singapore, her only stop in Southeast Asia next year.