SINGAPORE: In the new year, the Trump administration’s policies towards China and the wider Indo-Pacific region will have a significant impact on the South China Sea dispute. If 2024 was ...

KUCHING: Sarawak will embark on two mega infrastructure projects – a new international airport and deep-sea port in Kuching – to fulfil its vision to become a regional aviation and sea hubs.

An 18-year-old is missing after being swept out by rip currents at Sea Park Beach, Port Shepstone, on Sunday afternoon. Police and rescue teams are continuing the search for the teenager, with no sign ...

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Tensions continued in the West Philippine Sea in 2024 as China maintained its claims over the South China Sea despite the 2016 ruling of The Hague-based international arbitration tribunal favoring the ...

$203K Cash, $80K Gold Bars Swindled From Nassau County Woman In Apple Scam A Brooklyn man is accused of trying to scam an 80-year-old woman out of gold bars in Franklin Square, Nassau County police ...

Finnish law enforcement is investigating whether a Russian ship was involved in damaging an undersea power cable connecting Finland and Estonia following a sudden outage on Wednesday, the police ...

The possibility that a power cable under the Baltic Sea between Finland and Estonia has been sabotaged is being investigated after it stopped working on Christmas Day. Authorities in both ...

Shipping containers have fallen into the sea after a cargo vessel tilted sideways off the Turkish coast. The dry cargo ship at Istanbul's Ambarli Mardas Port tilted on Monday morning, pictures ...