A drone attack on Rohingya fleeing Myanmar has killed dozens of people, including families with children, several witnesses said, describing survivors wading through piles of corpses to identify their dead loved ones and injured. Four witnesses, activists and an international diplomat described Monday’s drone strike that targeted a family trying …
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Singapore hanged a convicted drug dealer on Friday, authorities said, in the state’s second execution. A 45-year-old man was executed in Changi Prison for trafficking 36.93g of pure heroin, more than double the 15g that deserves the death penalty in the country’s tough state, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said. …
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A Thai court will decide the fate of the opposition’s continued march on Wednesday, in a case that has raised fears of another power struggle between the in charge of security and elected members. The Constitutional Court will rule on the electoral body’s request to declare the winner of the …
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A day before long-time leader Sheikh Hasina suddenly fled to Bangladesh amid deadly protests, the army chief held a meeting with his commanders and decided that the army would not open fire on civilians to enforce the curfew, which Two serving military officials familiar with the conversation told Reuters. Chief …
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Leaders of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), the Southeast Asian rebel group blamed for the deadly Bali attacks, have announced the disbandment of the group, according to a report released today by the agency. think tank based in Jakarta. A report by the Institute for Conflict Policy Analysis (IPAC) confirmed the authenticity …
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The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said today that China’s largest coast guard vessel has anchored in Manila’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea and is was intended to intimidate his little Asian neighbor. The Chinese Coast Guard’s 165m “monster ship” entered Manila’s 200-nautical-mile EEZ on July 2, …
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Myanmar’s ethnic minority militias have been fighting in a village with local militias, one of their leaders said today. The army surrounded Lashio, a town in northern Shan State where the Eastern Command is based, Ta National Liberation Army General Tar Bhone Kyaw told AFP ‘ang (TNLA). Clashes erupted on …
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At least 12 people have died and 18 are missing after heavy rains washed away an illegal gold mine over the weekend on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, officials said Monday. Sunday morning’s devastation in Sumawa district, Gorontalo province, killed miners and residents near illegal mines, said Heriyanto, director of …
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The Philippines and Japan signed a Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) allowing them to station their troops on each other’s soil, an important step in their defense relationship amid growing tensions in the Indo-Pacific, a government official said. said on Monday. Philippine Defense Minister Gilberto Teodoro and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko …
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An Indonesian court has acquitted a former government official of human trafficking charges after people were found in cages near his palm oil plantation, a decision rights activists say the local man is running on. testimony to the impunity of state actors. Prosecutors vowed to appeal Monday’s ruling by North …
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