NEW YORK, Dec 7 — TikTok advertisers were in no rush to shift their marketing budgets after a United States (US) appeals court upheld a law on Friday requiring a divestment or ban of the popular Chinese-owned short video app, citing TikTok's continued survival despite years of threats.

South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol has said he is "sincerely sorry" over causing public concerns for declaring martial law earlier this week, while pledging not to make another such attempt again, according to the Yonhap news agency "I am sincerely sorry and apologise to the people who must...

THE HAGUE, Dec 6 — International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan will be allowed to stay on in his role at the world’s permanent war crimes tribunal during a United Nations-led investigation into his alleged sexual misconduct, sources told Reuters today.

JAKARTA, Dec 6 — Miftah Maulana Habiburrahman, special envoy of the Indonesian President, resigned today following the circulation of a video in which he was seen insulting an iced tea vendor.

BERLIN, Dec 6 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) had no indication a warning was issued before Israel’s bombing early yesterday of north Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, the agency’s regional representative said today.

SEOUL, Dec 6 — South Korea’s main opposition leader Lee Jae-myung warned that President Yoon Suk Yeol might make another attempt to declare martial law before Parliament votes on impeaching him tomorrow.

ASUNCION, Dec 6 — Paraguay canceled a low-level Chinese diplomat’s visa and ordered him to leave, the South American country’s Foreign Ministry said yesterday, after the envoy appeared to coax lawmakers to reconsider Paraguay’s friendly relationship with Taiwan.

WASHINGTON, Dec 6 — Donor countries have pledged a record US$100 billion (RM441 billion) three-year replenishment of the World Bank’s fund for the poorest nations, providing a vital lifeline for their struggles against crushing debts, climate disasters, inflation and conflict.

PARIS, Dec 6 — French President Emmanuel Macron will appoint a new prime minister in the coming days whose top priority will be getting a 2025 budget adopted by parliament, he said yesterday after the government was toppled by lawmakers.

NEW YORK, Dec 6 — The American Museum of Natural History revealed the identity of its latest resident yesterday — Apex, one of the most complete specimens ever discovered of the plant-eating dinosaur Stegosaurus, known for the upright plates on its back and a spiky tail.

TOKYO, Dec 6 — President-elect Donald Trump in late November pledged tariffs on the United States' three largest trading partners — Canada, Mexico and China — detailing how he will implement campaign promises that could trigger trade wars.

JAKARTA, Dec 5 — Tech giant Apple plans to invest US$1 billion (RM4.43 billion) in a manufacturing plant in Indonesia that produces components for smartphones and other products, Indonesia’s investment minister said today.

LONDON, Dec 5 — Bitcoin broke US$100,000 (RM442,749.80) today as investors bet on a friendly US regulatory shift, while world stocks touched fresh record highs with sentiment bolstered by upbeat comments on the economy from Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell.

JAKARTA, Dec 5 — Asean members are planning to hold a ministerial meeting in Thailand later this month to discuss the crisis in Myanmar, Indonesia’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Roy Soemirat told reporters today.

TOKYO, Dec 5 — In early October, Nissan Motor managers dialled in for a regular online meeting with boss Makoto Uchida only to hear a grim message: business was worse than expected and the Japanese car maker had to cut jobs and production.

GENEVA, Dec 5 — Qatar's prime minister said Wednesday that US president-elect Donald Trump wants a ceasefire in Gaza before his upcoming inauguration on January 20, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported.

BEIJING/MANILA, Dec 4 — China and the Philippines gave conflicting versions today of a maritime confrontation around a contested shoal in the South China Sea, the latest row in a longstanding dispute between the neighbours.

SEOUL, Dec 4 — South Korean lawmakers submitted a bill today to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol after he declared martial law and reversed the move hours later, triggering a political crisis in Asia’s fourth-largest economy.

ISTANBUL, Dec 4 — A Turkish government proposal to end a decades-long conflict with Kurdish militants has put Kurdish rights back in the spotlight, at a time when Kurdish leaders say repression is rife and freedoms won more than a decade ago have eroded.

GENEVA, Dec 4 — The United Nations today sought US$47 billion (RM209.2 billion) in aid for 2025 to help around 190 million people fleeing conflict and battling starvation, at a time when this year’s appeal is not even half-funded and officials fear cuts from Western states including the top donor, the United States.