Soldiers deployed in Sri Lanka, Indonesia as Asian flood toll tops 1,000
Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel on Monday to help victims of devastating flooding that has killed nearly 1,000 people across four countries...
African nations push for recognition of colonial crimes and reparations
Published: 12:41pm, 1 Dec 2025Updated: 1:26pm, 1 Dec 2025 African leaders have made a new push to have colonial-era crimes recognised, criminalised and addressed...
Tropical Storm Deaths Top 600 in Southeast Asia, Over 4 Million Affected
JAKARTA/BANGKOK—The death toll mounted to over 600 from floods and landslides caused by torrential rains across three countries in Southeast Asia, officials said on...
A ‘State Within a State’: Indonesian Minister Sounds Alarm Over Unsupervised Chinese-Owned Airport
A lack of oversight of the operations of a Chinese majority-owned and operated private airport in Indonesia’s nickel-processing region of Morowali poses a potential...
India’s looming BrahMos missile deal with Indonesia challenges US-China binary
Published: 12:30pm, 1 Dec 2025Updated: 12:35pm, 1 Dec 2025 India and Indonesia are close to finalising a US$450 million sale of BrahMos missiles, in...
Thailand Quietly Hands Refugee Y Quỳnh B’Đăp Over to Việt Nam Despite Legal Petitions
Key Events Cross-Border Repression Fears Intensify as Thailand Returns Y Quỳnh B’Đăp to Việt Nam; Government Struggles to Respond As Deadly Floods Intensify; Việt...
Why is a former pro-Beijing rapper wanted for inciting Taiwan secession?
In an escalation of Beijing’s campaign against perceived pro-independence agitators, mainland Chinese authorities have issued arrest warrants and offered hefty rewards for two Taiwanese...
National Guard shooting suspect was ‘radicalised in US’, Noem says
Published: 11:49am, 1 Dec 2025Updated: 11:51am, 1 Dec 2025 US authorities believe the Afghan immigrant accused of ambushing National Guard members in Washington DC...
Australian sex crimes squad arrests 4 over ‘satanic’ child abuse material
Australian police said on Monday they had charged four men in Sydney in relation to “satanic” child sex abuse material circulating online. Detectives were...