NARATHIWAT, March 12 — The Thai police are pursuing 17 individuals suspected of being involved in a bomb and shooting attack at the Sungai Golok District Office on Saturday (March 8).

MANILA, March 12 — Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte could face up to 30 years or life imprisonment if convicted of crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over his controversial war on drugs, said the presidential Malacañang Palace today.

MOSCOW, March 12 — The European Commission has announced retaliatory measures to new United States (US) tariffs that will affect goods worth about €18 billion euros (US$19.6 billion or RM86.8 billion) and will go into effect in mid-April.

GDANSK (Poland), March 12 — China in February again led purchases of electric vehicles, which increased worldwide versus a year ago, even as European Union tariffs on China-made EVs reduced sales of some brands, research firm Rho Motion said today.

NEW DELHI, March 12 — Singapore's state investment company Temasek has signed a deal to pick up close to a 10 per cent stake in the snacks business of India's Haldiram's at a cost of about US$10 billion (RM45 billion), two people with direct knowledge said today.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 — Salesforce, the global leader in artificial intelligence (AI)-powered customer relationship management, has teamed up with Singapore Airlines (SIA) to enhance its customer case management system.

JEDDAH, March 12 — The United States agreed yesterday to resume military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine after talks where Kyiv said it would accept a US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in its conflict with Russia, the countries said in a joint statement.

MANILA, March 12 — Former Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte was sent to The Hague yesterday hours after he was arrested in Manila at the request of the International Criminal Court as part of its probe into a "war on drugs" that defined his presidency.

ANKARA, March 12 — Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan welcomed an agreement between the Kurdish-led and US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Syria’s new government, saying its full implementation would contribute to security and stability in the country.

BUENOS AIRES, March 12 — Argentina began a long-awaited trial yesterday of the medical team for soccer star Diego Maradona, over four years after his death in 2020, in a case that has riled emotions in the South American country where the World Cup winner is still revered.

MANCHESTER, March 12 — Manchester United plan to build a new two billion pound (RM11.6 billion) 100,000-seat stadium that will be the biggest in Britain, next to the existing Old Trafford, the club announced yesterday.

NEW YORK, March 11 — Facebook owner Meta is testing its first in-house chip for training artificial intelligence (AI) systems, a key milestone as it moves to design more of its own custom silicon and reduce reliance on external suppliers like Nvidia, two sources told Reuters.

SINGAPORE, March 11 — Only seven countries met World Health Organisation (WHO) air quality standards last year, data showed today, as researchers warned the war on smog would only get harder after the United States shut down its global monitoring efforts.

JAKARTA, March 11 — The United Nations’ migration agency has reinstated humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees in Indonesia, its chief of mission in Jakarta told Reuters today.

TOKYO, March 11 — Japan's real gross domestic product (GDP) grew by an annualised 2.2 per cent in the fourth quarter last year, marking a downward revision from the preliminary estimate of 2.8 per cent, data released by the Cabinet Office showed today, reported Xinhua.

MANILA, March 11 — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was served an Interpol arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court on his arrival at Manila's main airport today, the government said.

JAKARTA, March 11 — Indonesia's car sales in February rose 2.2 per cent year-on-year, the first growth recorded since June 2023, data from the country's car association showed today.

WASHINGTON, March 11 — Japan's trade minister yesterday said he asked the United States not to impose trade tariffs on his country, but did not win any assurance that Japan would be exempt, including from a 25 per cent steel and aluminium duty set to start tomorrow.

MAJALENGKA, Indonesia, March 11 — Waiting to break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan, clerics in the Indonesian town of Majalengka gathered for an unusual briefing on the subject of inflation, led by the country's central bank.

BEIJING/HONG KONG, March 11 — Leo Liu, manager of the sprawling Wankelai store in the Chinese capital of Beijing, spoke into a microphone, announcing progressively steeper discounts in a flash sale, until he finally sold a cotton jacket and a woman's undershirt.