- August 27th, 2026
A 35-year-old Filipino woman who travelled to Cambodia believing she had secured an overseas job was sentenced to 25 months in jail in Singapore on Monday after being convicted of participating in an organised scam syndicate targeting victims in the...
Indonesian police have arrested 72 people suspected of deliberately starting forest and peatland fires as massive blazes across the country’s central and western regions generated dense smoke, disrupted visibility and sent hazardous haze across the border into Malaysia. The arrests,...
A Myanmar military airstrike on a monastery where civilians were gathered for a meditation retreat marking Buddhist Lent killed 14 people, two rebel fighters who witnessed the aftermath said. The Friday (Aug 21) attack hit a monastery hall around 9am...
A landmark employment ruling in Singapore has highlighted the obligations of employers to take reasonable steps to protect the health and well-being of workers returning to their jobs after serious illness, while making clear that businesses are not required to...
At a shooting range on the outskirts of Bangkok, the sharp crack of a handgun breaks through the quiet afternoon. Krisakorn Boonwan stands beneath a rusting awning, firing at a paper target about 10 metres away. Wearing flip-flops and no...
Two people died in a school shooting in the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga on Tuesday (Aug 18). In a statement on Facebook, Ateneo de Zamboanga University said it "is saddened by the incident that happened today" and confirmed the...
A total of 500 people have been hospitalised for severe diarrhoea in Myanmar's largest city, a Yangon official said on Monday (Aug 17), with nearly 150 testing positive for cholera. Myanmar's infrastructure and health sector are creaking after more than...
The death toll from a tragic road accident involving a Buddhist pilgrimage in northeastern Thailand has risen to 10 after five more monks succumbed to their injuries in hospital, authorities confirmed on Friday. The devastating incident occurred when a pickup...
Racial issues, long a relatively muted feature of Johor's political landscape, have become increasingly prominent ahead of the Jul 11 state election, with political parties intensifying efforts to win over ethnic Chinese voters in a contest that could shape the...
On March 15, 2026, nearly 73.5 million Vietnamese voters went to the polls in one of the largest electoral exercises in Southeast Asia, selecting 500 deputies to the 16th National Assembly alongside representatives to People’s Councils nationwide. Yet for all...
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