BARCELONA (Reuters) – Former Barcelona and Brazil footballer Dani Alves will go on trial in Barcelona on Monday over a claim that he sexually assaulted a woman in the bathroom of a nightclub in the city in 2022. The 40-year-old defender was arrested in January of last year in the …

KUALA TERENGGANU: A total of 10 locations in four districts in Terengganu have been identified as being at risk of forest fires during the hot weather, expected to hit the country in April. State Fire and Rescue Department (JPBM) director Hassan ‘As’ari Omar said the locations include Kampung Jambu Bongkok, …

HONG KONG: More distressed property developers in China have had projects added to local authorities’ so-called whitelists, reflecting the rapid expansion of a government policy aimed at injecting liquidity into the crisis-hit sector. Sunac China, Greenland and CIFI said local governments had listed some of their projects as being suitable …

PARIS (Reuters) – France will summon Russia’s ambassador on Monday after the death of two French humanitarian workers following a Russian strike in Ukraine, and what Paris said was an upsurge in Russian disinformation, a French diplomatic source said. Two French volunteer aid workers were killed and another three wounded …

KUALA LUMPUR: The member countries of the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC) have collectively agreed to take the lead in various initiatives, encompassing funding, training, expertise and skills. The Ministry of Defence, in a statement, said at the Second IMCTC Meeting held last Saturday (Feb 3) in Saudi Arabia, …

SINGAPORE: Asian shares eased on Monday and the dollar was firm after a robust U.S. jobs report dashed expectations of a near-term interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve, while stocks in China were volatile as investor sentiment remained shaky. Oil prices surged following fresh strikes on Iran-aligned factions in …

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines’ defence minister on Monday vowed to “strictly enforce” the country’s sovereignty, joining the chorus of security officials pledging to defend the nation following secessionist threats made by former president Rodrigo Duterte. Duterte on Jan. 30 called for the independence of his hometown island Mindanao in …

PUTRAJAYA: Due to overlaps involving several ministries and agencies, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said a permanent secretariat for the National Entrepreneur Development and MSME Council (MPUPK) will be established. The Deputy Prime Minister said the decision was made to ensure that all relevant ministries and agencies could better …

PETALING JAYA: Maxis released a statement saying that it did not find any issues with its systems after the notorious hacker group R00tk1t claimed to have breached its infrastructure and threatened to expose a “treasure trove of customer data”. However, it discovered a suspected incident of unauthorised access to a …

BANGKOK: Thailand’s annual headline consumer inflation rate fell to its lowest in 35 months in January, data showed on Monday, and the commerce ministry said it expected price pressures to ease further in the first quarter. The headline consumer price index (CPI) fell 1.11% in January from a year earlier, …