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View all search resultsTrump nominated right-wing commentator Nick Adams, known for his outspoken views and strong pro-Israel stance, as ambassador to multicultural, Muslim-majority Malaysia a week ago.
14 hours agoBirthed on YouTube during the COVID-19 pandemic spreading conspiracy theories about vaccinations and a cabal of global elites, the party, Sanseito, is widening its appeal with a 'Japanese First' campaign ahead of Sunday's upper house vote. ...
2 days agoThaksin faces up to 15 years in prison if he is convicted in the closed-door trial in Bangkok, where he stands accused of breaching strict lese majeste laws that shield Thailand's royal family from abuse and criticism. ...
2 days agoThe four countries, known as the Quad, share concerns about China's growing power and dominance of critical minerals, but relations have been tested by US President Donald Trump's global tariff offensive which has spared none of the members.
2 weeks agoThe senators have accused the 38-year-old premier of dishonesty and breaching ethical standards in violation of the constitution over a leaked telephone conversation with Cambodia's former premier Hun Sen.
2 weeks ago"Japan's monthly average temperature in June was the highest for the month since statistics began in 1898," said the Japan Meteorological Agency.
2 weeks agoThailand's Constitutional Court on Tuesday suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from duty pending a case seeking her dismissal, adding to mounting pressure on a government fighting for survival and under fire on multiple fronts.
2 weeks agoThe four countries, known as the Quad, share concerns about China's growing power, but their ties have been strained by President Donald Trump's global tariff offensive from which none of the Quad members have been spared.
2 weeks agoThailand's ruling political dynasty faces legal peril on Tuesday, as Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra risks suspension from office and her father, the former premier, appears in court for a separate royal defamation trial.
2 weeks agoThe latest report from human rights group Amnesty International has revealed damning evidence of human rights abuses in Cambodia’s scamming industry on a massive scale, with victims coming from several Asian countries, including Indonesia.
2 weeks agoDalai Lama said his successor to be born outside China, possibly in India.
2 weeks agoAt an Oval Office event where he highlighted his efforts to resolve global conflicts, Trump was asked whether he had written a letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, as was reported this month.
2 weeks agoThe prime minister has been battered by controversy and abandoned by her largest backer the Bhumjaithai Party after her phone call with Cambodia's ex-leader Hun Sen leaked earlier this month.
2 weeks agoAmid a slew of global crises, such as flare-ups in the Middle East and economic uncertainty caused by United States trade policy, Indonesia and Malaysia must band together as strategic neighbors in protecting their national interests and resolving common concerns, the two leaders said in a joint statement.
3 weeks agoNew Delhi says the people deported are undocumented migrants.
3 weeks agoDuring the call on Monday evening Jakarta time, both leaders agreed to strengthen the special strategic partnership between Indonesia and South Korea that was established in 2017 on trade, investment, defense and green industries.
3 weeks agoConvicts would instead be given the maximum sentence of life in prison.
3 weeks agoThe 38-year-old daughter of controversial former PM Thaksin Shinawatra began handing out ministerial posts vacated when her main coalition partner quit last week -- a move that nearly took her government down.
3 weeks agoTensions with Thailand and Cambodia remain elevated, with the Southeast Asian neighbors announcing tit-for-tat measures that are stoking nationalist fervor on both sides and stymieing bilateral trade, including a suspension by Phnom Penh of all Thai fuel and gas imports that came into effect on Monday.
3 weeks agoTensions between China and other claimants to parts of the East and South China Seas have pushed Japan to deepen ties with the Philippines and the United States.
3 weeks agoPaetongtarn, the politically inexperienced daughter of divisive tycoon and former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, is fighting fires on multiple fronts, struggling to breathe life into a stagnant economy facing steep US tariffs and under pressure to take a tougher stand on a territorial row with Cambodia that has seen their troops mobilize at the border.
3 weeks agoNajib has been in prison since August 2022 after being found guilty of corruption and money laundering over funds misappropriated from SRC International, a former subsidiary of 1Malaysia Development Berhad, from which Malaysian and US authorities say about $4.5 billion was stolen in a complex, globe-spanning scheme.
4 weeks agoPrabowo's decision to skip the G7 summit in Canada this week in favour of talks with Putin has raised fears of a tilt towards Moscow, analysts say, after the nations held their first joint naval drills last year.
4 weeks agoThai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra apologized Thursday for a leaked phone call with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen that has provoked widespread anger and put her government on the brink of collapse.
4 weeks agoIndonesia maintains a neutral foreign policy, refusing to take sides in the Ukraine conflict or in the competition between Washington and Beijing, but Prabowo has touted stronger relations with Moscow.
1 month agoCambodia on Tuesday banned imports of fruit and vegetables from Thailand as the two countries face off over a border dispute that led to a bloody military clash last month.
1 month agoA court has approved Thai Airways' exit from its debt rehabilitation plan, launched after the flag carrier struggled to survive the collapse in tourism caused by coronavirus pandemic travel restrictions.
1 month agoPresident Prabowo Subianto on Monday reaffirmed Jakarta’s commitment to working closely with Singapore on various strategic sectors including investment and energy, hailing what Indonesia’s neighbor has dubbed “a new era” in their bilateral ties.
1 month agoPresident Prabowo Subianto held his first bilateral meeting with Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam on Monday in Singapore, hailing what Jakarta has marked as a “new phase” in the bilateral ties between the two countries.
1 month agoPhnom Penh announced it would cease buying Thai electric power, internet bandwidth and produce. It has also ordered local television stations not to screen Thai films.
1 month agoThe government, through the Foreign Ministry, has extended its sympathies to the families of all those killed in Thursday's devastating Air India crash in Ahmedabad, Gujarat state, where investigators have recovered one of two black boxes from the Boeing Dreamliner's wreckage and DNA analysis is underway to identify at least 279 victims, including 241 passengers and crew.
1 month agoOfficials from the two countries had agreed to resolve the spat at Saturday's meet in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh.
1 month agoAlthough the two countries agreed on the amount, additional discussions are needed on the payment deadline and the specific scope of tech transfer.
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