Story Archive
2021-01-13
Large anti-government protests outdoors have stopped in recent weeks amid a surge in coronavirus cases.
2021-01-13
Myanmar has been dragging its feet on the return of the hundreds of thousands of refugees, Dhaka says.
2021-01-13
Abu Misry Mama, 67, was the public face of the IS-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.
2021-01-13
Filipino man who arrived in Manila from the Middle East last week tested positive, health department says.
2021-01-13
Nations silenced critics by cracking down on the press and social media amid the COVID-19 outbreak, watchdog group says.
2021-01-12
They were released on a technicality, national police chief says.
2021-01-12
The suspects belong to Xiaopen-Nanlu, a gang targeting expatriates from China in the Philippines.
2021-01-12
Opposition blasts move, saying it appears to have been done for prime minister’s political survival.
2021-01-11
The Southeast Asian nation plans to launch a COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Jan. 13.
2021-01-11
President Rodrigo Duterte had said Christopher Cuan was on list of politicians with ties to drug traffickers.
2021-01-11
Muhyiddin Yassin imposes a two-week lockdown in six states to stem a surge in new infections.
2021-01-10
“We hope there will be a miracle, and he survived,” a cousin of a passenger on Sriwijaya Air flight 182, told BenarNews.
2021-01-09
A search is under way for the missing plane, Sriwijaya Air flight 182, in waters around the Thousand Islands off Jakarta.
2021-01-08
Calling for national elections amid surge in coronavirus cases is irresponsible, senior UMNO members say.
2021-01-08
“It’s still raw after all of these years later,” Australia’s prime minister says about the release of Abu Bakar Bashir.