General Maruli Simanjuntak tells CNA in an exclusive interview why the building of bridges and digging of wells by the military is consistent with Indonesia’s defence philosophy.
Until March this year, Bangladesh had made "substantial progress" towards eliminating measles.
The system will likely bring heavy rainfall to a part of eastern Japan, including Tokyo.
In recent days, the Houthi rebels in Yemen have moved with lightning speed along the Red Sea coast, taking control of the vital port of Mocha and strategic islands in the Red Sea near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. This strait is an important chokepoint along the sea route that
One in 60 adults in the tiny Pacific nation of less than a million people are living with the virus.
It was an operation far too long in the making, but even if late in the fight, Myanmar’s armed opposition finally achieved the coup their supporters had almost despaired of seeing: a concerted drone attack on one of a network of air bases that for nearly six years have served
Sept 17 - North Korea's vice defence minister said on Thursday that a growing U.S.-led military buildup and what he called an expanding nuclear alliance among Washington, Seoul and Tokyo justified Pyongyang's efforts to strengthen and expand its nuclear forces.
Pyongyang accused the US of turning trilateral cooperation with South Korea and Japan into a nuclear alliance.
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see. – Queen Shortly after moving from Hong Kong to Beijing in 2022, yours truly saw a BYD Han with a deep crimson metallic paintjob and thought
Turning the ship upright would normally take about 24 hours, but it could take longer with complications.
The two appeared in court on Sept 16 and were granted conditional bail.
Mom and pop stores were also among the enterprises used by over 8,000 merchants for allegedly illegal activities.
WELLINGTON, Sept 17 - Fiji has declared HIV a national crisis after new diagnoses climbed 27% last year, intensifying concern that an epidemic once concentrated among people who inject drugs is spreading more widely through the Pacific island nation.
TOKYO/TAIPEI, Sept 17 - US allies in Asia are growing anxious that President Donald Trump may be tempted to soften Washington's support for Taiwan in return for an economic win with Beijing as he prepares to host Chinese leader Xi Jinping next week.
Shoko Kawata is said to be Japan’s first sitting mayor to take maternity leave.
At the Semenggoh Wildlife Centre, rangers have stepped up surveillance in recent weeks, using drones to monitor hotspots and assess how the haze and hot weather could be affecting the primates, a major draw for Sarawak’s ecotourism industry.
ISLAM QALA, Afghanistan, Sept 17 - Mohammad Saeed had just turned 18 when he fled to Iran with his parents and younger brother and sister, escaping the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan in 2021.
Officials say social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok have yet to fully meet obligations.
Bought for RM1 in 2001, AirAsia grew from a struggling Malaysian carrier into one of Asia’s best-known low-cost airline groups, but more than two decades later, it is facing mounting financial pressure from debt and rising fuel costs.
The study said mean temperatures were around 5 deg C higher than normal in the Himalayan region in August.
His campaign seeks to harness anger over living costs and corruption, among other issues.
Experts say that increased awareness of Philippines’ legally-backed maritime claims may not yield concrete results.
SYDNEY, Sept 17 - Australia will stop foreign students from bringing their partners and children to accompany them while they study and tighten rules for temporary migrants to switch visas, media reported on Thursday, ahead of a minister's speech on immigration changes.
Senior officials are reviewing a list of Chinese business titans for Xi's state visit to US slated for Sept 24.
Surging drug use has contributed to the epidemic in the Pacific island nation.
TOKYO, Sept 17 - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is set to retain key ministers in a cabinet reshuffle on Thursday, while looking to shore up political support to push through her flagship spending plans amid jittery financial markets.
The reshuffled Cabinet will enter Parliament debate over key fiscal issues such as sales tax cuts.
North Korea has legally enshrined its status as a nuclear weapons state.
Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 20 years in prison for foreign collusion and seditious publication.
The plan will focus on those who move from one visa class to another, students and temporary workers.
The BBC goes inside a fortified storage facility to view luxury goods seized by police that are now up for auction.
A firefighter tells the BBC that rescuers had said many doors near the unit were locked, obstructing their route to the babies.
The chance of a “very strong” El Nino from next month to December is forecast to be 98 per cent now. CNA’s Insight looks at how living costs could rise and how ready the region is for the disruptions ahead.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim can buy time if he can resist his deputy’s push for an immediate general election. But he still needs a solution, says Asian studies professor James Chin.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim can buy time if he can resist his deputy’s push for an immediate general election. But he still needs a solution, says Asian studies professor James Chin.
The US and China are in a stand-off rather than a state of agreement, says Alan Beattie for the Financial Times.
WASHINGTON, Sept 16 - The race for AI supremacy is set to hang over next week's meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington.
The move was taken “in consideration of the bilateral friendly relations” between Myanmar and the US.
Both countries said they had summoned each other’s charge d’affaires.
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve raised interest rates Wednesday for the first time in three years as inflation continues to dog the economy, largely driven by soaring gas and fuel oil prices while the war in Iran drags on. The central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee voted
BOGOTA, Sept 16 - The United States has removed Venezuela from its list of countries which have failed to demonstrably combat illegal drug trafficking for the first time in more than 20 years, U.S. President Donald Trump said in a statement on Wednesday, adding he may consider
PARIS, Sept 15 - France has been urging the EU to lift sanctions on Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov after coming under what it says is pressure from Azerbaijan as Baku holds two French nationals, three European diplomats familiar with the matter said.
The combined toll from the deadly glacial mountain collapse on the Nepal-China border from both nations now stands at 1,446 people dead and at least 6,669 missing.
The owner of the acclaimed establishment avoids jail but is made to pay 15 million won (£8,144; $10,965).
He also announced several improvements to the Budi Diesel initiative.
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 16 - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Wednesday he would invite Myanmar's junta chief-turned-President Min Aung Hlaing for an official visit in return for his government accepting the return of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees.