Malaysia announces national lockdown to battle virus surge
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Malaysia announced on Friday it will impose a nationwide lockdown for the first time…
3 years ago
ASEAN IN FOCUS
Millions in Myanmar struggle to buy food as coup price hike bites
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- Aye Mar sits with her seven children in their Yangon kitchen and worries whether their meal…
3 years ago
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi defiant in first comments since coup
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- Detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said her ousted party would "exist as long as…
3 years ago
Police and soldiers killed in eastern Myanmar amid heavy fighting
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- Dozens of Myanmar security force members were killed Sunday, rebel fighters said, after heavy fighting in…
3 years ago
China says US ‘creating risks’ with South China Sea warship sail-bys
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China on Thursday branded the United States an "out-and-out security risk creator" in the South China…
4 years ago
Malaysian police kill suspected Philippine militant group Abu Sayyaf
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Five suspected members of Philippine militant group Abu Sayyaf have been shot dead in a…
4 years ago
Thailand virus cases soar with prison clusters
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Thailand reported a new daily high of nearly 10,000 coronavirus cases on Monday, more than two-thirds…
4 years ago
Miss Myanmar wins best nat’l costume with messsage “Pray for Myanmar” in Miss U pageant
(Eagle News) -- Miss Myanmar Thuzar Wint Lwin won the best in national costume in the recent 2020 Miss…
4 years ago
PHL finds 2 cases of Indian variant from travelers who entered country before travel ban
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health confirmed the presence of two cases of the so-called Indian variant in the…
4 years ago
Death toll in Indonesian power plant landslide rises to 10
MEDAN, Indonesia (AFP) -- The death toll from a landslide at a hydroelectric dam project on Indonesia's Sumatra island has…
4 years ago
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