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A Starbucks outlet in Kuala Lumpur. The operator of the coffee chain in Malaysia has been hit by a revenue decline due to a pro-Palestinian consumer boycott. Photo: Azneal Ishak
Malaysia

Malaysians trust media more while consumer boycott hits confidence survey

Local companies dominate the most trusted brands across the sectors, according to the Ipsos survey.

Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese EV industry pressed to accelerate global expansion amid tariffs

Turkey

Kurds ponder future in Turkey, Syria and Iraq with guarded optimism

United States

Trump rages against ‘witch hunt’ amid fallout over Yemen attack plan leak

US president defends his Pentagon chief in ‘Signalgate’ scandal, and insists that no classified information was shared in breach.

A Yemeni man inspects the damage in the Al-Rasul Al-Aazam cancer and oncology hospital’s unfinished building, a day after it was hit in a US strike in Yemen’s northern Saada province on March 25. Photo: AFP
United States

Atlantic releases entire Signal chat showing US attack plans against Houthis

Text chain reveals details of US operation including start time of planned killing of Yemeni militant.

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Israel-Gaza war

Palestinians protest against Hamas in rare public show of dissent in Gaza

Protests erupt a week after Israel ended its ceasefire with Hamas by launching a surprise wave of strikes that killed hundreds.

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Hong Kong economy

More galleries from Middle East taking part in Hong Kong’s Art Central

The 10th edition of the art fair will include two galleries from the United Arab Emirates and one from Israel among 108 from across the world.

Art Central opens on Wednesday with 108 galleries from around the world taking part. Photo: Eugene Lee
United States

US texts reveal disdain for ‘freeloading’ Europe amid Yemen strikes planning

Messages between Vance and Hegseth highlight how they believe European allies were ‘freeloading’ off US efforts to hit the Houthis.

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Banking & finance

China to attract more private equity from Middle East and US: Bain & Co

Asia-Pacific deal value rose 11 per cent to US$176 billion in 2024, according to Bain & Company.

War and conflict

Israel releases Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by settlers

Hamdan Ballal’s wife said three men beat her husband with the butts of their rifles and another person reportedly filmed the violence.

Director Hamdan Ballal was released from a police station in the West Bank on Tuesday. Photo: AP
United States

Trump officials texted secret Yemen war plans to journalist

Editor-in-chief of The Atlantic received US plan for Yemen strikes after being added to a group chat on Signal app.

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A woman walks on debris at the site of a US strike in Sanaa, Yemen on March 24. Photo: Reuters
Indonesia

Indonesia set to allow domestic helpers in Saudi Arabia after 10-year ban

Jakarta is expected to send 600,000 domestic helpers and skilled labourers to Saudi Arabia, but rights groups are concerned about the move.

South Africa

South Africa’s expelled US ambassador returns home with ‘no regrets’

Ebrahim Rasool was expelled after he described Trump’s Maga movement as a supremacist reaction to diversity in the US.

Israel-Gaza war

Israeli strike at Gaza hospital kills 5, including a Hamas political leader

Ismail Barhoum, a member of Hamas’ political bureau, was killed as he underwent treatment at Nasser Hospital.

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Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Photo: Reuters
Iran

Iran nuclear deal ‘cannot be revived’, foreign minister says

After Trump pulled out of the deal and restored sanctions in 2018, Iran breached and surpassed the deal’s limits in its nuclear development.

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addressing the crowd during his annual Nowruz speech, in Tehran, Iran, on Friday. Photo: AFP
Israel-Gaza war

Hamas says Israel can’t ‘break’ its will after political leader killed in Gaza

The attack also killed 30, including Bardaweel’s wife who was praying with him in their tent shelter in Khan Younis.

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Israel

Israel attacks Lebanon following cross-border rocket fire

Israel said it had intercepted rockets fired from across the border, endangering a shaky truce that ended a year-long war with Hezbollah.

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War and conflict

Syria’s Alawite minority finds refuge in Lebanon

Nearly 16,000 Syrians have arrived since early March, adding to the 1.5 million who sought refuge in Lebanon during the 14-year civil war.

Syrians crossing the Kabir River, from Syria into north Lebanon, on March 12. Photo: TNS
United States

Columbia University placates Trump, introduces policies in bid to restore funding

Columbia University unveiled new policies to combat antisemitism and restore US$400 million in federal funding amid pressure from the US president.

China-Russia relations

Closer China-Iran ties could provoke US into ‘harsher’ response on nuclear issue: analysts

Beijing’s successful multilateral talks with Tehran and Moscow may lead to more pressure from Washington, experts warn.

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Israel-Gaza war

Israeli military says it intercepts 2 missiles launched from Yemen

Israeli said it also downed a missile launched from Yemen earlier in the day after sirens blared in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

People protect themselves as they stand next to a wall in Jerusalem, Israel on Thursday as sirens goes off indicating a missile attack from Yemen. Photo: Reuters
Food and Drinks

Profile | Chinese-Canadian chef impresses Dubai with ‘third culture’, ‘borderless’ cooking

At Jun’s in Dubai, Kelvin Cheung’s ‘borderless’ cooking draws on influences from the Philippines to India for ‘completely original’ dishes.

Jun’s take on the Filipino raw fish dish kinilaw. Photo: Jun’s
Israel-Gaza war

Israel supreme court freezes PM bid to sack intelligence chief

The decision, after days of protests over both the dismissal of Ronen Bar and renewed attacks on Gaza, will further deepen divisions in the country.

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US-Iran tensions

US slaps Iran-related sanctions on oil tankers, Chinese ‘teapot’ refinery

China is largest importer of Iranian oil and ‘teapot’ refiners are private Chinese refineries that are primary buyers of Iranian oil.

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Iran

Iran frees French citizen after nearly 900-day prison ordeal

Olivier Grondeau was arrested in 2022 and sentenced to five years in prison on espionage charges, which his family denies.

French citizen Olivier Grondeau aboard a plane after being released by Iranian authorities. Photo: X account of France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot
Israel-Gaza war

Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 85 Palestinians

Israel resumes its bombing campaign after announcing renewed ground operations in central and southern Gaza.

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A Palestinian man hugs the body of a baby at the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia, following Israeli overnight strikes in the northern Gaza Strip, Photo: AFP
Banking & finance

Exclusive | Hong Kong key to StanChart’s US$200 billion new money target: CEO Winters

Bank is developing over 200 use cases for AI, including fraud detection and prevention, anti-money-laundering screening and new products.

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Israel-Gaza war

Israel investigating UN worker’s death in Gaza, military denies striking compound

Five also injured in explosion at UN building that UNOPS chief Jorge Moreira da Silva said ‘was not an accident’.

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