Top Stories

Beijing says Chinese troops in Hong Kong can be deployed to restore order, warns against Taiwan independence

Related: Beijing waiting for tide of public opinion to turn against protesters

ST Foreign Desk

26 min 47 sec ago.
#Mueller to testify at hearings with high stakes for #Trump, #Democrats t.co/tjwSabGb5s t.co/2tmuRymBDa

US trade negotiators to head to China next week for face-to-face talks

  • The Xinhua news agency, in its obituary, called Mr Li Peng a "tried-and-tested, staunch communist warrior and an outstanding socialist revolutionary".

Former Chinese Premier Li Peng, known for Tiananmen crackdown, dies at 90

Malaysia sex video: Top Anwar aide released on bail, claims conspiracy against his boss

Malaysia's Cabinet reshuffle on the cards? It depends on timing of Mahathir's party polls

First Russian-Chinese air patrol in Asia-Pacific draws shots from South Korea

Most Filipinos back UN probe into Duterte's drug war

ST Asian Insider

Goh Sui Noi
 Beijing waiting for tide of public opinion to turn against protesters

Shefali Rekhi
 Asian Insider July 23: Seoul fires warning shots at intruding Russian warplanes, Huawei cuts US jobs

The Straits Times Asia Report magazine: Download July issue here

EDITORIAL NOTES

Seoul-Tokyo discord should not damage security cooperation: Korea Herald

THE ASIAN VOICE

Phillippines a confused nation torn by divisive politics: Inquirer columnist

Shannon Teoh
 Talk of Malaysia's Cabinet reshuffle persists

Goh Sui Noi
 History gets in the way of better Japan-South Korea ties

Nirmala Ganapathy
 Trump's offer on Kashmir stokes controversy in India

  • Pangolin scales and elephant ivory seized by Singapore authorities

Vanessa Liu
 Record haul of elephant ivory seized in Singapore, with pangolin scales, worth over $66m in total

Get ST newsletters in your inbox. Sign up here.
Subscribing...
By signing up, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.
Follow us

Popular

  1. Malaysia sex video saga: I will not be manipulated, says Mahathir

    Jul 23, 2019, 9:22 am

  2. First Russian-Chinese air patrol in Asia-Pacific draws shots from South Korea

    Jul 23, 2019, 11:13 am

  3. Delays on Hong Kong trains as protesters disrupt morning rush

    6 hours ago

  4. Malaysia's Mahathir may benefit most from sex scandal roiling ruling party PKR

    Jul 23, 2019, 7:27 am

  5. Malaysia sex video: Top Anwar aide released on bail, claims conspiracy against his boss

    Jul 23, 2019, 7:48 pm

  6. Malaysia sex video: Haziq, two other men to be freed on police bail

    Jul 23, 2019, 2:35 pm

  7. Hong Kong tempts China's ire as protests take more violent turn

    Jul 23, 2019, 9:17 am

  8. Former Chinese Premier Li Peng, known for Tiananmen crackdown, dies at 90

    Jul 23, 2019, 7:15 pm

  9. US says violence by Hong Kong gangs 'disturbing'; Trump says China's Xi Jinping acted responsibly on protests

    Jul 23, 2019, 1:51 am

  10. Beijing says Chinese troops in Hong Kong can be deployed to restore order, warns against Taiwan independence

    3 hours ago

Our Correspondents

Debarshi Dasgupta
 Indian seafarers caught in maritime stand-off

Jeffrey Hutton
 US-China trade war: Limits to what can be gained from China-bound investment

Jonathan Pearlman
 Aussie solar farm project aims to power up S'pore too