South East Asia

His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar 'Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei....

The vaccination drive for senior citizens aged 60 years and above will begin tomorrow, where they will be offered the AstraZeneca vaccine.The announcement was....

With the consent of His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar 'Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and....

The Legislative Council (LegCo) yesterday attended an online meeting on 'The Asean-EU Gender Parity: State of Play and Perspective', hosted by the European Parliament.The....

The bedroom of a two-storey Jalan Mulaut home was completely destroyed in a fire on Tuesday, while no injuries were reported.Watch Commander of Team....

BANGKOK (AP) — Laos locked down its capital and closed its international borders to most traffic yesterday after identifying a COVID-19 cluster connected to....

New Delhi (AFP) - India posted a global record of almost 315,000 new Covid-19 infections yesterday as hospitals in New Delhi sent out desperate....

MINNEAPOLIS (AFP) - The United States (US) Justice Department announced on Wednesday an investigation into the Minneapolis police, a day after a white former....

DUBAI (AFP) - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on Wednesday it had given nearly 10 million vaccine doses, equal to one for every....

Lima (AFP) - Peruvian officials on Wednesday announced the discovery of a brand-new frog, a spotted brown critter with an unusual eye colouring and....

The Halal Food Control Division at the Syariah Affairs Department recently seized 4,754.22 kilogrammes of frozen Allana meat from an abattoir in the Mulaut....

A 62-year-old man was recently sentenced to four years' imprisonment by the High Court, following his guilty plea to outraging the modesty of his....

A car was damaged in a fire during an incident at the basement parking area of Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha (RIPAS) Hospital on....

MADRID (AP) — Atltico Madrid, Inter Milan, AC Milan and Juventus all dropped out of the Super League yesterday, leaving the new competition essentially....

Jakarta (AFP) - Indonesia's military said it was searching for a submarine with 53 crew aboard after losing contact with the vessel off the....

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Rescuers in the southern Philippines found the bodies of four crew members yesterday and rescued seven others who jumped off....

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Oxygen supplies in Indian hospitals were running perilously low yesterday as daily COVID-19 deaths surged past 2,000 for the first....

MOSCOW (AFP) - President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russia is aiming for herd immunity against the coronavirus by the autumn and hailed his....

MINNEAPOLIS (AFP) - Derek Chauvin, a white former Minneapolis police officer, was convicted on Tuesday of murdering African-American George Floyd after a racially charged....

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — When the coronavirus pandemic began last year, Carolina Tolladay Vidal's pinata business in Alaska went to pieces — and not....

The Belt and Road Initiative would further complement the revitalisation of economies. It is a significant plan that would contribute to regional connectivity and....

Hari Raya Aidilfitri gatherings this year will be limited to private events with family members and close friends, in keeping with the guidelines set....

Brunei Darussalam is one of three Asean economies which expanded last year, with a 1.2-per-cent economic growth. More details in Wednesday's Borneo Bulletin....

HONG KONG (AFP) - At least 53 passengers on a flight from New Delhi to Hong Kong have tested positive for coronavirus, authorities said....

KUALA LUMPUR (AP) — Malaysian opposition lawmakers led by former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad submitted a petition to the country's king on Tuesday seeking....

WELLINGTON (AFP) - New Zealand authorities revealed an Auckland airport worker had tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, although Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said....

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Facebook on Monday said it is adding podcasts and "live audio rooms" in a push to get people talking and....

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovar biologist Halil Ibrahimi believes the pandemic restrictions haven't all been bad — as a result of them, he completed....

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Global efforts to arrest climate change and keep Earth liveable will fail without a jumbo-sized effort from India to halt....

MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND (AFP) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Tuesday warned that clubs involved in the European Super League could face "consequences4;, as the....

Following a review of available current data and taking into account the effectiveness of the AstraZeneca vaccine in preventing COVID-19 infection, Brunei Darussalam is....

Police personnel detained a local man aged 33 at the cemetery area of Kampong Negalang, Temburong District for allegedly smuggling contraband into the country.....

NEW DELHI (AFP) - India's capital New Delhi imposed a week-long lockdown which started on Monday night, officials said, as the megacity struggles to....

CAIRO (AP) — A passenger train derailed on Sunday north of Cairo, killing at least 11 people, Egyptian authorities said. It was the latest....

SEOUL (Xinhua) - South Korea's Justice Ministry said on Monday it will grant temporary stay permits to illegal migrant children who were born and....

COLOMBO (Xinhua) - The number of COVID-19 deaths in Sri Lanka reached 617 on Monday after one more death was reported, official statistics from....

TOKYO (CNA) - A recent surge in COVID-19 cases could see major parts of Japan slide back into states of emergency with authorities in....

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA (AP) - A North Carolina woman who grew up picking cotton, got married at 14 and went on to become the....

BEIJING (Xinhua) - A national parent-child reading event was held on Sunday in the run-up to the 26th World Book Day on April 23.....

LAKE VIEW, NEW YORK (AP) - An upstate New York couple may have finally solved the mystery of who's been tossing used coffee cups....

A 25-year-old local man was killed in a single-vehicle crash near the Damuan Park on Jalan Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha early Sunday morning.....

The Brunei Islamic Religious Council (MUIB) held a distribution event at Utama Mohammad Salleh Mosque in the Temburong District on Saturday, where Zakat money....

TORONTO, CANADA (AFP) - Canadian health authorities said on Saturday the country has recorded a second case of rare but serious blood clotting linked....

MOSCOW (AP) — A doctor for imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger strike, said his....

AP - Some journalists covering protests over the police fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, in suburban Minneapolis said officers have....

BERLIN (AP) — Germany paid tribute on Sunday to the nearly 80,000 people it has lost to the coronavirus, even as the country struggles....

TOKYO (AP) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga asked the United States (US) drug maker Pfizer Inc for additional supplies of the COVID-19 vaccine....

MELBOURNE (CNA) - Australia is in no hurry to re-open its international borders and risk the country's nearly coronavirus-free lifestyle, Prime Minister Scott Morrison....

SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO (AP) - The 300-million-year-old shark's teeth were the first sign that it might be a distinct species. The ancient chompers....

UPI - A Welsh family found a football washed up on the beach near their home and used Facebook to find the owner, who....