Round-the-clock breaking news from Malaysia.
The US is rotating out the USS Abraham Lincoln from West Asia after more than 250 days of deployment, with the USS George Washington taking its place as part of routine carrier operations in the strategically vital region.
Malaysia's Higher Education Ministry is enhancing its monitoring of student safety across West Asian nations, coordinating closely with the Foreign Ministry as geopolitical tensions escalate in the region.
Malaysia's government will maintain all existing subsidies and assistance programmes despite projecting nearly RM40 billion in petroleum product subsidies this year due to regional tensions in West Asia, Deputy Finance Minister Liew Chin Tong announced.
The Philippines continues repatriating overseas Filipino workers from West Asia, with 10,580 personnel brought home as of July. Though demand has eased from earlier peaks, government assistance remains available.