Seven killed as strong quakes strike southern Philippines
10 October 2025, 14:08 PM
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Myanmar junta strike kills 40 at festival protest: residents
8 October 2025, 03:43 AM
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Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to 37
5 October 2025, 03:39 AM
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Indonesia school collapse death toll rises to 17, dozens still missing
4 October 2025, 13:51 PM
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Indonesia school collapse death toll rises to 14
4 October 2025, 05:44 AM
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Indonesia school collapse death toll rises to 13
3 October 2025, 18:37 PM
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Myanmar's reclusive general turns jet-setter in quest for election backing
3 October 2025, 16:00 PM
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91 people possibly still under collapsed Indonesian school: official
1 October 2025, 04:47 AM
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UN warns Myanmar conflict blocking Rohingya return
30 September 2025, 15:15 PM
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Argentina court urged to include Arakan Army atrocities in Rohingya genocide case
3 September 2025, 13:03 PM
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Myanmar junta won’t attend Asean summit
Myanmar’s junta on Monday said it would not attend an upcoming Asean summit after the bloc’s “regrettable” exclusion of its top diplomat over a lack of progress in defusing post-coup violence.
15 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Myanmar military committed war crimes in Karenni state: Fortify Rights report
The Myanmar military massacred civilians, used human shields, and committed other atrocities in Karenni State in acts that may amount to war crimes, said Fortify Rights in a new flash report published today.
15 February 2022, 15:59 PM
Hong Kong ‘overwhelmed’ as Covid cases hit record
Hong Kong’s health facilities have been overloaded by an “onslaught” of Covid-19 infections, its leader said, even as authorities cling to a “zero-Covid” policy despite an unprecedented rise in cases fuelled by the Omicron variant.
14 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Gunmen attack Lanka TV journo
Armed men stormed the home of a high-profile Sri Lankan television journalist critical of the government yesterday, police said, sparking condemnation by local media rights groups.
14 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Indonesia to buy 6 Rafale warplanes
Indonesia yesterday signed a deal with France to buy six Rafale warplanes as part of an anticipated total order of 42, Jakarta’s defence minister said, as Paris
10 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Rakhine rebels clash again with junta troops
A Myanmar rebel group said yesterday that junta troops attacked its fighters in breach of a ceasefire, accusing the military of trying to destabilise the only region of the country that has seen no post-coup crackdown.
7 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Mahathir Mohamad discharged from hospital
Former Malaysian prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has been discharged and will receive his follow-up treatment as and when required in the future, says the National Heart Institute (IJN).
6 February 2022, 07:45 AM
ANN webinar on Myanmar coup anniversary: Crisis shows no sign of easing
As the military consolidates its power amid widespread dissent and armed rebellion is spreading across the country, turmoil in Myanmar is likely to accelerate in 2022, experts said.
4 February 2022, 16:02 PM
Myanmar FM barred from Asean meet
Myanmar’s junta suffered a fresh diplomatic blow yesterday as regional bloc Asean barred its top diplomat from attending an upcoming meeting of foreign ministers.
3 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Drug trafficking: Production surges in Myanmar
Increased instability in Myanmar since a military coup a year ago has seen a surge in narcotics production there and trafficking into Southeast
1 February 2022, 18:00 PM
China warns against more violence
The world must work to avert more violence and even civil war in Myanmar, China’s ambassador to the UN said Friday.
29 January 2022, 18:00 PM
No peace in Myanmar as military junta completes one year of takeover
The army takeover in Myanmar a year ago that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi not only unexpectedly aborted the country’s fledgling return to democracy: It also brought a surprising level of popular resistance, which has blossomed into a low-level, but persistent, insurgency.
29 January 2022, 13:55 PM
Tired of strict Covid restrictions, expats leaving Singapore
Atar Sandler arrived in Singapore in 2019, seizing the opportunity to live in a buzzing global city that is also a convenient base to jet off to more exotic locales nearby.
27 January 2022, 12:07 PM
North Korea ‘fires 2 cruise missiles’
North Korea fired two suspected cruise missiles yesterday, Seoul said, its fifth weapons test this year as Pyongyang flexes its military muscles while ignoring US offers of talks.
25 January 2022, 18:00 PM
19 killed in fire, fight between rivals in Indonesia's karaoke bar
At least 19 people have died after a karaoke bar in Indonesia's West Papua was set ablaze following a brawl between rival gangs of youths in the area, police in the provincial capital of Sorong said on Tuesday.
25 January 2022, 15:43 PM
Mahathir admitted to hospital again
Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, 96, has been admitted to a specialist heart hospital for the third time in the space of a few weeks, a spokesperson said yesterday.
22 January 2022, 18:00 PM
3 arrested as Myanmar military cracks down yet again on media
Myanmar's military has arrested three people working for the independent news portal Dawei Watch, an editor at the publication said on Thursday (January 20), the latest detentions under a media crackdown that has occurred since last year's coup.
20 January 2022, 16:02 PM
Genocide against Rohingyas: ICJ to hold public hearings Feb 21-28
The International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the UN, is scheduled to hold public hearings of the case concerning genocide against the Rohingyas in Myanmar, from February 21-28.
19 January 2022, 13:52 PM
Autocracies outdo democracies
Public trust in governments running the world’s democracies has fallen to new lows over their handling of the pandemic and amid a widespread sense of economic pessimism, a global survey has found.
18 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Indonesia passes law to move capital from Jakarta to jungled Borneo
Indonesia's parliament has approved a bill to relocate the nation's capital from Jakarta to Kalimantan on Borneo, House Speaker Puan Maharani said on Tuesday.
18 January 2022, 12:19 PM