TAIPEI, Sept 18 — A 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the sparsely populated southeastern part of Taiwan on Sunday, the island's weather bureau said, derailing train carriages, causing a convenience store to collapse and trapping hundreds on mountain roads.

WASHINGTON, Aug 30 — The Biden administration plans to ask the United States (US) Congress to approve an estimated US$1.1 billion (RM4.93 billion) arms sale to Taiwan, including 60 anti-ship missiles and 100 air-to-air missiles, Politico reported on Monday, citing sources, amid heightened tensions with China.

WASHINGTON, Aug 28 — Two United States (US) Navy warships are sailing through international waters in the Taiwan Strait, three US officials told Reuters, the first such operation since heightened tension with China over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.

SEOUL, Aug 5 — Some airlines have cancelled flights to Taipei and rerouted others using nearby airspace that has been closed to civilian traffic during Chinese military exercises sparked by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.

BANGKOK, Aug 4 — Asean has warned that the ongoing volatility caused by tensions in the Taiwan Strait could destabilise the region and lead to “miscalculation, serious confrontation, open conflicts and unpredictable consequences among major powers”.

ANKARA, Aug 4 — China’s military began exercises and live firing in the waters and airspace around Taiwan, state-run media reported Thursday.

JAKARTA, Aug 3 — Indonesia has expressed deep concern over the increasing rivalry among major powers after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan.

TAIPEI, Jan 22 — Taiwan's government ordered a tightening of controls on Saturday after a rare spike in domestic transmission of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, saying it needed to act now to prevent being overwhelmed even though overall numbers remain quite low.

TAIPEI, Jan 19 — Covid-19 airport testing rules requiring passengers arriving in Taiwan on long-haul flights to wait for the result of their Covid-19 PCR tests at the airport will be expanded to short-haul arrivals from India and eight Southeast Asian countries starting Thursday, Health and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung announced Wednesday.

TAIPEI, Oct 1 — Malaysia's help is needed to resolve the global shortage of auto semiconductors, especially when it comes to packaging, a sector affected by the country's Covid-19 curbs, Taiwan Economy Minister Wang Mei-hua said.

HUALIEN, Taiwan, April 5 — Taiwan's transport minister said on Sunday he would step down after he and the manager of a construction site whose truck slid onto rail tracks causing a catastrophic train crash accepted responsibility for the disaster.

TOKYO, April 2 — At least 36 people were killed and 60 others injured when a train derailed in northern Taiwan, reported Anadolu Agency, quoting local media on Friday.

TAIPEI, March 22 — Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang received the AstraZeneca Covid-19 shot on Monday, having volunteered to be first in line to underscore government confidence in the vaccine's safety as the island began its inoculation campaign.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 — An international drug trafficking syndicate that smuggled drugs in religious items was busted after police arrested 12 men, including a Taiwanese national as well as a woman around the Klang Valley on Monday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 — Taiwanese authorities have confirmed the identity of the Malaysian student found dead in Alian District, Kaohsiung on October 29 as a third-year student at Chang Jung Christian University in Tainan City and reported missing on October 28.

TAIPEI, Nov 1 — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Saturday apologised to the family of a Malaysian student murdered in southern Taiwan, as well as to the people of Malaysia over the incident that took place this week, Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA) reported.

TAINAN, Oct 31 — A man was arrested in Kaohsiung Thursday night in connection with the death of a female Malaysian student from a Tainan university, whose body was found shortly after, Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA) reported.

TAIPEI, Oct 7 — Former President Lee Teng-hui was interred Wednesday morning in a ceremony in New Taipei attended by his family and top government officials, including President Tsai Ing-wen, Central news agency (CNA) reported.

TAIPEI, Aug 18 — The Central Epidemic Command Centre (CECC) on Tuesday reported a new case of Covid-19 imported from the Philippines and provided updates regarding the test results of contacts of a Malaysian man who was confirmed to have the disease after he had already left Taiwan.

TAIPEI, June 29 — Fighting erupted in Taiwan's parliament on Monday as lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) broke through barricades erected by the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) who had occupied it to protest against government "tyranny".