Forty-seven tigers, three lions and a panther have died in zoos in south Vietnam due to the H5N1 bird flu virus, state media said October…
Philippine budget carrier Cebu Pacific signed an agreement on October 2 to buy up to 152 Airbus planes worth $24 billion in a deal it…
Observers questioned the efficacy of President-elect Prabowo Subianto's plan to build three million affordable homes for the working class annually and reduce the national housing…
Firebrand cleric Rizieq Shihab has sued President Joko Widodo for Rp5.246 trillion for allegedly telling "a series of lies" over the past decade. The lawsuit…
President Joko Widodo's administration completed 521 transportation projects during his two consecutive terms, according to the Transportation Ministry. The ministry's data show 193 infrastructure projects…
A Cessna 208 Caravan light cargo aircraft skidded off the runway while landing at Pogapa Airport in Pogapa village, Homeyo district, Intan Jaya regency, Central…
The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has urged the government to provide proper and comprehensive abortion services to rape victims as part…
Ten Vietnamese fishers were violently robbed in the disputed South China Sea, state media reported October 2, with an official saying the attackers came from…
A devastating fire on a Thai school bus killed at least 23 people, police said October 1 after rescuers pulled children's bodies from the charred…
Tech giant Oracle on October 2 said it plans to invest more than $6.5 billion on cloud services data centres in Malaysia, joining a list…
Census takers guarded by police and soldiers took to the streets of Myanmar on October 2 for a national survey that anti-junta groups have urged…
A new Singapore government agency will help victims quickly put a stop to online harms instead of solely depending on the usual court-based process. Victims…
Families of victims of human rights abuses committed under former President Suharto have condemned a proposal by national assembly members to give the deceased authoritarian…
Eleven police officers, including a district police chief, are under investigation by the Jakarta Police’s Internal Affairs Division (Propam) over the forced dispersal of a…
A devastating fire tore through a Thai bus carrying 44 students and teachers on a school trip October 1, officials said, with up to 25…
An award-winning Cambodian journalist known for his reporting on human trafficking in the cyber scam industry has been arrested, police said October 1. Mech Dara…
President Ferdinand Marcos inaugurated on September 30 the first factory for electric vehicle batteries in the Philippines, calling it the "future" of clean energy. The…
Google plans to invest $1 billion to build digital infrastructure in Thailand, including a new data centre, the US tech giant has announced, saying the…
Facebook parent Meta will produce its next-generation virtual and augmented reality headsets in Vietnam, creating more than 1,000 jobs, the company said October 1. The…
Amnesty International Indonesia has criticized the police for the excessive deployment of security personnel and a prohibition on protests during the Mandalika MotoGP event in…
The Federation of Indonesian Teachers' Unions (FSGI) reported an increase in school violence between July and September this year. Retno Lisyarti, chairwoman of the FSGI's…
Typhoon Krathon pounded a remote group of tiny Philippine islands near Taiwan on September 30, cutting power and communication services, the state weather service and…
Vietnam will free nearly 3,800 prisoners including foreigners in the country's latest amnesty, the government said on September 30. Vietnam has announced nine special amnesties…
A Thai court approved on September 30 the extradition of a leading hill tribe activist to Vietnam, where he faces 10 years in jail over…
Lawyers and rights groups in Thailand are raising doubts any of the 15 former military, police and government officers charged with the murder of 85…
