HANOI/BANGKOK, April 3 — Southeast Asian nations reeled on Thursday as they were hit with some of United States (US) President Donald Trump's heftiest tariffs, which now threaten the economies that have benefited from investment since he imposed levies on China during his first term.

BANGKOK, April 3 — The Thai government stands ready to negotiate with the United States (US) after President Donald Trump announced the imposition of a 36 per cent retaliatory tariff on Thai exports to the US.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 — The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has launched the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Registry.

BUDAPEST, April 3 — Hungary’s government has decided to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), it said today, shortly after Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu, sought under an ICC arrest warrant, arrived in the country for a state visit.

SINGAPORE, April 3 — The majority of Southeast Asians (55.3 per cent) say that climate change and extreme weather events are now the region’s biggest challenge, surpassing unemployment and economic recession, which had topped the list for the past two years, according to a survey report released today.

TOKYO, April 3 — Nintendo said it will launch its Switch 2 gaming device on June 5, with the long-anticipated successor to its hit hybrid home-portable Switch retailing for US$449.99 (about RM2,000).

WASHINGTON, April 3 — United States President Donald Trump yesterday unveiled a 10 per cent minimum tariff on most goods imported by the US, with much higher duties on products from dozens of countries, kicking into high gear a global trade war that threatens to drive up inflation and stall US and worldwide economic growth.

ISTANBUL, April 2 — Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing will attend a regional summit in Thailand as Myanmar battles the aftermath of two devastating earthquakes, Anadolu Ajansi reported, citing Thai PBS today.

WASHINGTON, April 2— Gold prices rose back towards their record high on Wednesday, supported by safe-haven demand as markets braced for United States (US) President Donald Trump's latest tariff plans later in the day.

YANGON, April 2 — Myanmar's government will allocate 500 billion kyats (RM1.06 billion) for earthquake relief and rehabilitation efforts, said State Administration Council (SAC) chairman Min Aung Hlaing.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 2 — The Embassy of Malaysia in Seoul has issued an advisory to all Malaysian citizens in South Korea, urging them to stay calm and to remain vigilant in the lead-up to and following the Constitutional Court’s verdict on the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol on April 4.

SINGAPORE, April 2 — A 15-year-old student who aspired to marry a Daesh fighter and was willing to fight for the group in Syria has become the first female youth to be dealt with under Singapore's Internal Security Act (ISA), according to the Internal Security Department (ISD) today.

YANGON, April 2 — United Nations (UN) officials have voiced concerns about a potential health crisis in Myanmar after Friday's (March 28) powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake, which resulted in thousands of deaths, injuries, and missing persons, the Emirates News Agency reported.

JERUSALEM, April 2 — Israel announced a major expansion of military operations in Palestine today, saying large areas of Gaza would be seized and added to its security zones, accompanied by large-scale evacuations of the population.

BANGKOK, April 2 — The Thai government has assured that the investigation into the collapse of the State Audit Office building will be conducted transparently.

BANGKOK, April 2 — Thailand could suffer a US$7 billion (RM31.1 billion) to US$8 billion hit from potential United States tariffs if the US administration were to even up levies between the two countries, but it has a strategy for trade negotiations, senior officials said today.

WASHINGTON, April 2 — A group of Democratic-led states yesterday sued Republican United States President Donald Trump’s administration to challenge its cancellation of US$11 billion (RM48.9 billion) in federal grants the states were allocated during the Covid-19 pandemic.

NAYPYIDAW, April 1 — A major rebel alliance in Myanmar has declared a unilateral ceasefire in its conflict with the ruling military to support an international humanitarian response to last week's devastating earthquake.

YANGON, April 1 — The death toll from Friday's devastating earthquake in Myanmar has reached 2,719, with 4,521 people injured and 441 others still missing, said the country's State Administration Council Chairman Min Aung Hlaing.

SYDNEY, April 1 — A new economic forecast projects that a 4°C rise in global temperatures could slash world GDP by 40 per cent by 2100, a sharp increase from previous estimates of just 11 per cent, the University of New South Wales (UNSW) said on Tuesday, reported Xinhua.