Sustainability and the Environment Minister Grace Fu says Singapore is keeping its options open on taking action under the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act. Enacted in 2014, the law gives authorities the power to take legal action against companies responsible for causing or contributing to haze pollution in Singapore.

A petrol shortage in Indonesia's resort island of Bali left motorists waiting hours and in snaking queues just to fill up their gas tanks earlier this week. Some petrol stations also ran out of fuel.

Director Wen Muye states that Chinese cuisine - with its emphasis on gathering and sharing - shares a natural, intrinsic connection to peace A mainland-produced film about a Chinese restaurant in Baghdad that became a wartime refuge has been selected as China's entry for next year's Oscars,

SINGAPORE: Indonesia will trial the use of dry ice, or solid carbon dioxide, to clear the haze on Thursday (Oct 15), said the government, as the country battles forest and land fires that have covered Southeast Asia in thick smoke.

JAKARTA] Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto replaced disaster management chief Surhayanto on Oct 15, a day after his younger brother was arrested over alleged corruption invol

The US Department of Justice has threatened California with possible legal action over what it says are noncitizens believed to have received mail ballots for next month's midterm elections.A letter sent Tuesday (Oct 13) to Secretary of State Shirley Weber from Trent McCotter,

Dr Rao told the court he did not report the death because he wanted to spare the patient's family further distress.

From a Singaporean grandma deadlifting 67.5kg to Cantopop pioneer Anthony Wong Yiu-ming, here are seven stories from SCMP's recent reporting We have selected seven Lifestyle stories from the past seven days that resonated with our readers.