Thailand circulated a proposal for Malaysia, Laos and Indonesia, to meet to address the long-running conflict said Nikorndej Balankura, adding that the meeting could be held in Thailand and "any ASEAN member may join".
10 hours agoBlinken's visit is the latest high-level contact between the two nations that, along with working groups on issues from global trade to military communication, have tempered the public acrimony that drove relations to historic lows early last year. ...
13 hours agoFighting had flared as recently as Saturday in Myawaddy, forcing 3,000 civilians to flee in a single day as rebels fought to flush out stranded Myanmar government troops holed up at a border bridge crossing. ...
14 hours agoAustralia's federal court late on Monday granted the country's cyber regulator, the eSafety commissioner, a two-day injunction requiring the social media platform to hide some posts on a knife attack last week against an Assyrian church bishop, Mar Mari Emmanuel, during a service at his church.
1 day agoAll 10 were crew members aboard the aircraft involved in the accident, which occurred at the Lumut naval base in the western state of Perak at 9.32 a.m. Tuesday morning (0132 GMT), the navy said.
1 day agoBiden had "appeared to imply his uncle was eaten by cannibals after his plane was shot down over PNG during WWII", Marape's office said in a statement late on Sunday.
1 day agoDespite being in a disadvantaged area on the battlefield, Brigadier-General Soe Min That never yielded to the enemy after withdrawing from the Pha Song camp. He was killed by drones on the battlefield.
2 days agoJunta sends in airstrikes to support 200 junta troops trapped along a river across from Mae Sot, Thailand.
2 days agoThe sea should not be an arena where countries can flex their "gunboat muscles", added Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission and China's second-highest-ranking military official.
2 days ago"Sometimes you have loose moments," James Marape said in an interview after Biden's contentious remarks, adding that the relationship was stronger than "one blurry moment".
2 days agoNigeria's regulator recalled a batch of Benylin paediatric syrup last Wednesday, having found a high level of diethylene glycol in the product during routine testing.
2 days agoThe three-way AUKUS agreement runs counter to a South Pacific treaty banning nuclear weapons in the region, says Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
3 days agoMainland China has some of the world's most extensive internet censorship, with web users unable to access everything from Google to many foreign apps without workarounds such as a virtual private network (VPN).
5 days agoSuu Kyi has been detained by the Myanmar military since it overthrew her government in a 2021 coup. The 78-year-old Nobel laureate was held under house arrest for a total of 15 years under a previous junta.
5 days agoPrabowo thanked Beijing for a “very pleasant reception” earlier this month, a trip analysts believe was motivated by China seeking to more closely align with Indonesia in a contest of influence with the US.
5 days agoIn a statement issued late Thursday, the foreign ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations urged "all parties for an immediate cessation of violence" in Myanmar, which has been roiled by conflict since the military seized power in a February 2021 coup.
5 days agoWang arrived at around 11 a.m. at the Defense Ministry's headquarters in Central Jakarta shortly after wrapping up his session with Foreign Minister Retno.
6 days agoThe meetings come after Prabowo visited Beijing this month where Chinese President Xi Jinping praised relations with Jakarta, laying out a vision for regional peace as tensions rise in Southeast Asia.
6 days agoWang Yi is scheduled to attend the China-Indonesia High-Level Dialogue Cooperation Mechanism meeting in Labuan Bajo on Friday to discuss further bilateral cooperation in more detail.
6 days agoUS President Joe Biden hosted Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Washington last week where the three leaders jointly expressed their "serious concerns" over China's actions in the South China Sea.
6 days agoDuring his visit to Jakarta, Wang is also scheduled to chair the fourth meeting of the China-Indonesia High-Level Dialogue Cooperation Mechanism.
6 days agoThe bulk of the new spending, part of a A$330 billion decade-long budget, will only kick in after five years, and ultimately take defense spending to 2.4 percent of GDP by 2034 from just over 2 percent today.
1 week agoThe United States and the Philippines will conduct joint naval drills beyond the 12 nautical miles of the Philippines' territorial waters for the first time since the annual exercise started in 1991, in areas of open sea that are claimed by China, the newspaper reported.
1 week ago"Since the weather is extremely hot, it is not only for Aung San Suu Kyi ... For all those, who need necessary precautions, especially elderly prisoners, we are working to protect them from heatstroke," junta spokesperson Major General Zaw Min Tun said in comments reported by four media outlets.
1 week agoOften dubbed the world's largest living structure, the Great Barrier Reef is a 2,300-kilometre (1,400-mile) long expanse, home to a stunning array of biodiversity including more than 600 types of coral and 1,625 fish species.
1 week agoWong is due to take over from Lee on May 15.
1 week agoWang's trip will kick off on Thursday, April 18 and wrap up on April 23, foreign ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian said.
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1 week agoThe 51-year-old will succeed Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on May 15, making him just the second non-member of Singapore’s founding family in nearly six decades to lead the affluent city-state.
1 week agoScholz touched down in the southwestern megacity of Chongqing on Sunday morning, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said, accompanied by a large delegation of ministers and business executives.
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