Salary threshold for expats may be raised to protect locals

PETALING JAYA: The threshold salary for foreign professionals may be raised to protect local employees, says Human Resources Minister M. Kulasegaran.

Hong Kong moves to criminalize 'insulting' China's national anthem

The trumpet sounds, clear and exultant, and is greeted by a crescendo of boos.

World's largest annual human migration now underway in China

Heading to China to usher in the Year of the Pig? Brace yourself, because things are about to get wild.

Time is running out and Theresa May's Plan B for Brexit is Plan A all over again

Less than a week after her Brexit plan was defeated in the House of Commons by a record number of votes, Theresa May needed to have something substantial to tell lawmakers when she returned to Parliament on Monday.

Russia and Japan at odds over seven-decade-old Kuril Islands dispute

On Tuesday, the leaders of Japan and Russia will hold talks on what remains one of the world's longest-running unresolved international disputes.

Ex-Diplomats and scholars warn detention of Canadians will leave China 'worse off'

More than a hundred former diplomats, academics and activists have written an open letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping calling for the immediate release of two Canadians detained in China.

Giuliani tries to clean up comments about Trump Tower Moscow

President Donald Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani said Monday that the President had no recollection of whether discussions about a proposed Trump Tower Moscow project went through the 2016 election, distancing himself from a claim he made Sunday.

Over 100 killed in Afghan military base attack

A Taliban attack in central Afghanistan on Monday killed scores of security personnel, officials said, with some estimates putting the death toll at more than 100, amid government silence about one of the most deadly insurgent attacks in months.

Is China becoming hegemonic?

XI JINPING, president of the People’s Republic of China and secretary general of the Communist Party of China, has made a very significant speech on the occasion of observance of the 40th