Yagi, the world's second-most powerful tropical cyclone in 2024, has already killed at least 16 people in the Philippines, having formed east of the archipelago earlier in the week.

Malaysian Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil hopes the Asia News Network can bridge and bring forward conversations that Asian governments need to have.

The pope said natural resources should be developed in a sustainable manner that "improves the wellbeing of all, excluding nobody, through [...] international cooperation, mutual respect and agreements beneficial to all parties".

The two nations, both key security allies of the United States, have long been at odds over historical issues linked to Japan's brutal occupation of the Korean peninsula from 1910 to 1945, including sexual slavery and forced labour.

The 87-year-old pontiff will spend four days and three nights in one of the Pacific's poorest and most troubled nations, addressing politicians and bishops, meeting street children, and travelling to the remote jungle outpost of Vanimo.

Paetongtarn replaces Srettha Thavisin, from her Pheu Thai party, after the kingdom's Constitutional Court sacked him in mid-August for appointing a cabinet minister with a criminal conviction.

The 87-year-old is making only the third papal visit to the nation of 12 million people, the vast majority of whom are Christian.

The event on Sept. 4 brought together editors from 20 news outlets, which are part of the Asia News Network (ANN).

"I would certainly look forward to having better relations, personal and governmental collaboration, in all fields with Russia,” the Prime Minister said during a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin here on Wednesday.

Guo, also known as Chinese national Guo Hua Ping, was arrested by Indonesian authorities on Wednesday after leaving the Philippines in July. 

The 87-year-old appeared fit and smiling during his three-day visit despite a hectic schedule and intense heat, presiding over a mass on Thursday of more than 80,000 people at a football stadium.

Alice Leal Guo was initially arrested in Indonesia on Tuesday, having been on the run since she was linked to a Chinese-run online gambling center where hundreds of people were forced to run scams or risk torture.

Malaysia's state-run oil firm Petronas operates oil and gas fields in the sea within its exclusive economic zone.

Indonesia has over 3,600 gigawatts of renewable energy potential to develop and 3.3 million hectares of mangroves that can absorb much more carbon dioxide than tropical rain forests, the President touted.

Regulators around the world have raised concerns about misinformation and fake news contributed by AI tools amid the rising popularity of generative AI systems such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini.

A USGS map showed the tremor centred in a patch of ocean some 300 kilometres (186 miles) east of the town of Vanimo, which is preparing to host Pope Francis over the weekend.

The former mayor Alice Guo was arrested along with a Chinese monk and was helped by a former Chinese police officer during her escape from the Philippines, Law and Human Rights Minister Supratman Andi Agtas said, but gave no details. 

The Defense Ministry, on behalf of the government, provided last month a variety of munitions in military aid for Cambodia totaling US$500,000, to enhance defense and security cooperation with its ASEAN neighbor and to commemorate 65 years of diplomatic ties. 

Alice Guo, a dual Chinese national also known as Guo Hua Ping, is wanted by the Philippines Senate for refusing to attend a congressional probe into her alleged criminal ties.

The law, passed by the state assembly but yet to be approved by the president, expresses outrage at the chronic issue of violence against women following the discovery of a 31-year-old doctor's bloodied body at a state-run hospital in the local capital Kolkata.

Sandip Ghosh, who resigned as principal of the British colonial-era college days after the incident became public, was arrested on Monday on charges of financial irregularities, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said.

Podesta is set to meet Chinese counterpart Liu Zhenmin in the second round of formal climate talks between China and the US since he replaced John Kerry as senior envoy at the start of the year.

The leaders will review progress on their efforts to step up cooperation between the countries and discuss ways to deepen their partnership ahead of Kishida's resignation this month.

The Foreign Ministry is looking into allegations that a group of Indonesians, who are thought to be migrant workers, have formed a gang and caused public disturbances in Osaka, Japan.

A new scholarship cooperation between Indonesia's LPDP and Australia's AAS has added 50 extra spots for Indonesian students, even as Canberra makes moves to curb the international student population amid rising political heat on immigration.

Last month's anti-government protests, which began as a student-led movement against public sector job quotas, escalated into the deadliest violence since the country's independence in 1971.

The two nations aimed to sign a defense cooperation deal before the end of the year, Philippine Defense Minister Teodoro said after he and his Vietnamese counterpart Phan Van Giang inked "letters of intent" to enhance engagements on disaster response and military medicine.

Among the 44 under investigation are 25 current lawmakers of the People's Party, Move Forward's latest incarnation and the largest party in parliament.

The Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), with the National Bureau of Investigation and Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, jointly filed multiple counts of money laundering against Alice Guo and 35 others at the Department of Justice.

Timor-Leste's journey to self-determination was "long and heavy", but with international support it had been able to achieve peace, stability and development, said President Jose Ramos Horta