GENEVA: A severe lack of medical supplies is hampering efforts to respond to the deadly earthquake in Myanmar, the United Nations said Saturday (March 29), adding that those affected needed urgent humanitarian aid.
SEREMBAN: Asean will deploy its Emergency Response and Assessment Team (ERAT) to support field-level operations and prepare the mobilisation of relief teams from member countries to help quake victims in Myanmar and Thailand.
(Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Ukraine expected a strong response from Western countries to the nearly daily Russian drone attacks on its territory.
LUSAKA, March 25 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) has allocated 150,000 euros to help Zambia's response to the cholera outbreak, a press statement released on Tuesday said.
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada will wait until next week to strike back against the latest U.S. threat of tariffs and nothing is off the table regarding possible countermeasures, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Thursday.
JERUSALEM: Israel's military said it conducted a strike in Syria on Tuesday (March 25) in response to incoming fire from across the demarcation line, after reports of Israeli shelling killing five people in southern Syria.
Exercise will take place in the southern city of Tainan on Thursday to prepare the public for military conflict and natural disasters
KUALA LUMPUR: As Asean Chair this year, Malaysia can be more proactive in empowering disaster management in the region, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pic).
KUALA LUMPUR: An efficient forecasting system and a swift response to weather changes are crucial in reducing disaster risks, says Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pic).
KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman has proposed the introduction of 139 permanent posts to the National Scam Response Centre (NSRC).
KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman has proposed the introduction of 139 permanent posts to the National Scam Response Centre (NSRC).
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters): Israeli artillery and airstrikes hit south Lebanon on Saturday (March 22) after Israel said it had intercepted rockets fired from across the border, endangering a shaky truce that ended a year-long war between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia Airlines confirmed that Flight MH720, en route from Jakarta to Kuala Lumpur initiated an emergency response following a cargo fire indication.
(Reuters) -President Donald Trump's administration's response to a judicial request for more details on the deportation of hundreds of Venezuelan migrants was "woefully insufficient," a judge said on Thursday.
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: The Bruhaj online haj registration service has received a positive response from both the Legislative Council (LegCo) members and the public, with over 6,000 registrations since its introduction.
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP): Israel says it will respond "severely" to an attack from Lebanon after rockets were fired into northern Israel Saturday morning, a day after it vowed to increase the intensity of its operations in Gaza.
KUALA LUMPUR: FGV Holdings Bhd is actively engaging with the United States (US) Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to lift the withhold release order (WRO), following its submission of the petition to modify the WRO to the US CBP in June 2024.
SINGAPORE: Government-related agencies and departments from Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia conducted a joint table-top exercise (TTX) on Tuesday (Feb 11) to enhance regional coordination and strengthen response capabilities for oil spills.
Mexico said Feb 17 it's awaiting a new response from Google to its request that the tech company fully restore the name Gulf of Mexico to its Google Maps service before filing a lawsuit.
PETALING JAYA: A total of 2,220 doses of the MVA-BN vaccine for mpox prevention have been received under the Asean Covid-19 Response Fund, benefiting 1,100 individuals at risk of infection, says the Health Minister.