An explosion occurred at a gas field belonging to oil and gas company PT Energy Equity Epic Sengkang in Lamata village, Gilireng district, Wajo regency,…
Drought induced by the prolonged dry season has prompted the extensions of emergency statuses due to water shortages in West Nusa Tenggara and South Sulawesi.…
Singapore on October 22 blocked access to 10 websites linked to foreign actors which the government said could be used to mount "hostile" disinformation campaigns…
Myanmar rescuers recovered eight more bodies, including three children, on October 22 after an overloaded boat carrying around 90 people sank off the country's southern…
President Prabowo Subianto on October 21 announced that he would immediately implement the eight "quick-win" programs he had planned for the first 100 days of…
Two people were injured in a gas explosion at a house in Kertamukti village, Cibitung district, Bekasi regency, West Java on October 22. The explosion…
The estranged brother of former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he has been given political asylum by the UK government on grounds of…
The Philippines is trying to enlist Taiwanese chip giants in an effort to expand in semiconductors, a bid to catch up with its neighbors who…
Vietnam's Communist Party chief told the country's rubber-stamp parliament October 21 to press ahead with a drive against corruption, which analysts say has been used…
Rescuers have recovered 11 bodies after an overloaded boat carrying around 90 people sank off Myanmar's southern coast, a local resident told AFP on October…
With Prabowo Subianto, a controversial former general installed as Indonesia’s new president, residents in the restive Papua region were responding to this reality with anxiety…
Around 3,000 workers from Greater Jakarta will rally at the State Palace in Central Jakarta on October 24 to demand higher wages and the revocation…
The United Nations refugee agency has appealed to Indonesia's government to rescue a boat languishing off its western coast packed with more than 100 Rohingya…
Vietnam's rubber-stamp parliament unanimously approved army general Luong Cuong as the country's new president on October 21, the fourth person in the job in less…
A group of Russian navy ships arrived in war-torn Myanmar to join maritime exercises with the military junta's navy, Myanmar state media said on October…
An oil pipeline belonging to British giant Shell began leaking into the sea on October 20, Singaporean authorities said, adding that the spill was stopped…
Political risks due to potential loss of public support over rising power tariffs are a major impediment to transitioning to cleaner electricity sources, ministers from…
A boat loaded with more than 100 Rohingya refugees was spotted off Aceh with at least one dead body seen on board, local officials said…
Four people were killed when a light aircraft crashed in a swamp in Marisa district, Pohuwato regency, Gorontalo on October 20. The plane departed from…
Workers from 15,000 factories nationwide will hold mass strikes in November following a week of planned rallies slated for late October, the Confederation of Indonesian…
China's consulate in Myanmar's city of Mandalay was attacked with an explosive device, local media said October 19, adding that no deaths or injuries were…
Three Rohingya refugees suffocated to death while packed into trucks in Thailand, with two suspected people-smugglers arrested October 18, police said. The mainly Muslim Rohingya…
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte threatened on October 18 to dig up the remains of President Ferdinand Marcos' dictator father and toss them into the…
Japanese giant Mitsubishi Corp. said on October 18 it is investing $320 million in Philippine fintech unicorn Mynt, buying half of Manila-based conglomerate Ayala's stake…
Gunmen have abducted an American man living in the southern Philippines, shooting him in the leg and ferrying him away in a boat, police said…
