The Japan Meteorological Agency issued on Thursday its first-ever warning of the risk of a huge earthquake on the country's Pacific coast, following one of magnitude 7.1 that struck the southwestern island of Kyushu the same day. 

The anti-establishment Move Forward, which won most seats in the last election but was blocked from forming a government, was dissolved by the Constitutional Court on Wednesday, which ruled its plan to amend a law that shields the royal family from criticism risked undermining democracy and the constitutional monarchy. 

"The likelihood of a new major earthquake is higher than normal, but this is not an indication that a major earthquake will definitely occur," the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.

An ASEAN parliamentarians' group has lambasted the "brazen decision" of Thailand's top court to disband the progressive MFP, which won the 2023 general election, as undermining the country's legislative process as well as political stability.

Wednesday's execution brings to 19 the number of people hanged since Singapore resumed carrying out death sentences in March 2022, according to an AFP tally.

The ruling means that Pita, 43, who led the reformist Move Forward Party (MFP) to a shock first place in a general election last year, will be barred from taking any role in politics for the next decade.

An Indonesian national has died in Jashore as a result of the massive riots and antigovernment protests in Bangladesh, the Foreign Ministry in Jakarta said on Tuesday.

The appointment came quickly after student leaders called on the 84-year-old Yunus -- credited with lifting millions out of poverty in the South Asian country -- to lead.

Indonesian migrant worker was shot by homemade firearm in an alleged robbery.

Hasina, 76, had been in power since 2009 but was accused of rigging elections in January and then watched millions of people take to the streets over the past month demanding she step down.

Malaysia had asked Meta for an explanation after the posts expressing condolences over Haniyeh's death were removed.

At a launch event in Prek Takeo, southeast of the capital Phnom Penh, Manet called the 180-kilometre (110-mile) project "historic", as drums sounded and fireworks shot into the air.

Thousands of Bangladeshi protesters stormed the palace of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka Monday, with a source telling AFP she had fled mass demonstrations demanding she quit.

Jubilant looking crowds waved flags, peacefully celebrating including some dancing on top of a tank, as a source close to the embattled leader said she had left her palace in the capital for a "safer place".

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he had raised the country's threat level following advice from security services, but said there was no imminent threat of an attack.

Lam, 67, has spent his entire career in the secretive ministry of public security and has been jockeying for influence for some time, according to analysts.

Lam's ascension comes two weeks after the death of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnam's most powerful leader in decades, who presided over the so-called blazing furnace crackdown on corruption.

Beijing's energy policies have so far focused on "energy and carbon intensity", referring to energy and emissions involved in producing a unit of economic output, effectively tying its targets to overall economic growth.

The 45-year-old Singaporean man was executed at Changi prison for trafficking 36.93 grams of pure heroin, more than twice the 15 grams that merits the death penalty in the strict city-state, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said.

Temperatures in the country were 2.16 degrees Celsius higher than average, breaking last year's record for July of 1.91 degrees Celsius above average.

Singapore, a regional financial centre and a key player in the global semiconductor industry, is currently reliant on oil and natural gas.

Blinken was in Manila with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin as part of an Asia-Pacific tour to strengthen Washington's latticework of alliances aimed at countering Beijing.

US treaty ally the Philippines has repeatedly sparred at sea with China, the main US rival in the Indo-Pacific, this past year, but the two sides have now reached a "provisional arrangement" to ease tensions and manage differences.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his counterparts in the so-called Quad grouping issued a joint statement calling for a "free and open" Pacific after talks in Tokyo.

The US announced plans on Sunday for a major revamp of its military command in Japan to deepen coordination with its ally's forces.

Southeast Asia’s top diplomats expressed their anxieties over the weekend about the risk of an “emerging arms race” in the region, as tensions between global powers persist with ever more countries seeking to throw their hats into the Indo-Pacific ring.

The Philippines and China last week announced a "provisional agreement" on Manila's resupply missions to its contingent of troops on a naval ship grounded on the Second Thomas Shoal, after repeated clashes between vessels that have caused regional concerns about an escalation of hostilities.

The US hailed the meeting as "open and productive," after Blinken had criticized Beijing's "escalatory and unlawful actions" in the South China Sea, while Chinese FM Wang said that the US should "refrain from fanning the flames, stirring up trouble and undermining stability at sea."

The MT Terra Nova sank in bad weather in the busy waterway early Thursday, killing one crew member and leaving the country potentially facing its worst oil spill disaster.

During a series of ASEAN meetings, "the Secretary's conversations will continue to build upon the unprecedented deepening and expansion of US-ASEAN ties", the State Department said in a statement shortly before Blinken touched down in Vientiane.